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Health and Care
Where are we up to?

Step 5: Advocating for Change

Date: January 2023

We engaged with key decision-makers across political parties throughout 2022, and communicated the policy solutions that came out of our Ideas For Change at Labour and Conservative Party Conferences. We were pleased to see our idea for a ‘Green Badge’ for care workers endorsed by Wes Streeting MP, Shadow Secretary of State for Health, and see the idea welcomed at a Westminster debate in March.

Parliament photo

Step 4: Testing

Date: October 2022

We are now taking the Ideas for Change developed by the Social Care Change group and stress-testing them in two phases: with sector experts and the British public.

A table of ideas

Step 3: Ideas for Change

Date: April 2022

The People’s Panel’s top two health and care priorities now move to the next stage: coming up with practical ideas for change… read more

People brainstorming ideas

Step 2: The People’s Panel

Date: February 2022

The People’s Panel brought together 100 people to consider the health and care challenges being faced by the British public… read more

Step 1: Community Conversations

Date: September 2021

We’ve launched a hub dedicated to people’s experiences, views and ideas about health and care. Featuring many videos and quotes from the Community Conversations held earlier in the year… read more

Online community conversations

Health and Care: Our five-step approach to change

Date: December 2020

Health and care is a national challenge that’s been gridlocked for decades. But with your help, we can make change happen. And turn your ideas into action… read more

Our five-step approach

Health and Care remains the country’s number one challenge

Date: September 2020

There’s one challenge people across the country still believe needs sorting: health and care. No matter where you live, how old you are or how you vote. And that’s health and care…. read more

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Deciding what national challenge to tackle first

Date: November 2018

Health and care is the country’s number one challenge, our research with BritainThinks shows. Find out what we’ll be doing next to tackle the issue and get the public involved… read more

Health and care timeline chart

There’s several ways you can get involved. Your experiences and views on health and care matter – make sure they’re heard. read more

What is the People’s Panel? Miriam Levin, Health and Care Programme Director, explains how the country’s online Community Conversations became…read more

Image of Careless Whisper report

Why is social care reform so difficult? Francis Elliott reviews previous attempts and asks – what if the starting point…read more