Responding to the Health and Social Care Select Committee report on the cost of inaction on social care, Nuffield Trust ...

With global headlines still dominated by the latest news on tariffs, discussions about a possible US-UK trade deal have also ...

The NHS Talking Therapies programme (re-branded from Improving Access to Psychological Therapies in January 2023) was designed to support the NHS in delivering evidence-based talking therapies for ...

Diagnostic tests or procedures are a critical part of the care of many patients. Shorter waiting times are beneficial as they help people get quicker access to the treatments they need. Diagnostic ...

Care homes are categorised as either residential or nursing homes. Residential homes are those that provide accommodation and help with personal care, such as washing, dressing and taking medicines.

Eating disorders such as anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa are serious mental health problems which can have severe psychological, physical and social consequences. Children and young people with ...

Professor Martin Marshall is the Chair of the Nuffield Trust, Emeritus Professor of Healthcare Improvement at UCL and a non-executive director of the Royal Devon University Healthcare Trust. Until ...

Cancelled elective operations are an indicator of hospital capacity, as operations may be cancelled because of a lack of ward beds, equipment (e.g. anaesthetics), or theatre staff. The cancelled ...

In March 2010, the NHS Constitution was updated to include a new right for patients to start consultant-led treatment for non-urgent conditions within a maximum of 18 weeks of a GP referral. In 2012, ...

The national guidance states that patients arriving at an emergency department by ambulance must be handed over to the care of A&E staff within 15 minutes. A handover delay does not necessarily mean ...