Our latest report builds on previous work investigating the impact of the UK’s decision to leave the EU on the supply of products needed for health, life sciences, migration and the health and care workforce. It shows that global medicine shortages are being felt particularly acutely in the UK and that the country's reliance on migration for health and social care workers is intensifying, mostly through migration from outside the EU.
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The Nuffield Trust is an independent health think tank. We aim to improve the quality of health care in the UK by providing evidence-based research and policy analysis and informing and generating debate.
Watch again: Nuffield Trust Summit 2024
Catch up on all the sessions and interviews from our Summit, which took place on 7–8 March 2024. Themes and topics under discussion included tackling health care inequalities, shifting attitudes and expectations over work, productivity, risk in health care, and the emerging role of AI.
Current issues
The NHS workforce in numbers
Explainer
Health and care finance tracker
Data story
Future patterns of disease and health care
Is ill health and disability in older age inevitable? With a rapidly ageing population, many older people have multiple and complex conditions. In this session, Prof Sir Chris Whitty discusses future patterns of disease and how we might be able to improve quality of life for older adults over coming decades.
Chart of the week
We take a regular look at charts that address a vital issue around health and care, presenting our analysis of the data to illustrate key issues and invite discussion.
The changing experience levels of NHS staff
Chart of the week
Getting beyond averages: charting the variation in NHS earnings
Chart of the week
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