We look at the data available on children's health in England - from child mortality to diet and exercise, teenage pregnancy and smoking, we we look at what this means for children's health.

Nearly two-thirds of adults are overweight or obese. Child obesity is growing at an unprecedented rate. Urgent action is ...

Rising rates of obesity are putting pressure on the NHS and worsening health inequalities. In this submission, we recommend a more joined-up approach to prevention, including better access to healthy ...

Responding to the Public Accounts Committee’s report which found that the NHS is missing its recovery targets despite billions in extra funding and that the government's planned NHS reforms are ...

As the Casey Commission investigates the future of adult social care, Simon Bottery explores 12 key questions it will need to ...

The ‘sick man of Europe’, an epithet sometimes applied to the UK in the economic context, is used increasingly to describe ...

The upcoming cancer plan is a chance to turn ambition into real progress. Will it improve outcomes, reduce inequalities and ...

Research demonstrates that not enough progress has been made to address discrimination against NHS staff from ethnic minority backgrounds. The King’s Fund produced a report on the scale of the issue ...

The government has put a ‘neighbourhood health service’ at the heart of its vision for the NHS, aiming to help people to live well in their local areas and reduce their need for care delivered in ...

The Francis Report highlights the need for organisations to create and maintain the right culture to deliver high-quality care that is responsive to patients' needs and preferences. But what is the ...

A national framework for action on improvement and leadership development in NHS-funded services was published by NHS Improvement in December 2016, sponsored by key national organisations with NHS ...