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The Health Foundation
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We are an independent charitable organisation working to build a healthier UK.
London, UK
health.org.uk
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    The Health Foundation
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    Jan 31, 2025
    📣 We are no longer posting on X. You can keep up to date with our work to build a healthier UK on our other channels. Find us on: 🦋 Bluesky bsky.app/profile/health… 💼LinkedIn linkedin.com/company/the-he… 📧 Our newsletter health.org.uk/newsletter
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    The Health Foundation
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    Jul 5, 2018
    On #NHS70, a big thank you to all the people who help make the NHS what it is, from everyone at the @HealthFdn!  👨🏿‍⚕️👩‍⚕️🧕🏾👩🏻‍🔬👨🏽‍🔬👷🏻‍♂️👨🏿‍🔬👨‍🔧👨🏼‍🍳👩🏾‍🏫👨🏽‍💻 ☕️ #NHSbig7tea
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    The Health Foundation
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    Jan 14, 2017
    How does the UK compare internationally for health funding, staffing and hospital beds? See our animated GIF:
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    The Health Foundation
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    Oct 27, 2023
    Our new analysis of the NHS waiting list shows that, on current trends, it could peak at 8m by summer 2024. Read about how a decade of underinvestment in the NHS, chronic staff shortages and neglect of social care have undermined efforts to tackle it ⬇️ health.org.uk/waiting-list
    Bar chart showing the projected growth of the NHS waiting list until the end of 2024 in a scenario with no further strikes after October 2023.
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    The Health Foundation
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    Aug 8, 2022
    Some ICSs have a high concentration of deprivation – nearly 50% of neighbourhoods in some ICSs are in the most deprived fifth of areas nationally. Our long read explores health inequalities across ICSs and some of the challenges ahead ➡️ health.org.uk/publications/l…
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    The Health Foundation
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    Jul 3, 2023
    NEW: How does the public view the NHS on its 75th anniversary? A thread 🧵 of six key findings with @IpsosUK 1. 54% of people said our national health service makes them most proud to be British, more than our history, our culture, our system of democracy or the royal family.
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    The Health Foundation
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    Jun 5, 2018
    NEW: We have £1.7m available for up to 23 clinical teams to test and develop innovative ideas and approaches to improve health and social care delivery through our Innovating for Improvement programme. Find out how you can apply now: health.org.uk/programmes/inn… #THFinnovate
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    The Health Foundation
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    Feb 17, 2024
    In the UK, future generations aren't estimated to live as long, with expectations of life span having fallen by 4+ years from 2010 to 2020. And, within England, inequalities in life expectancy by deprivation have widened. Read more in our new report 👇
    Interpreting the latest life expectancy data
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    The Health Foundation
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    Feb 25, 2020
    Today @TheMarmotReview launch #Marmot2020, and find that 10 years on from the landmark Marmot review: ➡️ life expectancy improvements have stalled (and declined for poorest 10% of women) ➡️ health gap between rich & poor has widened Full report: health.org.uk/publications/r…
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    The Health Foundation
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    Dec 29, 2023
    Congratulations to our brilliant CEO @JenniferTHF on being made a dame in the King’s New Year Honours List. Read more 🔽
    Jennifer Dixon, Chief Executive of the Health Foundation
    Jennifer Dixon recognised in King’s New Year Honours List
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    The Health Foundation
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    Apr 22, 2021
    Today we launch a new edition of our #QualityImprovement made simple quick guide. It's useful for those thinking about how to re-design or develop new processes, pathways and services as we shift from the emergency phase of COVID-19. Take a look 📖⬇️
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    Quality improvement made simple
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    The Health Foundation
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    May 2, 2019
    Today we’ve published a learning report on organisation-wide improvement in health care. Our report explains why improvement in health care matters, and how to get started in your organisation: health.org.uk/improvement-jo… See below for the 6 key steps in the #ImprovementJourney 👇
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    The Health Foundation
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    Jul 6, 2021
    NEW REPORT: The #COVID19ImpactInquiry lays bare the unequal impact of the pandemic and how the same crisis has fallen unevenly. We highlight what’s needed from government in recovery to create a fairer, healthier and more prosperous society.
    Front cover from COVID-19 impact inquiry report
    Unequal pandemic, fairer recovery
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    The Health Foundation
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    May 9, 2019
    The NHS has a wealth of data - but too few people with the skills to make sense of this data and improve patient care. Our new report sets out why we need to invest in skilled analysts to unleash the power of #NHSdata. Read it now: health.org.uk/publications/r… #InvestInAnalytics