What does the future of the NHS waiting list look like?

Understand this issue

Can the new government fix the NHS?

podcast

We look at the key challenges facing the NHS, and what the new government could do to tackle them.

14 August 2024

The Labour manifesto

explainer

IFS Director Paul Johnson responds to the Labour manifesto.

13 June 2024

Liberal Democrat manifesto: a reaction

comment

An assessment of the tax rises and spending increases proposed in the 2024 Liberal Democrat general election manifesto.

10 June 2024

Policy analysis

Pressures on public sector pay

report

Over a fifth of government spending goes on pay. We examine recruitment and retention challenges which mean that pressures could mount going forward.

27 September 2024

Delivering better public services may require reforming public sector pay, not just raising it

press release

Each part of the public sector faces its own challenges, but recruitment and retention issues loom large.

26 September 2024

How should we interpret parties’ public spending pledges this election?

comment

Parties have pledged lots of ‘fully costed’ spending policies but these tell us little about the actual funding each public service might receive.

23 June 2024

Academic research

A senior doctor like me: Gender match and occupational choice

working paper

In this paper, we estimate how the gender of supervisors early in one’s career affects subsequent choice of finely-defined occupations.

24 April 2024

The effects of pension reforms on physician labour supply: Evidence from the English NHS

working paper

We examine labour supply responses of senior doctors following a pension reform that moved NHS staff from a final salary to career average pension.

29 September 2023

The effect of doctor strikes on patient outcomes: Evidence from the English NHS

journal article

We show that while many negative effects of the strikes were mitigated, the disruptions still had negative consequences for some minority groups.

24 June 2023