The new 10 Year Health Plan for England promises to shift more care from hospitals into the community, but history shows how ...

“Today’s statistics are a stark reminder that despite the continued hard work of staff, the NHS is still struggling to keep ...

Thea Stein responds to the introduction of quarterly rankings for all NHS trusts in England. Responding to the introduction ...

Mortality rates from liver disease in the UK have increased at least four-fold since the start of the 1970s, even if most ...

C-sections are a common procedure in maternity care, but higher rates of emergency caesareans can be a sign of systemic ...

The Nuffield Trust is an independent health and social care think tank. We aim to improve the quality of health and social care in the UK by providing evidence-based research and policy analysis and ...

Changes in British Society The decade opened and closed with Labour in power and the NHS in financial crisis, in spite of the greatest increase in expenditure the NHS had ever seen. The economy was ...

Low birth weight (under 2,500 grams) is associated with an increased risk of infant mortality, developmental problems in childhood and poorer health in later life. A large proportion of babies will be ...

There is extensive evidence showing that smoking during pregnancy can have devastating consequences for mothers and their babies. It has been associated with a number of adverse outcomes, including ...

Social care providers in England have been thrown into the spotlight over the last year as they were hit by Covid-19. But providers of these vital care services are still too often ignored in the ...

Suicides by people in contact with mental health services are arguably the most preventable. Between 2010 and 2021, over a quarter (26%) of all suicides in the general population were accounted for by ...

This briefing explores the impact the pandemic has had on the delivery of rural and remote health services in England, highlighting the underlying challenges faced by these services – and outlining ...