The £600 billion problem awaiting the next government podcastWe speak to David Gauke and Giles Wilkes, two experts who have been at the heart of the spending review process.25 April 2024
Be the Chancellor Our interactive tool lets you be the Chancellor. Change spending plans, set tax policies and see how your choices impact borrowing and debt.
Should we worry about government debt? podcastDavid Miles joins us to discuss high government debt and its impact on the economy. 11 April 2024
IFS Annual Lecture - Innovation and productivity policies: a budgetary perspective event 15 May 2024 Professor Heidi Williams (Dartmouth College) will deliver the 2024 IFS Annual Lecture on innovation and productivity policies.
Higher Education Access and Funding: challenges and policy options conference 14 May 2024 This one-day academic conference will look at access to and funding of Higher Education systems.
Jobs landing pageAt IFS, we recruit and train top-quality economists and professional support staff. We aim to foster a respectful and inclusive working environment.20 July 2022
Centre for the Microeconomic Analysis of Public Policy The Research Centre at the heart of IFS is the CPP.
If you can’t see it, you can’t be it: role models influence female junior doctors’ choice of medical specialty Comment Working alongside a greater share of senior women specialists during an early-career placement influences junior women’s own specialty choice. 24 April 2024
A senior doctor like me: Gender match and occupational choice Working Paper In this paper, we estimate how the gender of supervisors early in one’s career affects subsequent choice of finely-defined occupations. 24 April 2024
Progression of nurses within the NHS Report This report examines the career progression of NHS nurses, how this compares with that of other NHS staff groups and how this has changed over time. 12 April 2024
Regional variation in earnings and the retention of NHS staff in Agenda for Change bands 1 to 4 Report We examine the association between local pay and retention of NHS hospital and community staff in pay bands 1 to 4 of the Agenda for Change framework. 10 April 2024
A longer-term view of NHS waiting lists in England Comment How have NHS waiting lists and waiting times for pre-planned treatment changed over the last 40 years? 19 March 2024
Spring Budget 2024: What you need to know Podcast IFS reaction to the Chancellor's Spring Budget. 7 March 2024
Health spending planned to fall in England and Scotland in 2024–25, suggesting a top-up likely Comment Day-to-day spending on health in England is planned to fall in 2024–25 compared with the latest budgets for 2023–24. 4 March 2024
What could happen to NHS waiting lists in England? Calculator Use our simple interactive tool to explore what could happen to the NHS waiting list in England over the next four years in different scenarios. 29 February 2024
The past and future of NHS waiting lists in England Report NHS performance will be a key election issue. We examine how NHS waiting lists have changed in the past and how they could change in the future. 29 February 2024
The NHS waiting list: when will it come down? Podcast We discuss all things waiting list - What is it? How big is it? Is there a credible plan to get it back down? 29 February 2024
The IFS Scottish Budget Report – 2024–25 Report This report looks at the key budgetary and public service issues for the Scottish Government for the 2024–25 financial year and beyond. 22 February 2024
Top-ups to the Scottish Budget for 2024–25 are likely – but huge uncertainty on their scale Comment More funding to top up the Scottish Government’s 2024–25 spending plans is likely to become available – but just how much is highly uncertain. 22 February 2024
Scottish Budget: Healthcare spending, staffing and activity Report The COVID-19 pandemic is having long-lasting impacts on NHS hospital activity, productivity and performance in Scotland, despite higher funding. 9 February 2024
Ethnic diversity of NHS doctors Report How does the ethnicity mix of NHS doctors compare with wider populations? How does it differ by seniority, gender, specialty and country of training? 22 January 2024
Is there really an NHS productivity crisis? Comment It is difficult to measure NHS productivity. But the available evidence strongly suggests that the NHS is less productive now than pre-pandemic. 17 November 2023
Labour Party Conference: Can the next government afford the NHS? Event 9 October 2023 at 16:15 Liverpool (Outside secure zone) This IFS/Nuffield Trust event at the Labour Party Conference featured Karin Smyth MP, Shadow Minister for Health.
Conservative Party Conference: Can the next government afford the NHS? Event 2 October 2023 at 12:15 Manchester (Outside secure zone) This IFS/Nuffield Trust event at the conservative Party Conference featured Neil O'Brien MP, Minister for Primary Care and Public Health.
The effects of pension reforms on physician labour supply: Evidence from the English NHS Working Paper We examine labour supply responses of senior doctors following a pension reform that moved NHS staff from a final salary to career average pension. 29 September 2023
Time to scrap the English NHS Bursary Comment The NHS bursary is a needless subsidy for high-earning former medical students. Now would be an excellent time to scrap it. 14 September 2023
