UK social care and health policy

New analysis from NEF and JRF examines the consequences of potential cuts and reveals the elevated levels of hardship facing people receiving health-related benefits.

This resource has been developed by the Carers Partnership (Carers UK and Carers Trust) as part of the Voluntary Community and Social Enterprise (VCSE) Health and Wellbeing Alliance, with the input of unpaid carers, professionals working in health and social care, virtual wards leaders, local...

DHSC spent £191.3 billion in 2023-24. This report provides an introduction to DHSC and our examination of its spending and performance.

Demos is Britain’s leading cross-party think-tank. We produce original research, publish innovative thinkers and host thought-provoking events.

The report sets out how the NHS capital regime can be improved to deliver on the government’s missions for health and economic growth.

The union is calling for the government to take over sponsorship of migrant care staff from employers.

The Framework for Integrated Care supports service integration for children and young people facing high-risk situations.

Tackling health inequalities remains one of the greatest challenges facing the NHS and the wider health sector today. The Covid-19 pandemic exposed how deeply entrenched these disparities are, underscoring the urgent need for innovative and comprehensive approaches to address them. Advances in digital technologies, data analytics, workforce development, and community partnerships present a unique opportunity to reshape our health system to serve everyone, irrespective of their circumstances. That’s the vision driving our latest report, drawn from a roundtable discussion held in December 2024. Following the publication of the Innovation for Healthcare Inequalities Programme: Impact and learning report, which shares the learning [...]

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Survey results on how working conditions, capacity, learning and development, and working relationships affect work-related quality of life in adult social care.

57% feel overwhelmed often or always 65% feel overwhelmed because they haven’t been able to take a break 55% need more recognition of their needs from councils An increasing number of people looking after a disabled, older or ill relatives are experiencing poor mental health because they cannot...

This page provides the estimated number of social workers employed by local authority adult social services departments in England.

Official statistics on a range of topics including occupancy and infection control measures in adult social care settings.

Supporting people at the end of life is a crucially important element of public spending, yet there is remarkably little evidence available on how much money is being spent on it, and what that money goes on. The Nuffield Trust and the Health Economics Unit were commissioned by Marie Curie to estimate the range of public expenditure that supports the care of people in their last year, to help inform national and local funding decisions to improve services for people at the end of life.