Resource of the week #22: Nuffield Trust

What is it?

The Nuffield Trust is a charity-based organisation that looks at the quality of healthcare in the UK. They perform research and analysis focusing on:

Quality of Care
The NHS workforce
New models of Health care delivery
Older people and complex care
The NHS and social care reform

Key Features

Here you will find research, reports and policy analysis relating to the areas mentioned above; as well as news and comment on the latest healthcare issues.

You can follow their activities via social media or sign-up to their weekly newsletter. They are also active delivering events such as conferences and policy summits.

They also produce a number of infographics to explain statistics and activities within healthcare.

You can use the Search option to look for a specific topic.

How can it help you?

The Nuffield Trust is a useful resource if you are involved in management, policy development and decision-making within the NHS or wider healthcare sector.

How to access it?

The Nuffield Trust has a website which is freely available on the Internet.

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