Briefing 08/11/2019
Primary care networks were introduced in early 2019 with the intention that they would stabilise general practice and act as the bedrock of integrated care systems. However, there is a lack of clarity over how broad national ambitions can be realised locally. What pitfalls face primary care networks...
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.
Press release 11/07/2019
Helen Buckingham responds to latest GP patient survey and new hospital waiting times figures.
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...
Blog post 08/05/2019Billy Palmer
In an analysis carried out exclusively for the BBC, Billy Palmer draws on published data sources to assess the number of GPs compared to the size of the UK population over time.
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...
Press release 07/03/2019
Public satisfaction with the NHS has fallen to its lowest level since 2007, according to analysis of the 2018 British Social Attitudes survey published today by The King’s Fund and the Nuffield Trust.
Blog post 06/02/2019Dr Charlotte Paddison
The new GP contract has been widely welcomed, but what does it mean for patients and GP surgeries, and what remains unanswered?
Press release 31/01/2019
GPs will be able to offer a much wider range of services. However, it’s still not clear what is happening to GP and practice staff pay.
Conference/seminar 22/01/2019 • 13.30–16.00Professor Al MulleyDr Nav ChanaSophie Castle-Clarke
This event, run in partnership between the Nuffield Trust and NHS England, will explore models for delivering general practice as the number of GPs is falling.