Professor Martin Knapp of the London School of Economics (LSE) has stated that mental health neglect for young people is a “moral scandal and an enormous economic mistake” so why is there currently so little provision for young people suffering from mental illness in the UK? Liz Emerson, IF Co-Founder, looks at the numbers behind the… Read more »
Category: Health
Delays in discharging elderly patients from hospital cost the NHS £820 million per year
David Kingman examines a new report from the National Audit Office which lays bare the colossal cost of our failure to properly integrate health and social care
Is mental health an issue of intergenerational fairness?
A discussion with a consultant psychiatrist causes Angus Hanton, co-founder of IF, to reflect on the particular impact that mental health problems, and their treatment under the NHS, affect younger generations
New report: medicine risks being “cast back into the dark ages” by antibiotic resistance
David Kingman describes the findings from Final Report of the official Review on Antimicrobial Resistance
Will the government be forced to cut pensioner benefits?
David Kingman argues that the government may have effectively left itself no choice but to address the rising cost of pensioner benefits
Older people are living longer in poor health, new figures show
David Kingman reports on the latest estimates of “Healthy Life Expectancy” from the ONS, which show that it is not rising as quickly as overall life expectancy
New report calls for “Fairness for all ages”
David Kingman comments on the recent call from intergenerational practice charity United for All Ages that more should be done to heal Britain’s intergenerational divides
Could Scotland offer a solution to “delayed discharges” in the NHS?
With the NHS struggling to find enough spare beds to cope with patient demand, could an idea from Scotland be applied in England, asks David Kingman
What does the Mockingjay teach Generation Squeeze?
In parallel to the work that the Intergenerational Foundation does in the UK, Generation Squeeze campaigns for intergenerational fairness in Canada. In this call to action, Dr Paul Kershaw, of the University of British Columbia and Founder of Generation Squeeze, tells us why it is needed, and why it needs all the support it can… Read more »
New figures reveal dual crisis in health and social care funding
David Kingman looks at the tale of two crises which are currently facing the health and social care sectors