Report 11/09/2019Natasha CurryLaura SchlepperNina Hemmings
The current social care system in England is widely regarded as unfair, complex, confusing and failing to meet growing care needs in the population. Germany was in a similar situation 24 years ago, but successfully brought about far-reaching reform. As the UK government promises to fix our social ca...
Report 10/07/2019Mark DayanProf. Deirdre Heenan
Three years after Rafael Bengoa’s blueprint for improving the Northern Irish health service, this report uses interviews with health service leaders in Northern Ireland as well as outside experts and clinicians to assess which factors are helping or hindering Northern Ireland's efforts to change i...
Report 21/03/2019Jake BeechSimon BotteryAnita CharlesworthHarry EvansBen GershlickNina HemmingsCandace ImisonPinchas KahtanHelen McKennaRichard MurrayBilly Palmer
The workforce challenges currently facing the health service pose a threat to the delivery and quality of care over the next 10 years. In advance of the NHS's workforce implementation plan later this year, the Nuffield Trust has joined forces with the Health Foundation and The King's Fund to outline...
Blog post 28/02/2019Andy McKeon
With this year's Summit bringing a fresh perspective on the biggest issues facing health and social care, Andy McKeon reveals more about what we can look forward to.
Report 20/01/2019Billy PalmerJohn ApplebyJonathan Spencer
It is generally acknowledged that small, rural NHS health care providers face higher costs than larger, urban areas. For a number of years the NHS has adjusted financial allocations to account for these unavoidable variations in costs in different parts of the country. However, our review for the Na...
Press release 22/11/2018
The funding boost will simply allow GPs and community services to keep up with demand.
Explainer 09/11/2018
Following the NHS financial settlement this summer, all eyes moved to the Budget to find out what the new money means in the context of other health spending and the overall government finances. As the dust settles, we've joined forces with the Health Foundation and The King's Fund to break it all d...
Blog post 26/10/2018Sally Gainsbury
Long read: Ahead of Monday’s Budget, Sally Gainsbury takes an in-depth view at this summer’s announcement that the NHS in England is to get an extra £20.5 billion a year by 2023/24. Just how far will it take the health service?