Event 21/11/2017 • 09.30–16.30
The Nuffield Trust, in partnership with NHS Improvement, is running a one day workshop, bringing together leaders from across the health system who are transforming outpatient services, to share knowledge and produce practical solutions.
News and opinion 12/04/2017Matt Green
Ambulance staff provide great care, writes paramedic Matt Green, but growing pressures are making it much harder.
Research 07/04/2017John ApplebyMark Dayan
The ambulance service has come to be a totemic symbol of the NHS in England, free at the point of use and available to all. It represents the fundamental duty of care at the heart of the health service and is an expression of the dedication of NHS staff. In our final winter briefing, we look at thes...
News and opinion 09/03/2017
John Appleby comments on the latest NHS England performance figures.
Resource 08/02/2017
Nigel Edwards explores what the data tells us about delayed transfers of care and busts some myths about how to prevent them.
Spotlight 07/02/2017
In a new short series, the Nuffield Trust is looking closely at some of the big issues behind pressure on the NHS in winter months.
Event
The New Cavendish Group brings together chief executives of small and medium sized NHS hospital trusts who are working on new solutions to the major challenges facing the sector and their local health economies. The group is run by and for hospital leaders, with the Nuffield Trust providing operatio...
News and opinion 11/01/2017Femke van der Brug
As part of a research internship at the Nuffield Trust, Femke van der Brug compared hospital readmission rates in English hospitals to those in her native Netherlands, and made some striking findings.
News and opinion 06/01/2017Nigel Edwards
Nigel Edwards unpacks our new analysis on OPELs - a new system designed to help the NHS better understand winter pressures. Latest OPEL figures reveal a third of hospitals in December issued serious alerts about their ability to meet patient pressures.
News and opinion 16/12/2016
Five entire hospitals’-worth of extra beds had to be opened every day last winter.