Research 05/07/2017Mark DayanNigel Edwards
This report looks at Scotland’s unique health care system, and explores how other parts of the UK might be able to learn from it.
News and opinion 05/07/2017
The unique strengths of Scotland's NHS, in particular the way it improves quality and safety, could be undermined by serious financial pressure over the next few years.
Resource 22/04/2016
The Welsh NHS is at the centre of the campaign for next month’s Assembly elections. But which of the country’s political parties is right about how it is doing? Who has the answers? And what don’t they dare to ask?
Resource 24/03/2016
The NHS will be a key issue for voters in the Scottish election given it is the biggest public service under the remit of the Scottish Government. In new analysis, Mark Dayan outlines some of the key facts and figures about the service's performance in Scotland.
Media 24/03/2016
24 March 2016 is officially the start of the 'election period' for the Scottish Parliament – although it will have escaped few Scots (even displaced ones like Policy and Public Affairs Analyst, Mark …
News and opinion 29/07/2015Professor Marcus Longley
The most common criticism of the NHS in Wales, even from its most loyal advocates, is that it seems almost incapable of change at sufficient pace and scale. ‘Lovely policy and strategy - shame it didn’t happen’ seems to be the common lament. This cannot continue, argues Marcus Longley in this...
News and opinion 23/07/2015Professor James Buchan PhD, DPM
Professor James Buchan, Adjunct Professor, at the WHO Collaborating Centre, ponders whether Scotland can continue to defy Westminster by protecting staff pay increments in the Scottish NHS.
News and opinion 23/06/2015Nuffield Trust
Hugh McCaughey, Chief Executive of the South Eastern Health and Social Care Trust in Northern Ireland blogs about the great health challenges facing the country, and examines the options.
Resource 10/04/2015
What is the truth about where decisions in funding are taken, and what difference could the election make? Mark Dayan looks at the facts.
News and opinion 05/02/2015Nigel Edwards
The Labour-led NHS in Wales is a common and contentious subject between politicians in Westminster and Cardiff Bay. But does the Welsh NHS really perform poorly?