Think tank - mental health support

Think tank - mental health support

By Lee Peart 09 February 2026

Nuffield Trust explores how demand for mental health support in emergency departments has increased in recent years and unpicks whether the new mental health A&Es announced in May last year can ach...

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Over quarter of GPs use AI but national policy 'failing' to keep up with pace of change

Over quarter of GPs use AI but national policy 'failing' to keep up with pace of change

By Liz Wells 04 December 2025

More than a quarter of GPs (28%) say they use AI tools to help with their work but they are faced with a ‘wild west’ when deciding which tools to use and how, due to a lack of consistent national g...

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.

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Child Permanence and Family Reunification Social Worker

£38,220 - £42,839 per annum pro rata

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RECRUITER: North Yorkshire Council

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£108,015 – £118,680 plus benefits

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