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Health Inequality: the IFS Deaton Review

WebInequalities in health are well documented and have been the subject of much academic investigation and extensive prior evidence and data reviews in the UK over many years …

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Recent trends in and the outlook for health-related benefits

WebIt is set to increase by a further £15.4 billion by 2028–29 (all in 2024–25 prices). This will take total health-related benefit expenditure on working-age individuals …

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The effects of reforms to the Work Capability Assessment for …

WebThe first of these is incapacity benefits – principally the ‘health element’ of universal credit (UC-health), which is both means-tested and based on an assessment …

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Health inequalities Institute for Fiscal Studies

WebHealth inequalities. The IFS Deaton Review of Inequalities. Anne Case. Lucy Kraftman. Published on 4 November 2022. There are marked differences in life …

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How much public spending does each area receive

WebPublic health funding is particularly poorly aligned with estimated needs, with some of the widest gaps in percentage terms. Slough received a share of public health …

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Recessions and health: the long-term health consequences of …

WebThe health effects of wholesale structural change, where industries are eradicated in a local area, are severe and persistent as the economic opportunities of …

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The NHS in 2022: more funding, more staff, but treating fewer …

WebThe health service is carrying out more GP appointments and first cancer appointments, and is obviously treating more COVID patients, but for many other types …

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Health inequalities Inequality: the IFS Deaton Review

WebThe most promising approach to improving population health is to continue to focus on the health and well-being of children. This is true, not only for the children …

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Socio-economic inequality in the distribution of healthcare in the UK

WebHealth and inequality Read more Commentary 4 November 2022. The contribution of adult experiences, multimorbidity and positive psychological well-being to …

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Number of new disability benefit claims remains high, but today’s …

WebRecipients of and spending on health-related benefits have risen rapidly since the start of the pandemic, posing a serious challenge for policymakers. 19 April …

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Disability, illness and pain are real problems for the entire …

WebRather like the health inequalities and differences in life expectancy between regions and between rich and poor, these variations in rates of disability, pain and …

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Health and inequality Inequality: the IFS Deaton Review

WebOn balance, the evidence shows that bad health causes economic inequality, but whether economic inequality has negative effects on health depends on the policy …

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Inequalities in disability Inequality: the IFS Deaton Review

WebInequalities in disability. Differences in health outcomes are an important and well-documented dimension of inequality. As discussed in Case and Kraftman …

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School health programs: education, health, and welfare …

WebIt also reduced the take-up of welfare benefits by ages 26 and 30 and increased the planned use of primary and specialist health care services at ages 25-35, …

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Factors associated with staff retention in the NHS acute sector

WebMore doctors, nurses, midwives and health-care assistants (HCAs) mean that the NHS can deliver more, and higher-quality, care. Increasing staff numbers is a …

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Could restricting junk food advertising reduce obesity

WebKate Smith. Rebekah Stroud. Published on 27 July 2020. Reports suggest that the government is planning on introducing new measures to tackle obesity, including …

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Implications of the NHS workforce plan Institute for Fiscal Studies

WebHealth is a devolved matter, but higher spending on the NHS in England would likely mean additional funding for the devolved governments via the Barnett …

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The impact of junior doctor strikes on patient outcomes

WebA recent study looks at the impact of junior doctor strikes in the English NHS. Originally published in Health Service Journal on 27 June 2023. The NHS has recently …

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Scottish NHS is treating fewer patients than pre-pandemic, despite …

WebHealth spending and resources are likely to have to increase to meet cost and demographic pressures. But the last Scottish health and social care workforce plan, …

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Sanitation: saving lives in developing countries Institute for Fiscal

WebInadequate sanitation is a leading cause of poverty in developing countries, largely because it causes premature mortality (with an estimated 1,800 child deaths per …

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An immediate response to the Scottish Government’s MTFS

WebFirst, the assumed 4% cash-terms and 2.6% real-terms annual increases in health and social care spending needs are, if anything, a little on the low side. The …

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Living standards, poverty and inequality in the UK: 2022

WebIt increased from 27% in 2013–14 to 31% in 2019–20, the same level as in 2007–08. This means that low-income families with children slipped further behind those …

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