Exploring 15 jurisdictions across the world, this is the most detailed look to date at what the UK can learn from other countries as the UK and Scottish Parliaments debate bills to legalise assisted ...

Recommendation: The Voluntary Assisted Dying Commissioner for England and Wales will need to be given the funding it needs for a secretariat, data access, and expert support. Policymakers should set ...

Following yesterday’s chart on the variation in where people die across the UK, this chart from Sarah Scobie and Stuti Bagri ...

As the assisted dying Bill returns to the House of Commons next week, this in-depth analysis offers evidence from a wide range of contexts to further inform the debate. What can the UK learn from ...

The NHS workforce has gone through shifts and rebalances of roles since the service began, driven by changing needs as much as financial constraints and staff shortages. In recent years there has been ...

Changes to Employer National Insurance Contributions announced last month look set to cost the adult social care sector over £900m next year, more than wiping out the extra funds allocated to social ...

There are continued hopes that artificial intelligence (AI) will help solve some of the NHS’s problems. In this guest blog, Dr Jessica Morley from Yale University says it is important that the ...

Low pay for care workers is a key factor among the problems that beset the social care sector. The case for reform is strong, but as yet there is no national policy dedicated to improving wages in the ...

Although politicians may wish it wasn’t so, the state of the NHS and its need for more resources will be an unavoidable issue during this year’s general election campaign and beyond. Politicians will ...

The Nuffield Trust reveal that, since the pandemic, there has been a 30% increase in the number of people paying out of their own pocket for hospital care across the UK’s four countries.

With as many as 1.2 million autistic people in England, as well as up to 2.2 million people with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), providing the right support is no small ask. Jessica ...

We explore the quality of care for patients admitted to hospital with COPD exacerbations.