The UK government’s 10 Year Health Plan for England has three big shifts at its core: hospital to community, analogue to digital and sickness to prevention. Central to the first of these is a ...
The size of the community care waiting list for children has increased by 58% since data began in 2022, compared with a 23% ...
“There are some positive signs in today’s findings, with the number of social care jobs continuing to increase and vacancies ...
Sarah Scobie responds to the news of a six-month review of the GP funding formula. Responding to a six-month review of the GP funding formula, set to be announced today by Minister of State Stephen ...
The government has been locked in a dispute with pharmaceutical companies for a number of months over how much the NHS pays ...
Prevention of blood clots, medically known as venous thromboembolism (VTE), is a key patient safety priority for hospitals. VTE includes both deep-vein thrombosis (DVT) and pulmonary embolism (PE), ...
Sally Gainsbury joined the Nuffield Trust in October 2015 as Senior Policy Analyst. Her focus is on health and social care funding and the NHS financing system. She also contributes to the Trust’s ...
High levels of hospital bed occupancy are an important indicator of a health system under pressure. Hospitals cannot operate at 100% occupancy, as spare bed capacity is needed to accommodate ...
Care homes are categorised as either residential or nursing homes. Residential homes are those that provide accommodation and help with personal care, such as washing, dressing and taking medicines.
The NHS Talking Therapies programme (re-branded from Improving Access to Psychological Therapies in January 2023) was designed to support the NHS in delivering evidence-based talking therapies for ...
Mark Dayan is Brexit Programme Lead at the Nuffield Trust, working on the implications of leaving the European Union and of trade agreements for the NHS, life sciences and social care. Mark has also ...