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Policy report

Lessons from the history of British health policy

Andrew Seaton, Sally Sheard

‘Health policy’ is a slippery concept. In Britain, since the establishment of the National Health Service, it has often come to be associated only with the NHS, but it has a longer running and wider history. Health policy both predates the NHS and goes beyond it. This report provides an analytical overview of the history...
Report

Recovery through reform: launch paper of the Future Public Services Taskforce


This is the first paper of the Future Public Services Taskforce. It acts as a foundation for the rest of the work of the Taskforce, describing their analysis of the challenges facing public services, the causes of those challenges, and the role that the Taskforce will play in responding to those challenges.
Report

Making democratic innovations stick


This report investigates the barriers to implementing and sustaining the use of democratic innovations, and how these can be addressed by policy-makers and funders.
Guide

Rapid Evidence Assessments: a guide for commissioners, funders, and policymakers


Rapid Evidence Assessments (REA) provide high-quality evidence in a timely and cost-effective manner. This guide has been prepared to give people a feel for the entire review process, to inform their tender document, and help them ask searching questions of the review teams - to create a final review that balances rapidity and rigour.
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Making markets in practice


This publication sets out what makes up an industrial strategy, the tools policy-makers have at their disposal to influence the size and shape of new green markets, and ultimately - how to begin applying this strategy.
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