Blog post 21/08/2020Jessica MorrisChris Sherlaw-Johnson
Long read: It was announced at the end of June that the four-hour A&E target will be replaced by a new basket of measures. But what might be the benefits and disadvantages of those new measures? Jessica Morris and Chris Sherlaw-Johnson run through the proposed A&E standards to see w...
Data story 13/08/2020
Each week we present analysis of data in chart form to illustrate some key issues and invite discussion. This week we show that people with a disability are more likely to use the internet for health-related activities than non-disabled people. Given the impact of the pandemic on health services, wi...
Data story 15/07/2020
Each week, we'll be taking a look at a different aspect of the Covid-19 pandemic, presenting our analysis in chart form to illustrate some key issues and invite discussion. This week, Sarah Scobie highlights the dramatic rise in the number of people waiting for treatment and suggests that the health...
Data story 07/07/2020
Each week, we'll be taking a look at a different aspect of the Covid-19 pandemic, presenting our analysis in chart form to illustrate some key issues and invite discussion. This week, Billy Palmer looks at the available data on the NHS's much-discussed Test and Trace system – and finds this essent...
Briefing 02/06/2020
As the number of Covid-19 hospital admissions gradually declines, policy attention is turning to how the NHS can restart some more routine activities. But doing this while living alongside Covid-19 will involve major practical challenges that will need to be overcome. This new discussion paper by Ni...
Announcement 13/05/2020
We're working with the Health Foundation, The King’s Fund, the Strategy Unit and Imperial College Healthcare Partners to provide additional analytical support to the NHS nationally in its overall response to Covid-19.
Blog post 24/03/2020Dr Helen HoganChris Sherlaw-Johnson
Hospitals always monitor the care they provide – keeping a close eye on any failures in care and creating action plans to reduce the chances of them happening again. Dr Helen Hogan and Chris Sherlaw-Johnson take a closer look at how efficient current processes are – and argue that advances in te...
Blog post 12/03/2020Rachel Hutchings
In our new report last week on the spread of new innovations in the NHS, we identified four key themes that innovators, potential adopters and policy-makers should keep in mind to achieve scale and spread across the health service. Here co-author Rachel Hutchings focuses on the first of those – de...
Speech 05/03/2020Nigel Edwards
Nigel Edwards spoke at last week’s Nuffield Trust Summit, reflecting on lessons from 40 years of health policy. This is the transcript of his speech at that event.
Video 28/02/2020
Dr Nikki Kanani, GP and Medical Director of Primary Care, NHS England discusses the potential for primary care networks to transform the way populations receive care and reduce inqualities.