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Review into the operational effectiveness of the Care Quality Commission

16 Oct 2024

The full report has found significant failings in the internal workings of the CQC, which have led to a substantial loss of credibility within the health and social care sectors, a deterioration in the ability of the CQC to identify poor performance and support a drive to improve quality, and a direct impact on the capacity and capability of both the social care and the health care sectors to deliver much-needed improvements in care. The report outlines the necessary changes to start improving the CQC.

Climate change and heat-related mortality: will ‘summer crises’ become part of the NHS’s future?

13 Oct 2024

What are the potential impact of climate change on our health and what it might mean for the NHS?

Wildfire threatens global climate goals by weakening carbon sinks

01 Oct 2024

Wildfire threatens global climate goals by weakening carbon sinks

New Climate Emergency webpage published

29 Sept 2024

We have revised our content related to the Climate Emergency and it is now one one detailed page

UK experiences coolest summer since 2015

03 Sept 2024

The UK has had its coolest summer since 2015, according to provisional Met Office statistics.

Is the use of privately funded health care on the rise?

02 Sept 2024

Is the use of privately funded health care on the rise?

Unpaid Carers Forum

02 Sept 2024

Join us on Tuesday 10th September

Want to drink less?

07 Aug 2024

With the Lower My Drinking app, the answer's in your hands.

The Money Statistics July 2024

28 Jul 2024

Households Continue to Face Challenge of Spend or Save

The Money Statistics June 2024

03 Jul 2024

UK’s improving big picture, yet to impact individuals

Local Insight unavailable from 7pm to 10pm tonight (3rd July 2024)

02 Jul 2024

Local Insight unavailable from 7pm to 10pm tonight (3rd July 2024)

Putting Wirral’s Unpaid Carers on the Map

05 Jun 2024

Wirral Carers event 8th Jun

The State of Ageing 2023-24

28 May 2024

This latest research from the Centre for Ageing Better reveals that being poor or disabled can make a person over the age of 50 up to four times more likely to experience ageism.

The Money Statistics May 2024

27 May 2024

Cost of housing adding to burden on UK household budgets

Climate change drives increase in storm rainfall

27 May 2024

A new study has found climate change has influenced how much rain falls during autumn and winter storms.

The economic impact of dementia

20 May 2024

Alzheimer's Society commissioned CF (Carnall Farrar Ltd) to estimate current and future economic and health care costs of dementia in the UK

Medicines shortages

13 May 2024

Pharmacies in the UK dispense millions of prescription items each year. Since 2021 there have been reports of increasing supply problems affecting medicines

Whooping cough cases continue to rise

12 May 2024

New data published today by the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) shows cases of whooping cough continue to increase with 1,319 cases confirmed in March.

England’s Widening Health Gap: Local Places Falling Behind

12 May 2024

IHE’s new report, ‘England’s Widening Health Gap: Local Places Falling Behind’, confirms widening inequalities in life expectancy between regions in England and within local authorities since 2010. These widening inequalities are associated with an average reduction in local authority spending power of 34 percent.

What is happening to life expectancy in England?

06 May 2024

This Kings Fund long read examines trends in life expectancy at birth up to 2022, the impact of Covid-19 on life expectancy, gender differences and inequalities in life expectancy, causes of the changing trends since 2011, and how life expectancy in the UK compares with other countries.

Illustrating the relationship between poverty and NHS services

16 Apr 2024

Currently, it is estimated that more than one in five people in the UK are living in poverty. Living in poverty has a profound impact on people’s health and how they use NHS services.

The Money Statistics March 2024

10 Apr 2024

While some indicators have shown small positive signs of improvements, these are not yet at the point where they can decrease the financial pressures on many UK households, according to the March 2024 Money Statistics, produced by The Money Charity

Milestones: journeying through modern life

03 Apr 2024

Office for National Statistics have published their most recent version of the Milestones: journeying through modern life article.

Public satisfaction with the NHS and social care in 2023: results from the British Social Attitudes Survey

03 Apr 2024

The 2023 British Social Attitudes survey recorded the lowest levels of satisfaction since the survey began in 1983 – only 24% of the public is satisfied with the NHS, and only 13% is satisfied with social care.

Annual social care report published by King’s Fund

25 Mar 2024

Annual social care report published by King’s Fund