Wes Streeting's neighbourhood health and primary care lead is stepping down, after less than a year in the role and having recently launched an implementation programme.

NHS England » World leading NHS trial to boost health and support people in work

New analysis from the Office for National Statistics and NHS England explores whether reducing waiting lists could help more people return to work and boost productivity.

Background Tobacco price is an important determinant of smoking behaviour. Using electronic point-of-sales (EPOS) data, this study assesses purchase price of factory-made cigarettes (FMC) and roll-you...

Behind media perceptions of a sharpening political divide is a more complicated picture

Matthew Hankins and Dr Jonathan Pearson-Stuttard highlight the concerns arising from the use of NHS trust rankings and suggest solutions to make them more robust, relevant and just.

The government's ambition to establish a neighbourhood health service will fail to move from rhetoric to reality without a clearer clarity of purpose and measures for success, writes Matthew Taylor

By analysing the smartphone data of 2,112,288 participants, in particular observing and comparing the activity of the same individual in two different environments, we find that increases in the walkability of environments result in increases in daily physical activity, providing evidence of the importance of the built environment on physical health.

Social prescribing has expanded rapidly in England, far exceeding initial targets of 900 000 patients by 2023–24, suggesting broad service acceptability. Progress is being made in reaching specific ta...

The government's new initiative gives £20m over 10 years to 19 areas in Greater Manchester - and voters decide how to spend it

Smoking is strongly associated with health-related economic inactivity, with absolute disparities widening over time. In early 2025, one in nine working-age adults in England who smoked was not in wor...

The nation’s wellbeing can be improved. Mental health conditions can be prevented, but this doesn’t just happen automatically, or easily. It needs the organised efforts of the whole of society and sys...

On Thursday 25 September and Friday 26 September, EuroHealthNet will launch its landmark report, Social Inequalities in Health in the EU. […]