Briefing
The ambulance service has come to be a totemic symbol of the NHS in England, free at the point of use and available to all. It represents the fundamental duty of care at the heart of the health service and is an expression of the dedication of NHS staff. In our final winter briefing, we look at these growing pressures on a critical NHS service.
Press release
Analysis finds A&E units closed to ambulances almost 500 times in just...
Briefing
An analysis of how NHS 111 has fared, especially over the winter period. It finds that the service seems to steer people away from emergency services, though there is great variability across England. In some areas, NHS 111 is likely too risk averse, as it is connecting more people to the ambulance...
Press release
Numbers of NHS 111 callers sent to emergency services vary significantly around the country.
Briefing
Nigel Edwards explores what the data tells us about delayed transfers...
Press release
Nuffield Trust Chief Economist and Director of Research John Appleby r...
Comment
Nigel Edwards unpacks our new analysis on OPELs - a new system designe...
Explainer
Kicking off a new data series on winter presssures, John Appleby prese...
Briefing
As winter fast approaches, Sasha Karakusevic and Mark Dayan take a clo...
Report
In this latest analysis from QualityWatch we track A&E performance acr...
Press release
Nigel Edwards comments on the latest report from the Health Select Com...
Press release
Just 3.6 per cent of patients took up over a third of all bed capacity...
16/01/2017 • Dr Rebecca Rosen
Comment
Dr Rebecca Rosen examines why extending GP opening hours might actuall...