But, while it’s really important that patients have access to high quality information about NHS performance, there are ...

C-sections are a common procedure in maternity care, but higher rates of emergency caesareans can be a sign of systemic ...

Mortality rates from liver disease in the UK have increased at least four-fold since the start of the 1970s, even if most ...

Governments have been trying to reduce waiting times for planned consultant-led hospital care, sometimes called referral to treatment (RTT) waiting times, for decades. The NHS’s target is to see 92% ...

Commenting on the latest monthly NHS performance statistics, Nuffield Trust Deputy Director of Research Sarah Scobie said: “Today’s statistics are a stark reminder that despite the continued hard work ...

In countries where assisted dying is legal, policymakers often underestimate the extra capacity needed in the health and care system to get the service up and running and the ongoing funding needed to ...

Commenting on NHS performance data published today, Nuffield Trust Director of Research and Policy Dr Becks Fisher said: “Today’s figures show that the NHS waiting list has gone up slightly after ...

Responding to the GMC survey results on doctors’ workplace experience, Nuffield Trust Senior Fellow Billy Palmer said: “Pay and industrial action have been a lightning rod for dissatisfaction among ...