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 ...
In August 2024, the overall waiting list to start elective (planned) care remained steady compared to July, at 7.6 million. There has been little change to the size of the waiting list since the start ...
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There are large differences between how long different groups of patients are waiting for NHS care in England, according to new research released today ahead of the publication of NHS England’s latest ...
Backlogs in NHS care and long waiting times in England are widespread, and politicians, policymakers and the public are well aware of this. But headline numbers obscure important distinctions, and ...
Sally Gainsbury joined the Nuffield Trust in October 2015 as Senior Policy Analyst. Her focus is on health and social care funding and the NHS financing system. She also contributes to the Trust’s ...