Briefing 16/01/2020
Ahead of today's debate in the House of Commons on health and social care, we sent this briefing to all members of parliament.
Press release 09/01/2020
Nuffield Trust responds to the latest NHS England Combined Performance Summary and Winter Situation Reports.
Report 08/01/2020Billy PalmerHelen BuckinghamNadia CrellinCamille Oung
After the 2015 general election, the NHS and social care were set a number of targets on where they needed to be by 2020. Now that year has started, this briefing looks at how they have fared over that time, looking at a sample of key targets. Which have been met, which are being missed, and which b...
Announcement 27/12/2019
Andy McKeon to be appointed a CBE in the 2020 New Year’s Honours for services to Healthcare.
Blog post 20/12/2019Mark Dayan
The Tories may have won the election promising to get Brexit done, but for the NHS and social care it’s only about to start. Mark Dayan looks at what might be in store over the year ahead.
Blog post 06/12/2019John ApplebyLeonora Merry
The NHS has been a dominant election theme once more, yet one key driver of public satisfaction with the health service has been noticeably absent from the political agenda. John Appleby and Leonora Merry look at why waiting times might be slipping under the radar ahead of election day.
Report 04/12/2019Mark DayanBilly Palmer
Both Labour and the Conservatives have recognised the vital importance in this election of solving the staffing crisis that threatens the NHS and social care. But policies to end the current system of free movement from Europe after Brexit could cause a major slowdown in migration towards vital jobs...
Press release 04/12/2019
New figures reveal the true effect immigration has had on the expansion of the health and care workforce over the last 20 years.
Report 28/11/2019Natasha CurryNina HemmingsCamille OungEilís Keeble
Social care in England is at a crossroads. All three major political parties in the 2019 general election have recognised in their manifestos that the social care system is in need of change. So what needs to be done?
Press release 28/11/2019
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' manifesto pledges to expand and reform social care are to be met.