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Restoring Britain’s health to 2014 levels could add 2% to GDP, thinktank says

Health Foundation paper argues health is an economic asset and improving it could generate £72bn for public finances

The Guardian - UK · Jul 19

Austerity to blame for the fall in healthy life expectancy

Letters: Readers respond to the news that people in the UK are spending fewer years in good health than a decade ago

The Guardian - UK · Apr 30

Healthy life expectancy falls in the UK – and the decline is worse among women

Healthy life expectancy in the UK – the years we can expect to live in good health – has fallen by more than two years over the past decade, according to a new Health Foundation analysis.

The Conversation · Apr 27

GP access tops list of public’s NHS concerns, survey finds

The Government’s health service aims and the public’s priorities may be misaligned, the Health Foundation think tank found.

The Independent UK · Feb 25, 2025

Third of people fear AI could lead to medics missing errors, poll suggests

The technology could play a ‘significant role’ in easing NHS pressure but ‘some remain unconvinced’, according to think tank The Health Foundation.

The Independent UK · Jul 30, 2024

NHS will need extra £38bn a year by 2030, thinktank warns

Health Foundation finds current spending plans for England insufficient and says difficult trade-offs are inevitable

The Guardian - UK · Jun 19, 2024

Record 3.7m workers in England will have major illness by 2040, study finds

Health Foundation report also predicts people in poorest areas will be three times more likely to die by the age of 70

The Guardian - UK · Apr 17, 2024

Thousands of foreign nurses a year leave UK to work abroad

Exclusive: Surge in nurses originally from outside EU moving overseas prompts concern Britain is a ‘staging post’ in their careers

The Guardian - UK · Mar 25, 2024

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The Guardian - UK · Jan 17, 2024

Sunak ‘highly unlikely’ to meet promise to cut NHS waiting lists, warn health leaders

‘Sobering’ analysis suggests backlog will rise to 8 million next summer after a decade of underinvestment in the NHS

The Guardian - UK · Oct 27, 2023