28/02/2019
Our annual Health Policy Summit, now in its eleventh year, will be held on 28 February and 1 March 2019 at Beaumont Estate Hotel in Windsor.
Conference/seminar 22/01/2019 • 13.30–16.00Professor Al MulleyDr Nav ChanaSophie Castle-Clarke
This event, run in partnership between the Nuffield Trust and NHS England, will explore models for delivering general practice as the number of GPs is falling.
Briefing 10/10/2018
Nuffield Trust submission to the Health Select Committee (September 2018)
Report 04/10/2018Louella VaughanNigel EdwardsCandace ImisonBen Collins
Smaller hospitals are struggling with workforce shortages, spiralling costs and increasingly complex models of care for acutely ill patients. This major new report outlines a set of radical new approaches for running acute medical services in these institutions and suggests we should avoid assuming...
Press release 04/10/2018
Encouraging groups of clinicians to pool their capacity at the hospital ‘front door’ could help solve chronic workforce shortages and spiralling costs.
Blog post 02/10/2018Chris Sherlaw-Johnson
Chris Sherlaw-Johnson looks at different approaches being used to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of health services, and explains the value they could bring to the NHS.
Summary 13/09/2018Candace ImisonLouella Vaughan
This profile of smaller hospitals in England finds trusts struggling to recruit and retain acute medical staff. Services across the country are configured in a wide variety of ways, with little evidence of an 'ideal' model for acute medical care emerging from our research.
Blog post 10/09/2018Sarah ScobieLaura Schlepper
With technology in the health service always a talking point, Sarah Scobie and Laura Schlepper take a closer look at five common claims about the use of digital services in the NHS. Are some more true than others?
Blog post 31/08/2018Nigel Edwards
Following our new briefing yesterday, co-author Nigel Edwards looks at the lessons that emerged from our recent work on outpatients – arguing that improving experts’ productivity without just making them work harder is the big challenge for many systems.