Ramsay Health Care UK, one of the leading providers of independent hospital services in England, has launched its Social Impact Report in the heart of Westminster.

The Purpose Coalition is proud to announce the launch of The Purpose Coalition Awards 2023 - Breaking Down Barriers, partnered with Sodexo.

As winter approaches and people are thinking about turning on their heating and eating more warming food, a stark reminder has been delivered that for millions of people in the UK, these things will simply not be an option.

Breaking down the barriers that women can face at work is a crucial part of making the most of our workforce and ensuring that everyone has access to opportunity.

The first in-depth study into the impact of ill-health on the UK’s working population has highlighted worrying trends of long-term sickness in two particular groups - women across all age ranges and young men aged 16-24, with a sharp increase in mental health issues.

The NHS and the services it provides will be one of the most important issues at the next general election. There are currently 7 million people on waiting lists, and 100,000 vacancies in the NHS so there is huge interest in Labour’s commitment to building an NHS fit for the future, and what that might look like.

Women’s health issues have all too often been a taboo subject in the workplace, scarcely acknowledged and barely discussed. Their performance, their productivity, their retention and their morale all suffered as a result. Clearly bad news for women, but also bad news for business.

If you are born in a position of disadvantage, it will be harder now than at any point over the last half century to move up the social ladder.

You’re much less likely to survive a cardiac arrest if you live in a deprived area of England and Scotland, new research suggests.

An estimated 340,000 people died whilst on a waiting list in 2022, compared to 240,000 in 2017 - a 42 per cent rise, which represents more than 60 per cent of all deaths in England. 

Anchor, England’s largest provider of specialist housing and care for those in later life, today announced its partnership with the Purpose Health and Social Care Coalition to produce an Impact Report into its work.

As climate records tumble and political parties review their policies to reflect perceived voter sentiment, the evidence continues to stack up to show that the burden of climate change, and in particular that of air pollution, is borne by the most disadvantaged communities.

The scale and impact of the growth in the number of people living with major illness as the population ages has been laid bare in ground-breaking new analysis. It makes for shocking reading, with over nine million people projected to be living with major illness by 2040, an increase of 2.5 million since 2019.

It may be uncomfortable listening for some, but it’s high time that menopause – and women’s health more widely, including menstruation, fertility problems, pregnancy, miscarriage and more – move up the workplace agenda. The time for squeamishness is long gone.

Leading businesses and Purpose Coalition partners were joined by Minister for Social Mobility, Youth and Progression, Mims Davies MP, at a Women in the Workplace roundtable, sponsored by Teleperformance.

The urgent need to level up the most disadvantaged areas of the country, particularly targeting women experiencing inequality, was highlighted by new research which shows that in 2021, a woman in the North East of England was 1.7 times more likely to die early as a result of suicide, addiction or murder by a partner or family member than the rest of England and Wales, an increase of 15 per cent since 2018.

The NHS is 75 years old this week and we should take a moment to think of all those who have worked in it in the past, and those that still work there today.

Access to more detailed regional data will help deliver more effective social mobility strategies across the country.

NHS leaders have voiced concerns that the continued delay in the publication by the Government of an NHS workforce plan is leaving the NHS in limbo.

As we approach the next election, health will remain a crucial battleground. It’s one of the most important issues facing voters, and any political party putting themselves up for election without a clear plan to deliver the health services people want to see is unlikely to win.