Report 11/10/2019Dr Rebecca Rosen
With an increasing number of GPs leaving clinical practice or working part time, and many practices unable to fill vacant GP posts, this briefing presents some ideas on how general practice can continue to be provided as the shortage of GPs becomes chronic.
Blog post 02/07/2019Sarah Scobie
With the Patient Safety Strategy published today arguing that new technologies have the potential to transform improvements in keeping patients from harm, Sarah Scobie takes a closer look at what the possibilities are.
Blog post 19/06/2019Andi Orlowski
In a guest blog, Andi Orlowski of Imperial College Health Partners explains why population health management has become so important for health systems all over the world – and why it is different from the previous approaches we have taken in public health or within the NHS.
Blog post 13/06/2019Eilís Keeble
Knowing which of the growing number of initiatives to join up care in the health service actually work for patients is crucial. Based on her experience with an earlier wave of integration initiatives – the “Pioneers” – Eilís Keeble looks at what needs to be done to make this possible.
Press release 31/05/2019
New Nuffield Trust report warns progress in NHS digital technology will grind to a halt without people who can actually design and use it on the ground.
Report 31/05/2019Sophie Castle-ClarkeRachel Hutchings
As a new body, NHSX, becomes established to lead national policy for technology, digital and data, and with the Secretary of State firmly behind plans to create a fully digital NHS, this report seeks to understand how national policy for digitisation is working from the perspective of acute trusts....
Blog post 29/05/2019Helen Buckingham
With poor care for people with learning disabilities once again in the news, Helen Buckingham laments the NHS’s failure to learn from what’s gone on before, while arguing that the future doesn’t have to see the same mistakes.
Report 20/05/2019Helen CrumpSandeepa AroraChris Sherlaw-JohnsonHolly HolderDr Alisha DaviesSilvia Lombardo
Could schemes aiming to increase the availability of primary care health care access out of hours improve the overall quality of services and patient experience in outer east London? The Nuffield Trust was commissioned by Barking, Havering and Redbridge CCGs to evaluate the impact of access programm...
Report 15/05/2019Sarah ScobieSophie Castle-Clarke
Drawing on a seminar held at the Nuffield Trust and on evidence and experience from the UK and internationally, this briefing identifies opportunities for local organisations and systems to make better use of health data, and recommends ways that national policy could promote the collaboration and g...
Blog post 14/05/2019Sophie Castle-Clarke
Sophie Castle-Clarke describes what it’s like to live with Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome, the cost to the NHS of a system currently failing rare disease patients, and what can be done to improve matters.