After last year’s Autumn Budget added to the financial difficulties already being experienced within social care, Natasha ...

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

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District nursing services provide care for patients and support for family members in the community, including at home, in clinical settings and in care homes. Services are intended to be universal – ...

Natasha Curry joined the Nuffield Trust in 2011 as a Senior Fellow in Health Policy. Prior to joining the Trust, she worked as a Fellow in Health Policy at the King’s Fund. Natasha has an interest in ...

Emergency admissions, where patients are admitted to hospital urgently and unexpectedly (i.e. the admission is unplanned), are unpleasant experiences for patients and costly for healthcare providers.

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% ...

Thea Stein is the Chief Executive of the Nuffield Trust. She took up the post in September 2023. Thea was previously Chief Executive at Leeds Community Healthcare NHS Trust, and before then Chief ...

High levels of hospital bed occupancy are an important indicator of a health system under pressure. Hospitals cannot operate at 100% occupancy, as spare bed capacity is needed to accommodate ...

Shorter cancer waiting times can lead to earlier diagnosis, faster treatment, lower risk of complications, enhanced patient experience and improved cancer outcomes. A review of NHS Access Standards ...

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