A bitter pill to swallow

A bitter pill to swallow

By Lee Peart 24 November 2025

Ahead of the announcement of an expected pharma deal with the US in the Autumn Budget, chief policy analyst at the Nuffield Trust, Sally Gainsbury, warns there is a real danger the NHS budget is no...

Deep inequalities revealed in access to NHS funded care packages

By Lee Peart 26 September 2025

Deep inequalities have been revealed in access to NHS funded care packages with an almost fivefold difference between the ICBs with the highest and lowest rates of CHC eligibility.

Taking the politics out of health?

By Lee Peart 15 September 2025

Mark Dayan, policy analyst head of public affairs at the Nuffield Trust, says the jury remains out on whether NHS restructuring will see a real shift in control from the centre

Striking picture of doctors' pay revealed

By Liz Wells 23 July 2025

The long-term trend in doctors’ pay reveals a ‘striking picture’ of sustained periods of real-terms increases followed by similarly sustained periods of real-terms decreases in pay, new research re...

DHSC facing 'uncomfortable truth' on eve of Spending Review

By Lee Peart 06 June 2025

The DHSC faces the ‘uncomfortable truth’ on the eve of the Spending Review that NHS spending until the end of the financial year is already spoken for, says Nuffield Trust senior policy analyst, Sa...

NHS dissatisfaction hits record levels

By Lee Peart 02 April 2025

NHS dissatisfaction levels have hit record levels with just one in five people (21%) content with services.

NHS 'over relies' on workers from red list countries

By Liz Wells 21 March 2025

The NHS in England is increasingly relying on workers from countries with significant healthcare staffing shortages since EU recruitment became more difficult post-Brexit, new research reveals.

Widening gulf in job satisfaction between youngest and oldest NHS staff

By Liz Wells 20 February 2025

Early careers clinical staff in the NHS have become more stressed and unhappy over the past decade, with over half of young workers now made ill through workplace stress, new analysis reveals.

Report reveals NHS trusts' £1.2bn overspend

By Lee Peart 12 February 2025

Nuffield Trust analysis has revealed NHS trusts overspent by £1.2bn in 2023/24.

Hospitals account for over 80% of healthcare spend in last year of life

By Lee Peart 07 February 2025

Over 80% of healthcare costs in the final year of life is spent on hospitals, new analysis has found.

NHS must 'learn lessons of past' to better integrate expanded staff mix

By Liz Wells 14 January 2025

The recent dramatic expansion of new healthcare roles in the NHS in England has failed to take account of lessons from history about how to embed and integrate them effectively, a new report says.

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frederica-diamanta

Social Worker - Children's Assessment and Safeguarding

Salary from ASYE level £36,363 up to £46,142

North East LincolnshireSalary from ASYE level £36,363 up to £46,142

RECRUITER: North East Lincolnshire Council

Senior Youth Worker x 2

£28,142-£31,022

Sandwell, West Midlands£28,142-£31,022

RECRUITER: Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council

RECRUITER: Southampton City Council