Dec 6, 2024 · The Nuffield Trust is an independent health and social care think tank. We aim to improve the quality of health and social care in the UK by providing evidence-based research and policy analysis and informing and generating debate.

We are an independent health think tank. We aim to help achieve a high-quality health and social care system that improves the health and care of people in the UK by providing evidence-based research and policy analysis and informing and generating debate.

3 days ago · Novel palliative care services such as the Responsive Emergency Assessment and Community Team (REACT) service delivered by Marie Curie and developed with partners in Bradford [4] offer direct provision of palliative care services in emergency departments that proactively identify, assess, and treat people arriving in A&E, and offer an alternative to hospital admission through a supported ...

Health and care services and public services in the UK are under enormous pressures. From changes within the health care system and a country hit hard by Covid-19; local and global shortages of staff; and other external factors such as public sector austerity, and the uncertainty caused by the UK’s exit from the European Union.

3 days ago · Today our new analysis of public expenditure on people in the final year of life is published. The research was undertaken by the Nuffield Trust and the Health Economics Unit, supported by the end of life care charity Marie Curie.. Drawing on a wide range of data sources, we estimate that at least £22 billion of public funds was spent on people in the last year of life in the UK in 2022.

3 days ago · 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 goes on. The Nuffield Trust and the Health Economics Unit were commissioned by Marie Curie to estimate the range of public expenditure that supports the care of people in their last year, to help ...

There is variation between different age groups in how supported patients feel to manage their long-term health condition(s). Results from the 2023 GP Patient Survey show that fewer patients in the younger age groups felt supported to manage their …

Jul 18, 2024 · Funding and finances; Health structures, legislation and reform; Hospital care; Inequalities in care; International and UK countries; Primary care and community services

Jan 6, 2025 · 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 changing how planned health care is delivered in the long-term, with its emphasis on crucial developments such as moving planned treatment into hub settings and expanding patient access ...

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