Publications

Prof Suzanne Mason: Corridor medicine could help with ambulance handover delays

Professor Suzanne Mason on corridor care, demand management, patient handovers and an urgent and emergency care system on the brink.

23 November 2022

Crumbling buildings and creaking systems: does the NHS invest enough in capital?

Facts and figures on the health of the NHS estate and infrastructure.

14 November 2022

Autumn Statement 2022: Five priorities for government investment

Action on inflation, social care, workforce, capital and the cost of living urgently needed in Jeremy Hunt's Autumn Statement.

14 November 2022

Social care, patient flow and the elective backlog

Capacity in social care is critical for patient flow in hospitals and easing the backlogs in elective care and diagnostics.

10 November 2022

MHPG letter to the Chancellor of the Exchequer

The Mental Health Policy Group, plus some of our wider sector partners, have written to the Chancellor of the Exchequer ahead of 17 November budget.

1 November 2022

Patient handovers and the £500m discharge promise

The link between discharge funding, patient flow and patient handovers, explained.

28 October 2022

Adam Doyle: ICSs aren’t just about holding people to account but helping people to change

Adam Doyle on winter planning, partnership working and leading for success.

26 October 2022

Analysis: The state of the elective recovery in numbers

We look at the current level of elective performance nationally and the pressures resulting in missed targets.

14 October 2022

Isabel Hardman: The NHS is being failed by not reforming social care

Journalist Isabel Hardman on politics, social care and what lies ahead for the NHS.

12 October 2022

Not just a set of words

We need bold leaders to commit time, budgets and other resources to increase equity for both patients and the workforce, writes Joan Saddler.

30 September 2022

Prof Joe Rafferty: Use population health as a driving device for population equality

Prof Joe Rafferty on the power of population health management, a decade of NHS leadership and managing risk this winter and beyond.

28 September 2022

Is the NHS awash with cash?

Facts and figures on the financial health of the NHS.

22 August 2022