This is a time of significant challenge to health services across the UK. Our reputation as a leading independent centre for rigorous policy analysis, based on expert quantitative and qualitative research, means we are well placed to make a difference. Here we outline our current priorities.
Our priorities
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Analyses of ambulatory care-sensitive conditions
CommissioningEfficiency & productivityQuality of careProject leads:Ian BluntDr Martin Bardsley -
Buying time: what is the scale of the financial challenge facing the NHS & how can it be met?
Efficiency & productivityNHS reformProject leads:Anita CharlesworthAdam Roberts -
Cancer patients' use of social care
Predictive riskResearch methods & information toolsSocial careProject leads: Adam Steventon -
Commissioning for long-term conditions
CommissioningIntegrated careQuality of careProject leads:Dr Judith SmithDr Sara ShawDr Alison Porter -
Developing a national strategy for the promotion of integrated care
Integrated careNHS reformSocial careProject leads:Dr Judith SmithDr Rebecca Rosen -
Developing evaluation methods to help the NHS provide care more effectively
EvaluationQuality of careResearch methods & information toolsProject leads: Adam Steventon -
Evaluation of community matrons on hospital use
Efficiency & productivityEvaluationQuality of careProject leads: Adam Steventon -
Evaluation of the North Somerset Community Wards
EvaluationIntegrated careProject leads:Adam SteventonDr Geraint LewisDr Martin Bardsley -
Examining the effectiveness of Virtual Wards
EvaluationIntegrated carePredictive riskProject leads: Dr Geraint Lewis -
Funding and performance of health care systems in the four countries of the UK
UK & international comparisonsProject leads:Dr Jennifer DixonProfessor Gwyn BevanProfessor Nicholas MaysSheelah Connolly -
Future challenges for primary care
CommissioningIntegrated careNHS reformUK & international comparisonsProject leads:Dr Judith SmithDr Rebecca RosenRuth ThorlbyHolly Holder -
Independent practitioner associations in New Zealand: surviving to thrive
CommissioningUK & international comparisonsProject leads:Dr Judith SmithRuth ThorlbyProfessor Nicholas MaysDr Bev O’KeefePauline Barnett -
Managing the NHS through the financial squeeze: learning from international experience
Efficiency & productivityUK & international comparisonsProject leads:Dr Judith SmithRuth Thorlby -
National evaluation of integrated care pilots
EvaluationIntegrated carePredictive riskProject leads:Dr Martin BardsleyXavier ChitnisAdam Steventon -
NHS in numbers: key charts
CommissioningCompetitionEfficiency & productivityNHS reformQuality of careUK & international comparisonsProject leads:Anita CharlesworthDr Louise MarshallSandeepa Arora -
NHS spending: monitoring expenditure and productivity
Efficiency & productivityNHS reformProject leads: Anita Charlesworth -
North West London integrated care pilot evaluation
EvaluationIntegrated careProject leads:Dr Martin BardsleyDr Judith SmithIan BluntNatasha CurryHolly Holder -
Nuffield Trust Data Lab: exploiting existing information in new ways
EvaluationPredictive riskResearch methods & information toolsProject leads:Dr Martin BardsleyTheo Georghiou -
Patterns of care at the end of life
CommissioningEfficiency & productivityQuality of careResearch methods & information toolsSocial careProject leads:Dr Martin BardsleyTheo GeorghiouXavier Chitnis -
Person-based Resource Allocation (PBRA)
CommissioningPredictive riskResearch methods & information toolsProject leads:Dr Jennifer DixonDr Martin Bardsley -
Predicting risk of hospital readmission with PARR-30
Predictive riskResearch methods & information toolsProject leads:Dr Martin BardsleyTheo GeorghiouProfessor John BillingsIan Blunt -
Supporting the development of clinical commissioning groups and NHS England
CommissioningNHS reformProject leads:Ruth ThorlbyDr Rebecca RosenNatasha Curry -
The AXA Research Project on how can private long-term care insurance supplement state systems: the...
Predictive riskSocial careUK & international comparisonsProject leads: Adam Steventon -
The coalition Government's health and social care reforms
CommissioningCompetitionEfficiency & productivityIntegrated careNHS reformSocial careProject leads:Anita CharlesworthDr Jennifer DixonDr Judith SmithRuth Thorlby -
The evolution of clinical commissioning: learning from local experience
CommissioningNHS reformProject leads:Natasha CurryHolly HolderDr Louise Marshall -
The Francis Inquiry: Nuffield Trust analysis and resources
CommissioningNHS reformQuality of careUK & international comparisonsProject leads:Dr Judith SmithDr Jennifer Dixon -
The health and social care ratings review
Integrated careNHS reformQuality of careSocial careProject leads:Dr Jennifer DixonDr Martin Bardsley -
The impact of telehealth and telecare: the Whole System Demonstrator project
Efficiency & productivityEvaluationIntegrated carePredictive riskSocial careProject leads:Dr Martin BardsleyAdam Steventon -
The quest for efficiency in the English NHS
Efficiency & productivityProject leads: Dr Judith Smith -
Tracking the journey towards integrated care in Trafford
Integrated careSocial careProject leads:Natasha CurryDr Sara ShawDr Judith Smith -
UK health care information: an examination of information governance arrangements
Research methods & information toolsProject leads: Dr Benedict Rumbold -
Understanding competition and choice in the NHS
CompetitionNHS reformProject leads:Anita CharlesworthDr Jennifer Dixon -
Universal access and low costs? Health and social care the Japanese way
Efficiency & productivityNHS reformSocial careUK & international comparisonsProject leads:Natasha CurryHolly HolderRuth Thorlby -
Use of decision technology in the health service
Research methods & information toolsProject leads: Dr Geraint Lewis -
Uses of predictive risk adjustment in the NHS
CommissioningPredictive riskResearch methods & information toolsProject leads:Dr Martin BardsleyDr Geraint Lewis
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