A Bill legalising assisted dying in England and Wales is being debated by the House of Lords. Their decisions will shape what ...

Recently published data suggests that the most deprived areas of England have twice the rate of deaths involving Covid-19 than the most affluent. But Covid-19 is not unique in this respect: ...

The referendum vote for the UK to leave the European Union in June 2016 marked a watershed in the country’s relations to its neighbours, changing relationships, rules, and the flow of goods and people ...

Governments have been trying to reduce waiting times for planned consultant-led hospital care, sometimes called referral to treatment (RTT) waiting times, for decades. The NHS’s target is to see 92% ...

As the government prepares to publish a new 10-year NHS workforce plan, questions remain about how to build a realistic and ...

We are still some way off knowing the full impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, but it is clear that it has required massive trade-offs that will have lasting consequences for the health and care system.

Following years of local authority budget cuts, the English social care system is struggling to provide sufficient care for those who need it. Increasing numbers are forced to self-fund, while others ...

Virtual wards are remote services which help patients to manage their health and care at home. There is currently a national policy push in England towards virtual wards being developed for a range of ...

This briefing explores the impact the pandemic has had on the delivery of rural and remote health services in England, highlighting the underlying challenges faced by these services – and outlining ...

In this report, we set out the possibilities to transform health care offered by digital technologies, with important insight about how to grasp these possibilities and benefits from those furthest ...

The Nuffield Trust was commissioned by NHS Employers to examine how best NHS staffing can be reorganised to support new ways of delivering care to patients. The authors conducted a survey of local ...

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