With the Employment Rights Act receiving royal assent yesterday, the Fair Pay Agreement for social care proposed within it moves a step closer to becoming reality, potentially offering an opportunity to improve pay, conditions and workforce stability for a struggling sector. But there is a long way still to go, and proposals can only succeed if they are designed carefully and funded properly. This briefing brings together evidence from England and beyond to provide an overview of what is needed to make a success of the Fair Pay Agreement.

Sets out national priority outcomes, expectations and notional allocations for local authorities that deliver adult social care services.

The Government has a once-in-a-generation chance to improve the lives of England’s 1.5 million undervalued care workers through its new Fair Pay Agreement. But to succeed it will need to get it off the ground quickly, start small and give it teeth so that the higher standards it sets are properly...

This report on how GPs are using AI at work from the Nuffield Trust and RCGP was originally covered in a Guardian exclusive.

The Chief Medical Officer for England, Professor Chris Whitty, has released his annual report for 2025, on infectious diseases. 

A report on the funding of older people’s homecare across the United Kingdom

Re:State were delighted to host a bespoke event series across Labour, Conservative and Liberal Democrat party conferences, exploring what it means to build a community-centric, future-fit NHS. This write-up brings together the cross-cutting themes which emerged across these events. Delivering a system-wide shift to neighbourhood health is central to the Government’s ambition to achieve its three […]

A shared vision of what is possible today, and what could become possible in future, at the interface between adult social care and the NHS.

New research from the Race Equality Foundation and Joseph Rowntree Foundation shows how the NHS can stop waiting for perfect ethnicity data and start using existing data to tackle health inequalities today. The report highlights barriers, practical solutions, and urgent recommendations for action.

The State of Health in the European Union series consists of concise and policy-relevant profiles co-produced by the European Observatory and OECD.

The Westminster government’s failure to rapidly invest in beds, staff and community services has set the stage for a dangerous winter

This survey brief examines factors contributing to burnout among primary care physicians in 10 countries and strategies to combat it and improve system performance.