We'll be at Labour Party Conference next week, digging into the tricky questions and trade-offs at the heart of health policy. Do join us if you can!

We’re 2 weeks out from the Lords debate on #AssistedDying, so now is the time to start thinking in more detail about how this service would actually work if it becomes legal. Great to have Nuffield Trust researchers out on the airwaves sharing insights from other countries today.

NHS pays hospitals £33 per patient they remove from waiting lists. Thousands have been deleted. While this could be valid in most cases, there are fears it could lead to mistakes and the process lacks transparency: www.thetimes.com/article/d718...

Fourth time lucky?! Why am I hopeful that this time, a promise of review might lead to actual change? 🧵👇

The government has set the NHS’s budget for the next 3 years, now it needs to be realistic about its priorities - my comment piece in the BMJ: www.bmj.com/content/389/...

Proud of our small but mighty think tank @nuffieldtrust.org.uk today. Our remarks on the SR were put to Rachel Reeves on the Today programme today. And Wes Streeting starts his speech at #NHSConfedExpo by referencing our analysis with @thekingsfund of British Social Attitudes

The #NHS settlement from the #spendingreview may look generous, but it soon melts away in the context of existing commitments - govt must be clear about the compromises. Social care is also unlikely to see the transformation we were promised. @sallygainsbury.bsky.social‬ response 👇

Resident doctor pay: How do different methods affect how pay changes appear? Thanks to @nuffieldtrust.bsky.social for their analysis in The Sunday Times this week: www.nuffieldtrust.org.uk/news-item/re...

Is 2m extra appointments enough? @sarahscobie.bsky.social‬ says this "won't come close to bringing the treatment waiting list back to pre-pandemic levels, or to meeting longer-term NHS targets". Tune in to Sky News at 1045 to hear @becksfisher.bsky.social‬ discuss the waiting list.

Something to keep an eye on - district nurses will play an important role if ambitions to shift more care into the community are to be realised. But is enough being invested in this workforce?👇 More Nuffield Trust work coming on this soon!

Today the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill will be brought before MPs for amendments. Our analysis of the international approaches to assisted dying brings important context to the debate. Read the analysis here: buff.ly/KeuSXxp

Last week we warned about govt making sudden changes to immigration rules without a full assessment of the impact on health & care 👇 Now, ahead of the Immigration white paper, care employers may be facing a void: the end of overseas recruitment, higher ENICs, & no higher pay offer for domestic staff

NEW ANALYSIS explores how approaches to #AssistedDying vary internationally. The Nuffield Trust holds a neutral position on the legalisation of assisted dying in the UK. Our analysis reviews the evidence for jurisdictions where it has been implemented, to help inform debate. 🧵1/9 buff.ly/CTLXDjs

V useful thread ⬇️

Do Trump's tariffs pose a threat to UK medicine supplies? Does signing a deal risk reviving the worrying measures the USA pushed for in his first term? I'm saying it's a yes to both, but the situation is controllable with the right actions www.nuffieldtrust.org.uk/news-item/wh...

Really interesting morning at this @mja-uk.bsky.social event featuring Sally Gainsbury from @nuffieldtrust.bsky.social. If you want to hear more about prioritising healthcare based on inequalities, give this #MoralMaze episode a listen: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Tune in to BBC Radio 4 tonight at 8pm for a new episode of #MoralMaze recorded at our Summit last month. 📻 Guests debate the ethical purpose of the #NHS. Should we care more about equality of outcome – being equally healthy – or equality of access – treating everyone the same?

What do people think about the #NHS? Our analysis of the #BritishSocialAttitudes survey with @thekingsfund.bsky.social shows satisfaction is at a record low, but it also reveals much more. Read report: www.nuffieldtrust.org.uk/research/pub... @markgdayan.bsky.social explores 👇

It’s been a pleasure working with talented @nuffieldtrust.bsky.social & @thekingsfund.bsky.social researchers to launch this project. 👏 Lots of really interesting findings on public perceptions of the #NHS this year - the figures on A&E services are particularly striking.

Drug shortages have been affecting people around the country but haven't really reached Westminster as a story. A big issue unlikely to go away any time soon - complex supply chains providing an ever greater number of drugs will always have vulnerabilities. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

Important findings about medicine shortages from new @nuffieldtrust.bsky.social research covered by the Guardian today 👇

New research on health in the UK after #Brexit covered in the Guardian today. Red list recruitment is still on the rise since recruiting NHS staff from the EU became more difficult. 👇

Today with @cglobont.bsky.social @tamarahervey.bsky.social and excellent colleagues not on Bsky we publish our final Brexit report on how health and care in the NHS have pulled apart from Europe, and the consequences – funded by @healthfoundation.bsky.social www.nuffieldtrust.org.uk/research/hea...

NEW REPORT: 1 in 11 #NHS doctors in England are from "red list" countries WHO says we should not recruit from. 🌍 We track the impact leaving the EU is continuing to have on the NHS and its workforce. #Brexit Read report: buff.ly/QIabV2Y

WE'RE HIRING: The Nuffield Trust is looking to recruit a new Fellow to work on projects relating to the funding and financing of health and social care services. #ResearchJobs #ThinkTankJobs Find out more and apply here. 👇

Hot off the press: with NHS England being abolished, @markgdayan.bsky.social and I look at whether it did what it was intended to do (spoiler: no) and whether the reasons for that have been resolved (also: no) www.nuffieldtrust.org.uk/news-item/th...

Being exposed to racism can have devastating effects for #NHS staff, including poorer health, poorer retention and underrepresentation in senior roles, says @stephanihatch.bsky.social. #NTSummit #antiracism ▶️ Watch live: events.zoom.us/ev/Ahm9SLEL2...

Back in Windsor for another #NTSummit! 💜 Some great sessions on health and care policy coming up over the next two days and most will be live-streamed here: events.zoom.us/ev/Ahm9SLEL2...

Why does planned change fail so often? #NTSummit @theasrstein.bsky.social highlights the complicated role that financial incentives and skill mix have played in efforts to change the #NHS. ▶️ Watch live: events.zoom.us/ev/Ahm9SLEL2...

One week to go until our event in Westminster chaired by Isabel Hardman! Hospital to home: can other countries show us the way? Find out more and register here. 👇 www.nuffieldtrust.org.uk/event/hospit...

Hospital trusts face a considerable challenge ahead as they try to implement new measures announced today at scale, but with even tighter funding than in recent years. @theasrstein.bsky.social responds to new elective care reform plans: www.nuffieldtrust.org.uk/news-item/nu...

“Just under half of Britain’s very highest paying jobs were located in London 30 years ago. Today that figure is almost 75 per cent.” Remarkable stat from @jburnmurdoch.bsky.social in this excellent column on our unbalanced economy. www.ft.com/content/eb02...

NEW BRIEFING by @becksfisher.bsky.social in collaboration with Health Equity Evidence Centre calls for the outdated GP funding formula to be replaced by a needs-based payment to better address health inequalities. 💷 Read here: www.nuffieldtrust.org.uk/resource/fai...

Japan recognised that "social care was not just an issue for individuals to cope with, but of vital importance to society and the economy." Our social care expert @natashacurry.bsky.social spoke to the Express about lessons from Japan's care system. 👇 www.express.co.uk/news/world/1...

With MPs voting in favour of the #AssistedDying Bill, we must focus on ensuring better provision of palliative and end-of-life care so people opting for assisted dying are doing so in the context of a fairer service than we have today. Read our response 👇 www.nuffieldtrust.org.uk/news-item/nu...

This analysis by @stutibagri.bsky.social is truly 🤯. Why are so many people seeking therapy on the NHS not finishing treatment or ‘reliably recovering’? Important suggestions inside on how the system might better meet patient needs and curb attrition. ⬇️

Ahead of the #AssistedDying Bill debate, our @nuffieldtrust.bsky.social briefing is useful for anyone wanting to understand the implications for end of life care and what sort of state these services are in currently. 👉 www.nuffieldtrust.org.uk/resource/end...

1: 📢 Our new analysis (www.nuffieldtrust.org.uk/news-item/wi...) finds that the new budget could cost social care providers £2.8 billion: a thread

Lots of my brilliant @nuffieldtrust.bsky.social colleagues making the move to Bluesky. Follow them here for top notch health and care analysis/commentary👇 go.bsky.app/G25iTbF

So important to #shareyourwishes with family/loved ones when it comes to organ donation

Hello BlueSky! My first post here to talk about a new report we @nuffieldtrust.bsky.social are publishing today on how we can improve social care for people living with dementia. You can read our report & summary here: www.nuffieldtrust.org.uk/research/wha... 🧵

This month we've launched a new platform to show how the #NHS is performing. 📈 You can explore a beta version of our new dashboard with today's stats here: www.nuffieldtrust.org.uk/qualitywatch...

Wisdom from @theasrstein.bsky.social “Ministers have long warned the NHS against the naive belief in the magic money tree. But they themselves are at risk of falling for the appealing notion of a magic productivity tree which will make the NHS more efficient just by shaking the magic tree harder”

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Hello to anyone joining us on Bluesky for the first time this week! 👋 Recently we've been working to show what the #Budget did for the NHS's financial health. Read @sallygainsbury.bsky.social thoughts in the BMJ. 👇 www.bmj.com/content/387/...

“The desperately long waits to see an NHS dentist faced by patients in Devon and Cornwall come amidst the dire wider context of NHS dentistry having suffered years of decline and funding neglect." - @theasrstein.bsky.social www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/10...

NEW BLOG: @rebeccabest.bsky.social draws on her own experience as a midwife to describe how a clash of birthing philosophies can create problems in #MaternityCare, while suggesting that a solution could be found in a greater focus on shared values. 👇 www.nuffieldtrust.org.uk/news-item/pr...

Good news from @nuffieldtrust.bsky.social: as air quality has improved, less children have been admitted to hospital for asthma attacks. This is even more noticeable in deprived areas. While correlation doesn't equal causation, we know how important cleaning up our air is for our health and planet.

How much is invested in health is likely to matter more than the funding model 👇

🆕 Calls for #AssistedDying to become legal have been more prominent in recent months, but what would this mean for end of life and palliative care services? @sarahscobie.bsky.social explores in our new long read. 👇 www.nuffieldtrust.org.uk/news-item/as...