Policy Vitals is an independent global health policy hub dedicated to strengthening health systems, reducing inequities, and improving accountability in how decisions are made. Founded by the team behind Heart ReWorks, a multi-faceted collaborative with decades of clinical, academic, and policy experience, Policy Vitals brings together real-world insight and rigorous analysis.

At Policy Vitals, every insight is a step toward stronger global health security. Whether you’re a policymaker, researcher, practitioner, journalist, or advocate, this platform is designed to be a go-to source for sharp analysis, critical reflection, and practical frameworks on the challenges shaping health resilience worldwide, from workforce burnout and access to diagnostics, to structural inequities, global health governance, and preparedness for future crises. Our work spans in-depth briefings, commentary, and explainer pieces that translate complex policy debates into accessible, actionable insight. Priority themes include NHS workforce wellbeing, sustainable models of care, socioeconomic and structural determinants of health, digital and data governance, and the political economy driving national and global health decisions. Each piece is built to support better decision-making: evidence-led, context-aware, and unafraid to ask difficult questions. These commitments are reflected in our core values.

Value-driven: every analysis starts with the question of who benefits, who is excluded, and how policy can close health gaps.
Integrity: we maintain intellectual honesty, transparency, and critical distance from partisan and institutional agendas.
Translation: complex debates are distilled into tools, frameworks, and recommendations that can be applied in real systems and real organisations.
Accountability: power, incentives, and outcomes are examined openly, scrutinising how decisions are made, where resources flow, and what that means for patients and communities.
Long-term Resilience: our analyses look beyond short political cycles, focusing instead on sustainability, preparedness, and the systems needed to withstand future shocks.

Our connection to Heart ReWorks ensures that insights are informed by both frontline experience and system-level perspective, linking what happens in clinics and hospitals with what is negotiated in boardrooms and parliaments.