After years of arbitrary and irrational cuts, today’s announcement of a 5.4% uplift to the Public Health Grant is a welcome move by government, backing up its promise to shift health care more into ...

Over half (53%) of this public spending in the final year of life is spent on healthcare (£11.7bn) – or £18,020 per person ...

Our new report today with the Health Economics Unit, commissioned by Marie Curie, is the most comprehensive analysis of ...

Supporting people at the end of life is a crucially important element of public spending, yet there is remarkably little evidence available on how much money is being spent on it, and what that money ...

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Sally Gainsbury responds to the Public Accounts Committee report on NHS financial sustainability. The Nuffield Trust is an ...

Responding to plans to reform elective care for patients in England, Nuffield Trust Chief Executive Thea Stein said: “Today’s plan to tackle the NHS waiting list shows the government is serious about ...

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We are renowned experts in UK and international comparisons. Comparing our health and care systems with those in other countries creates deeper understanding of how well they are performing and ...

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 ...

Mark Dayan is Brexit Programme Lead at the Nuffield Trust, working on the implications of leaving the European Union and of trade agreements for the NHS, life sciences and social care. Mark has also ...

In England, NHS general practice contracts (‘GP contracts’) are held between NHS England and individual general practices, and are managed by the primary care commissioning team in each integrated ...