The impact of extra social care funding will vary

Understand this issue

Simulated list size and performance against the 18-week target under a variety of treatment growth rate assumptions

data item

Although performance improves in each case, in none of our scenarios does performance reach the 92% target by the end of the parliament. 

20 March 2025

It’s time to be honest about the funding of social care

comment

The fury about ending the winter fuel allowance is a diversion from a much important issue: our failing social care system.

16 September 2024

Social care is the nightmare that won’t go away

comment

A government with a big majority should have had the political will to do more than just set up another review.

6 January 2025

Policy analysis

The relationship between NHS waiting lists and health-related benefit claims

report

Have increases in NHS waiting lists and waiting times contributed to the growing number of  people claiming working-age health-related benefits? 

2 May 2025

Can the government achieve its 18-week elective waiting time target?

report

Simulation modelling of NHS elective waiting times in England shows that the government’s 18-week target is unlikely to be met in this parliament.

20 March 2025

Which places have the highest standard of living?

comment

Measuring living standards using average household spending gives a starkly different picture of regional inequalities than using average income.

11 April 2025

Academic research

Is there a public sector earnings premium in UK healthcare?

journal article

Using the Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, we provide the first estimates of intra-occupation sectoral hourly remuneration differentials.

6 May 2025

The menopause "penalty"

working paper

We show that a menopause diagnosis leads to lasting drops in earnings and employment, alongside greater reliance on social transfers.

21 March 2025

Multitasking, two-part contracts, and bunching: an application to doctors' tasks

working paper

The optimal design of incentive contracts critically depends on whether the tasks performed by agents are complementary or substitutable.

24 February 2025