Two years ago, we produced an explainer on doctors’ pay in England, exploring how it had changed over time, how it compares ...

GPs who had completed their training within the last two years were last year added to the Additional Roles Reimbursement ...

Responding to the Skills For Care report on the size and structure of the adult social care workforce, Nuffield Trust Fellow ...

Unpaid carers provide vital support supporting vulnerable people, doing work worth tens of billions to the economy.

The 10 Year Health Plan aims to move more care into the community and away from hospitals. In this long read, Liz Fisher ...

Note: An updated version of this explainer was published in July 2025. See updated explainer. Industrial action in the NHS has renewed interest in how much doctors earn. In a debate short of ...

A year on since coming to power, the government's 10 Year Health Plan formally sets out the direction of travel for the NHS over coming years. Adding detail to the long-promised 'three shifts' from ...

While the recent Spending Review could have been worse for the NHS, Sally Gainsbury argues that it would be premature to say that the health service emerged victorious from it. This blog was ...

This research report is drawn from a 15-month study of large-scale general practice organisations in England. The study examined the factors affecting their evolution and their impact on quality, ...

The Covid-19 pandemic has resulted in the adoption of digital technology in the NHS and changes to the way services are delivered at an incredible pace. So as the health service works hard to get back ...