AI is increasingly all around us, but not much has yet been said about how it might work within social care. Cyril Lobont takes a closer look at what AI could look like within the sector, and points ...

Increasing the amount of advice and guidance – where hospital specialists provide advice to GPs so that they can manage the patient without a referral to hospital – is a key part of ambitions to bring ...

Responding to the government's press release announcing the new English GP contract for 2026/27, Nuffield Trust Director of ...

End of care life has been more in the spotlight recently, due to the bill to legalise assisted dying. But there have been ...

Commenting on the latest monthly NHS performance statistics, Nuffield Trust Deputy Director of Research, Sarah Scobie said: ...

The NHS in England has introduced various innovations to keep up with the growing demand for elective care, one of which is patient-initiated follow-up (PIFU). This evaluation sought to understand ...

Reorganisation has been a regular feature of NHS history, but has often failed to deliver its goals. The abolition of NHS England marks the biggest restructure of the health service’s command ...

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 – ...

The new 10 Year Health Plan for England promises to shift more care from hospitals into the community, but history shows how hard this ambition is to deliver. This new report looks to Denmark and ...

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 decision of resident doctors – qualified medical practitioners in postgraduate training – in England to strike has intensified the interest in their pay. To provide independent analysis on the ...

Poor oral health, in the form of tooth decay, can at best be unpleasant and at worst all-consuming. For children, its consequences include having difficulties with sleeping and eating, school absences ...