General practice funding is inequitable: the Carr-Hill formula, which decides the distribution of funding, is outdated and fails to take account of socioeconomic deprivation. This briefing, produced ...

Students training for nursing, midwifery and nursing associate roles are required to complete hands-on 'practice learning' ...

A Nuffield Trust review into nurse and midwife training standards has revealed highly varied learning experiences and ...

The vote in parliament last week in favour of progressing a Bill to legalise assisted dying had huge ramifications. With the health and social care policy world beginning to tilt as the implications ...

Changes to Employer National Insurance Contributions announced last month look set to cost the adult social care sector over £900m next year, more than wiping out the extra funds allocated to social ...

There are around 900,000 people in the UK living with dementia. By 2040, there could be up to 1.7 million people living with dementia in England and Wales. There are promising new treatments which ...

Commenting on excerpts trailed ahead of the Secretary of State’s speech to the NHS Providers conference, Nuffield Trust Chief Executive Thea Stein said: “It is right that politicians are focused on ...

We produced working hours assumptions for full- and part-time employees. Full-time hours are based on Skills for Care’s definition of one full-time equivalent, which is 37 hours per week. Our ...

Commenting on MPs voting the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill through to Committee Stage, Thea Stein, Chief Executive of the Nuffield Trust, said: “As this Bill progresses through Parliament, ...

“Today’s figures offer fresh insight into just how pressured things are in the health service as it braces itself for another tough winter. “The next few months look to be particularly demanding in ...