Tag: The Health Foundation

Tax rises needed to boost health and social care funding

by Selina McKee | May 24, 2018 | News | 0

Tax rises will likely be needed to keep the quality of health and social care as it is now while the system contends with the growing demands of an ageing demographic, concludes a report by The Institute for Fiscal Studies and the Health Foundation.

Continuity of care in general practice linked with fewer hospital admissions

by Selina McKee | Feb 2, 2017 | News | 0

Continuity of care in general practice, that is being able to see the same GP at each appointment, is linked with fewer hospital admissions for older patients with conditions that could be managed in primary care, finds new research published in the British Medical Journal.