🆕 With the 10-year health plan criticised for lacking detail, the neighbourhood health framework was meant to fill some gaps. @sjanereed.bsky.social and @becksfisher.bsky.social unpack the good, the bad and the more puzzling parts of what’s in it.
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Our recent research considers non-medical clinicians who are qualified to prescribe medicines - a growing NHS staffing group.
One example is the increase in the proportion of pharmacists holding an independent prescribing qualification.
Read our report on the implications.
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In our latest explainer, Rachel Hutchings explores the data behind adult safeguarding concerns in England.
Read about what the data can tell us 👇
In 2025, non-medical clinicians made up a quarter of the UK's qualified prescribers.
We’ve identified gaps in supervision, training and planning that need to be addressed if the NHS is to make full use of this growing workforce 🧑⚕️
Read this week’s report to learn more: buff.ly/to2szx8
🆕 After Baroness Casey’s recent call for a national safeguarding board, Rachel Hutchings describes what safeguarding is, examines how safeguarding concerns and enquiries have changed over time, and says why they should be a cause for alarm. www.nuffieldtrust.org.uk/resource/cau...
NEW analysis finds the expansion of independent prescribers must overcome worrying barriers.
Health professionals such as nurses and pharmacists who can prescribe medicines face gaps in supervision, training and workforce planning.
Read the report funded by @abpi.bsky.social 👇
New listen 🎧 Dan Wellings, Senior Fellow, The King's Fund, & Leonora Merry, Nuffield Trust, speak on the NHS Alliance's podcast, unpacking the latest British Social Attitudes Survey. What's behind shifting public confidence in the NHS and where do concerns remain?
Listen at: https://bit.ly/4bXBFWS
Last week the government published the US-UK arrangement on pharmaceutical trade and pricing. We need transparency about diverted NHS funds under the agreement.
Our Senior Policy Analyst, @sallygainsbury.bsky.social responded 👇
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With #ResidentDoctors on strike this week, how does their pay compare to 15 years ago?
In the 14 years to March 2025, the change in real-terms average earnings for resident doctors was -8.6%. Average private sector earnings were 3.3% higher over the same period.
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What's it like trying to get a GP appointment at the moment and what policy issues are affecting access?
Our Director of Research & Policy @becksfisher.bsky.social, who is also a GP, was today's expert guest on You and Yours. Listen to the episode here 👇
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The #BritishSocialAttitudes survey shows that there isn't public appetite for a change to the NHS funding model.
Strong support for the principles that the NHS should be funded through taxation and free at the point of use has endured.
Read our analysis: buff.ly/iB2JyC9
Our new analysis reveals the key reasons #nurses leave the NHS, with poor mental health being the strongest driver.
Nurses stuck at the top of their pay band are also more likely to leave.
At our Summit last month, we heard from Chris Whitty on the history and current reality of misinformaion in healthcare. @becksfisher.bsky.social shares her reflections here 👇
Catch up on videos from the event: buff.ly/iXKk2AV
Younger people are less satified with the #NHS.
Our analysis of the #BritishSocialAttitudes survey shows that in 2025, just a fifth of under 35s said they were satisfied with the way the NHS is run compared to over a third of over 65s.
📈 Read the report: buff.ly/iB2JyC9
Will the Iran war impact drug supplies? Hear from @markgdayan.bsky.social in the BMJ 👇
“If the war continues, the precedent of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, which contributed to a sharp rise in shortages because of higher oil prices and disruption, is something of a warning.”
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NEW: What can we learn from past efforts to boost nurse numbers in the NHS? @lkrole.bsky.social and @billypalmer.bsky.social look back at the programme to add 50,000 extra NHS nurses and explore the patterns in how nurses join and leave the health service.
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In the latest #BritishSocialAttitudes survey results published last week:
Satisfaction with NHS services remains low, but some services are faring better than others.
Read our report to dive into the detail:
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Our #NHS staffing tracker explores the key trends in staff numbers working in #GeneralPractice, including how many patients there are per GP in different areas of England: www.nuffieldtrust.org.uk/nhs-staffing...
The data shows significant regional variation 👇
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Summary of findings about implementation: How AI was implemented varied; local service context influenced how AI was used. Implementation requires resources, time and collaboration between NHS staff & AI suppliers. Need to ensure that AI tools selected address challenges faced by services.
Summary of findings about impact: AI is effective at improving x-ray reporting times for likely cancer cases. The impact on reporting times may depend on other changes brought in by trusts. AI’s impact on the number of follow up referrals varied by trust, but not by ethnicity.
Summary of findings about cost: Staff time was not reduced in current implementation. Project management, IT and monitoring were the main implementation costs. AI was cost-effective overall but had negligible health benefits.
Our verdict: AI has potential to be implemented at scale, with the right resourcing. But more needs to be understood about the impact on care and patient outcomes.
With the right resourcing, AI has the potential to be implemented at scale in NHS chest diagnostics.
We've summarised findings from the #RSET evaluation of the AI Diagnostics Fund.
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Read the report: buff.ly/MPkSorm
Chart showing levels of satisfaction with the time waiting for different types of NHS care. Follow the link in our post for more detail.
Improving waiting times is one of the public's top priorities for health and social care, as explored by the #BritishSocialAttitudes survey.
In 2025, a majority of survey respondents were dissatisfied with waiting times across several NHS services.
Read the analysis for more.
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Graph showing the trend in satisfaction with social care over time, from 2005 to 2025. Between 2019 and 2021 satisfaction fell below 20% and it has remained below that level since.
Just 14% of respondents said they were ‘very’ or ‘quite’ satisfied with social care in the 2025 #BritishSocialAttitudes survey.
Satisfaction has lingered below 20% since the Covid-19 pandemic.
Read the analysis for more about pubic attitudes to health and social care:
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Explore the full #BritishSocialAttitudes survey analysis 👇
This week, we published with @thekingsfund.bsky.social our analysis of the #BritishSocialAttitudes survey.
But what do the results tell us about the position health and social care are in today?
Read the blog from @theasrstein.bsky.social and @swoolnoughtkf.bsky.social for the key takeaways.
In the latest edition of the @bmj.com podcast, @markgdayan.bsky.social discussed the fragility of supply chains for medicines, medical devices and consumables, and what can be done to manage risks.
🎧 Listen here or on your preferred platform 👇
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"Without fundamental change, NHS dentistry will remain a service that has gone for good in many parts of the country." - @markgdayan.bsky.social in BBC News
Our analysis of the #BritishSocialAttitudes survey found that only 1 in 5 were satisfied with NHS dentistry in 2025. 🦷
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We asked project lead @leonoramerry.bsky.social about the striking variation in satisfaction across age groups, captured by the #BritishSocialAttitudes survey.
Read our full analysis with @thekingsfund.bsky.social:
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Image showing a graph of satisfaction with the way the NHS runs, over time, from 1983 to 2025. This is figure 1 on the webpage linked to in our post, and it shows that satisfaction increased to 26% in 2025 but remains at historically low levels.
NEW: Public satisfaction with the NHS increased to 26% in 2025.
It’s the first increase since Covid, but satisfaction remains low and individual NHS services did not see a similar rise.
Read our #BritishSocialAttitudes survey analysis with @thekingsfund.bsky.social:
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While there's been a drop in flu vaccination rates for over 65s in England, the rate remains around the World Health Organization target of 75%.
Read more about flu vaccination coverage in England and how this compares internationally:
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