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

Responding to the latest monthly NHS performance statistics, Nuffield Trust Deputy Director of Research, Sarah Scobie said: “Public satisfaction with the health service has plummeted in recent years, ...

There were, on average, 83,000 people in prison in England and Wales at any one time last year, yet relatively little is known about prisoners’ physical health care needs; how and why they access ...

Unpaid carers play a crucial role in providing essential care for people who need help because of ill-health, frailty, disability, a mental health condition or an addiction. This care, provided by ...

The UK has had a health system dominated by state funding and state provision for decades. It is seen globally as a defining example of a publicly run health service, and polling shows that this is a ...

Across the four counties of the UK, integration of health and social care has been a policy priority driven by the needs of a population that is living longer and with more long-term health conditions ...

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 ...

This new research, which was funded by the Health Foundation, underlines the challenges and risks women in prison face because of barriers to accessing health and care services. All prisoners have a ...

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% ...

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 ...

Low pay for care workers is a key factor among the problems that beset the social care sector. The case for reform is strong, but as yet there is no national policy dedicated to improving wages in the ...

Defining the problem Social care services in England face longstanding pressures. With consistent underfunding, access to publicly funded care for older adults 1 is now limited to those with the ...