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

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

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

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

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

The Government's manifesto pledge to increase the number of nurses working in the NHS by 50,000 by 2024 has been achieved, representing historic levels of growth. However, not all branches of nursing ...

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 ...

Despite the fact there is good understanding of the issues obstructing innovation in the NHS, it is still slow to adopt new technological ideas. Why is this, and how can we address the problem?