Latest press releases
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29 Mar 2012
Care home residents least likely to be hospitalised
A Nuffield Trust study linking the health and social care records of older people has found that care home residents had fewer hospital admissions than those receiving social care in their own homes.
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24 Mar 2012
Government claws back £500 million from the NHS to aid deficit reduction
Detailed analysis of the 2012 Budget by the health think tank Nuffield Trust reveals that the Treasury will retain £500 million of a £900 million underspend on health this year.
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27 Feb 2012
Greater transparency is needed over which patient services are funded by the NHS ahead of reforms that will hand more power to local GPs
The principles behind decisions over what is funded on the NHS should be made clearer ahead of reforms that give greater power to GPs’ spending decisions, according to a Nuffield Trust report.
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24 Feb 2012
Analysis of two decades of clinically-led commissioning reveals major challenges ahead for CCGs
GP-led commissioners in the NHS in England will find it ‘extremely difficult’ to influence how hospitals provide care, according to health service researchers writing for this week’s BMJ.
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24 Jan 2012
Nuffield Trust responds to the Health Committee’s latest report on Public Expenditure
Responding to the Health Committee’s latest report on Public Expenditure, Dr Jennifer Dixon, Director of the Nuffield Trust, said that the report is spot on.
