As 2025 gets underway, Sarah Woolnough takes a look at some of the key issues that will shape the health and care landscape ...

Sarah Arnold, Senior Policy Lead, responds to the latest monthly NHS performance data. With depressing predictability, health ...

Sarah Woolnough, Chief Executive, comments on the the announcement of a commission on social care from the Department of ...

The newly released elective care plan sets some bold targets for reducing elective waiting times. But can these goals ...

The QMR features survey results from NHS trust finance directors and CCG finance leads, and interactive charts on selected NHS performance data. The quarterly monitoring report was produced to provide ...

The health and care system continues to face rising financial deficits, a growing and aging population, increasing cost pressures and endemic staffing shortages. At this free online event, our expert ...

Perhaps January is the cruellest month. The NHS began 2024 without any planning guidance for 2024/25, a further junior doctors strike, and parliamentarians observing that dental appointments were ...

‘In recent weeks the government has pledged that, by the end of this parliament, 92% of patients waiting for planned hospital care will be seen within 18 weeks. It is an ambitious goal as the latest ...

Siva Anandaciva, Director of Policy, Partnerships and Events at The King’s Fund, said: ‘The NHS is facing a toxic cocktail of pressures this winter. Immediate issues such as long waiting lists and ...