The health and social care systems are large and complex. This page provides a useful starting point if you're interested in finding out more but are not sure where to begin.
NHS basics
Explore key challenges facing the National Health Service in England and across the other countries of the UK.
Data story
This series of interactive charts illustrates key data on health care spending, hospital activity, performance, prescribing, and NHS staffing and other resources, for England and the rest of the UK where comparable data is available.
Spotlight
QualityWatch is a major research programme by the Nuffield Trust and The Health Foundation providing independent scrutiny into how the quali...
Data story
Here we examine 10 of the most commonly heard untruths you might hear about our health service in the run up to the 2015 election.
Explainer
Sally Gainsbury examines some of the most commonly cited figures about NHS finances, and explains what they really mean.
Comment series
In this series experts from the Nuffield Trust give their take on the data and evidence behind some of the current perceptions of what is ha...
Spotlight
Big changes lie ahead for the UK following its vote to leave the EU. No part of society will remain unchanged, including the health and social care sector. Below is a collection of resources about how Brexit might impact the NHS.
Report
This report assesses the performance of the NHS on the quality of patient care in all four UK countries since devolution.
Comment