With the subject of assisted dying much debated in recent months, Sarah Scobie describes the main challenges facing ...

Following the publication of this week’s high-profile report from Lord Darzi about the state of the NHS, Thea Stein reflects ...

In his first speech as Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, Wes Streeting declared that "the NHS is broken". Here we collect some of our essential reading to diagnose and shape the change ...

Emergency admissions, where patients are admitted to hospital urgently and unexpectedly (i.e. the admission is unplanned), are unpleasant experiences for patients and costly for a healthcare provider.

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 ...

Stillbirths, neonatal mortality, and infant mortality are common measures of healthcare quality and the safety of maternity services, but they are also influenced by social, economic and environmental ...

A huge challenge facing the NHS is that more patients are experiencing delayed discharges – whereby someone is deemed medically fit to leave hospital but is not yet discharged. Reversing this trend is ...

In his first speech as Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, Wes Streeting declared that "the NHS is broken". Here we collect some of our essential reading to diagnose and shape the change ...

An acute respiratory infection outbreak is defined by the UKHSA as two or more laboratory confirmed cases of Covid-19, influenza or another respiratory pathogen linked to a particular setting. In care ...

Low birth weight (under 2,500 grams) is associated with an increased risk of infant mortality, developmental problems in childhood and poorer health in later life. A large proportion of babies will be ...

The NHS aims to provide a comprehensive service to everybody, irrespective of status, but there are unjust and deep-rooted differences in the quality and experience of care for different social groups ...

National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) guidelines say that patients should be involved in decisions about medicines, and that the benefits, side effects and long-term effects of ...