In his first week as Prime Minister, Andy Burnham has already signalled his intent towards social care reform in England by ...

Where should the line fall between individual and state responsibility for social care costs? This resource details how 11 countries and regions approach cost-sharing, offering policymakers a ...

With Yvette Cooper announced this week as the new Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, Thea Stein and Leonora Merry ...

Thea Stein responds to the new Prime Minister’s comments on social care and the announcement of a new Secretary of State for Health and Social Care.

A new Nuffield Trust report shows that around one in five mothers attend A&E in the year after they give birth, while 6% have an emergency hospital admission. Black women, those from the most deprived ...

New analysis of 1.6 million births in England reveals that one in five women attend A&E in the year after giving birth – with ...

The history of the NHS is filled with examples of changes in professions within the service and the balance between them. In fact, the mix of professions within the NHS has been in flux since its ...

The irony is palpable and unpleasant: unemployed and underemployed GPs are struggling to find NHS work, while patients can’t get a GP appointment when they want one. With public satisfaction with ...

The NHS in England has introduced various innovations to keep up with the growing demand for elective care, one of which is patient-initiated follow-up (PIFU). This evaluation sought to understand ...

Following on from our 2022 report looking at the health landscape six years on from Brexit, this report aims to look deeper at key trends we identified in the supply of products needed for health, the ...

As Andy Burnham takes office, Britain seems set to enter a new era of policymaking with devolution and localism as defining themes. In his first major speech as Prime Minister, Burnham promised to ...