To mark the BBC’s coverage of the NHS’s 70th birthday in July 2018, researchers from the Institute for Fiscal Studies, Health Foundation, The King’s Fund and the Nuffield Trust have come together for the first time, using combined expertise to shed light on some of the big questions on the NHS.
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Authors
Director
Paul has been the Director of the IFS since 2011. He is also currently visiting professor in the Department of Economics at University College London.
Senior Research Economist
Elaine works in the Public Finance and Pensions sector and she joined the IFS in 2009 and became a member of the research staff in 2011.
Associate Director
I completed a PhD at UCL in 2020. My work examines the drivers of variation in the quantity and quality of healthcare provided to different patients.
Report details
- DOI
- 10.1920/re.ifs.2024.0417
- Publisher
- The IFS
Suggested citation
P, Johnson and E, Kelly and G, Stoye. (2018). The NHS at 70. London: The IFS. Available at: https://ifs.org.uk/publications/nhs-70 (accessed: 4 November 2024).
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