Forthcoming Publications

SMF Health Project

The SMF Health Project will shortly publish its final report. Over the past two years the project has examined the long term future of the NHS in the face of demographic, technological and now economic change. In the context of a crisis in public finances the report looks again at the sustainability of tax funding and asks whether new measures should be taken to curb demand for health services. This may be necessary in order to cope with the impact of the downturn. Having enjoyed massive increases in funding the NHS now faces the need to adjust to real terms cuts in the years ahead. There are major savings to be made, but they must be driven by high quality local commissioners, with central government taking far less responsibility for health services. This will mean a political shift away from the idea of a uniform National Health Service towards an acceptance of locally varied, diverse provision. Only through empowering local commissioners and managing demand can the health service survive the challenge of the next decade.

Securing sustained employment outcomes

In July we will be publishing our report on sustained employment outcomes. Following on from our report The Flexible New Deal: Making it Work, this report examines the issue of revolving door employment, and the prospects for using employment services to improve job retention rates. The report sets out proposals for a reformed model of employment services, which would combine better targets for employment retention rates with increased flexibility for providers. These reforms would address many of the challenges facing employment services, with incentives to achieve sustained job outcomes combined with the flexibility to tailor support to do so around the needs of individual jobseekers.

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