“Today’s figures offer fresh insight into just how pressured things are in the health service as it braces itself for another ...

The Nuffield Trust is an independent health think tank. We aim to improve the quality of health care in the UK by providing evidence-based research and policy analysis and informing and generating ...

Commenting on excerpts trailed ahead of the Secretary of State’s speech to the NHS Providers conference, Nuffield Trust Chief ...

“After over a decade of constrained funding, NHS finances prior to this Budget were perilous. The funding promised today will meet the health service’s immediate day-to-day needs, but will not stretch ...

As the Chancellor puts the final touches to this week’s budget, anxiety within and around the social care sector mounts. In amongst the myriad calls on a finite pot of money, will social care be heard ...

The Secretary of State launched a public consultation on the English NHS’s new 10-year plan last week with the words that the health service is “broken, but not beaten”. But if it is broken, it is not ...

Dental services are organised differently from most other care provided by the NHS. Unlike GP services, patients are not registered with an NHS dentist, and dental practices are not required to ...

Rebecca is a Senior Fellow in Health Policy at the Nuffield Trust and a General Practitioner in Greenwich. She is also an accredited public health specialist. Her current policy interests include ...

With all eyes on this week’s budget announcement, will social care be overlooked again? Natasha Curry and Camille Oung emphasise the pressures affecting the beleaguered sector and argue that a ...

Excessive alcohol consumption can have harmful health consequences in the short term but also in the long term, through conditions such as liver disease, stroke and some cancers. Alcohol-related ...

High-quality end of life care is important to ensure people approaching the end of life, and their family and carers, have access to appropriate treatment and support during a vulnerable and difficult ...