Policy

I have written more than 50 policy reports and briefings at the Institute for Fiscal Studies, on topics including NHS performance, public spending and public sector productivity. Below is a selected list of key reports. My IFS webpage has a full list.

Selected Reports

2025
Why isn't hospital productivity growth bringing down the waiting list more quickly?
With Olly Harvey-Rich · IFS Comment, December 2025
2025
UK defence spending: composition, commitments and challenges
With Bee Boileau · IFS Green Budget Chapter, September 2025
2025
The outlook for public sector productivity
With Olly Harvey-Rich · IFS Green Budget Chapter, September 2025
2025
The relationship between NHS waiting lists and health-related benefit claims
With Ben Zaranko · IFS Report, May 2025
2025
Can the government achieve its 18-week elective waiting time target?
With Olly Harvey-Rich · IFS Report, March 2025
2024
NHS hospital productivity: some positive news
With Olly Harvey-Rich and Ben Zaranko · IFS Comment, November 2024
2024
Options for the 2024 Spending Review and beyond
With Bee Boileau and Ben Zaranko · IFS Green Budget Chapter, October 2024
2023
Implications of the NHS workforce plan
With Ben Zaranko · IFS Green Budget Chapter, August 2023
2023
How much public spending does each area receive? Local authority level estimates of health, police, school and local government spending
With Kate Ogden and David Phillips · IFS Report, August 2023
2022
NHS funding, resources and treatment volumes
With Ben Zaranko · IFS Report, December 2022
2022
Factors associated with staff retention in the NHS acute sector
With Elaine Kelly and George Stoye · IFS Report, August 2022