Natasha Curry responds to the announcement of a new social care commission. Responding to the announcement of a new social care commission and additional support measures for the sector, Nuffield ...

As the NHS emerges from Covid-19 and the biggest shock to its system in its 75-year history, it faces a set of existential challenges: an ageing population in need of ever-more complex care and ...

General practice funding is inequitable: the Carr-Hill formula, which decides the distribution of funding, is outdated and fails to take account of socioeconomic deprivation. This briefing, produced ...

Mark Dayan is Brexit Programme Lead at the Nuffield Trust, working on the implications of leaving the European Union and of trade agreements for the NHS, life sciences and social care. Mark has also ...

Much of our health care takes place away from hospitals, through the hundreds of millions of general practice consultations, and via community health services providing essential support in homes, ...

Sally Gainsbury joined the Nuffield Trust in October 2015 as Senior Policy Analyst. Her focus is on health and social care funding and the NHS financing system. She also contributes to the Trust’s ...

Striking a somewhat different note from his predecessors, the Prime Minister recently pledged to “reset relationships” with the European Union. While the UK’s policy goals within this strengthened ...

Trust and confidence are key components of the clinician-patient relationship. There are many benefits that can accrue from a trusting relationship, including open and honest communication of ...

Every now and then, something happens in politics that makes a particular policy world tilt a little on its axis. Sometimes this is the result of changing attitudes or beliefs about a particular ...

Responding to the announcement of an uplift in funding for the 2025-26 GP contract, Nuffield Trust Director of Research and Policy Dr Becks Fisher said: “Government has correctly recognised that high ...

The NHS Constitution sets out the rights and responsibilities of patients, the public and staff to ensure the NHS operates fairly and effectively. The staff pledges define what the NHS expects from ...