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NHS waiting times: Missed targets, missed pledges? 06/12/2019 • John Appleby | Leonora Merry

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More, more, more: Do election pledges on the NHS workforce stack up? 05/12/2019 • Fiona Johnson

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Mental health 29/11/2019 • Jessica Morris

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With 1 in 6 adults experiencing a mental illness, we're monitoring how quality in NHS mental health care varies over time.

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How much NHS spending are parties really pledging? 27/11/2019 • John Appleby

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Corrected contributions? Understanding the NHS pensions tax ‘trap’ 25/11/2019 • Helen Buckingham

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Pregnancy and childbirth in prison: what do we know? 22/11/2019 • Dr Miranda Davies

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Nuffield Trust announces appointment of new trustees 06/12/2019

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Consultant geriatrician Professor David Oliver and Leeds Community Health Care Trust Chief Executive Thea Stein join the Nuffield Trust boar...

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One in four hospital staff born outside the UK, new Nuffield Trust analysis reveals 04/12/2019

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New figures reveal the true effect immigration has had on the expansion of the health and care workforce over the last 20 years.

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Up to 90,000 social care workers needed immediately to meet manifesto pledges 28/11/2019

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New analysis by the Nuffield Trust reveals that up to 90,000 home care workers for the over 65s are needed immediately if the main parties'...

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Conservative manifesto has ambitious NHS pledges, but lack of plan for social care will undermine them 24/11/2019

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Nigel Edwards responds to the health and social care announcements in the Conservatives' 2019 manifesto.

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Nigel Edwards responds to NHS and social care announcements in the Labour manifesto 21/11/2019

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Great to see commitment to comprehensive reform of England’s failing social care system but many questions are left unanswered.

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Nuffield Trust response to Liberal Democrats manifesto 20/11/2019

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Funding and reform welcome, but new tax proposal raises big questions.

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