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A recent Ipsos MORI poll found that public perceptions on key issues underlying public policy – such as immigration, population structure and religion – are often wrong to a surprising degree. One issue discussed in this poll was teenage pregnancy. The poll reported that British people think, on average, that 16% of all teenage girls
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The plight of civilians in Syria may be about to get a lot worse, as drought ravages the region, ISIS takes over much of the River Euphrates and government services threaten to collapse.
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This post has been amended on 4 July. It was taken down on 3 July on the initiative of the Library. The post’s analysis of the data has not been changed. However, the description of the Prime Minister and Health Secretary’s use of these statistics did not meet our expected standards of impartiality. Also, we
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During PMQs on 14th May the Prime Minister stated: “[The Leader of the Opposition] predicted a winter crisis, and he sat there day after day, dying for it to happen. It did not happen because we have a strong NHS with more doctors and more nurses serving our country.” Is it correct to say that
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How many people attended accident and emergency departments in 2013/14? What was the pattern of A&E attendance across the year and across the country? How do NHS trusts compare on key performance metrics such as waiting times?
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The performance of the NHS, and of Accident and Emergency units in particular, is a perennial hot topic in UK political debate. The House of Commons Library has published a report on A&E attendance and performance for the year 2013/14. The report contains many interesting findings, several of which are counter-intuitive. In this post, Carl
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This note provides information on Health and Wellbeing Boards (HWBs), which were introduced as statutory committees of all upper-tier local authorities under the Health and Social Care Act 2012. HWBs, which came fully into effect on 1 April 2013, are intended to; improve the health and wellbeing of the people in their area; reduce health inequalities; and, promote the integration of services.
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This note sets out the main statutory duties for public health that were conferred on local authorities by the Health and Social Care Act 2012. The note includes information on public health funding; how local authorities have been spending their ring-fenced public health grants; and on accountability arrangements.
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This note provides information about the introduction of the NHS care.data system and the use of patients' data for research, and about how patients’ can opt out of having information from their medical records shared through this system.
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The Bill would consolidate existing legislation for adult social care in England into a single framework, and introduce reforms to the way care and support is accessed and funded. It also includes reforms to the regulation of health services and care standards, and would establish Health Education England (HEE) and the Health Research Authority (HRA) as statutory non-departmental public bodies. The final section of the Bill would enable the establishment of the Better Care Fund to promote joint working between the NHS and care and support services.
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On the 18th December 2013, NHS England announced the new budget allocations for Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) for the years 2014/15 and 2015/16. This followed the recent review of the allocation funding formula used to distribute the NHS budget among the population. But what are CCGs, what is their function and how much funding does
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