A Nuffield Trust review into nurse and midwife training standards has revealed highly varied learning experiences and ...

Students training for nursing, midwifery and nursing associate roles are required to complete hands-on 'practice learning' ...

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 ...

Thea Stein responds as the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill is voted through to Committee Stage.

Mental health problems are estimated to affect one in four adults in England each year. These issues are around us all the time. In a crowded train carriage in the morning or a long queue at the bank, ...

The Employment Rights Bill working its way through the legislative process has reached Committee stage. The Bill has important implications for social care with regard to zero-hours contracts and pay ...

Changes to Employer National Insurance Contributions announced last month look set to cost the adult social care sector over £900m next year, more than wiping out the extra funds allocated to social ...

While the recent budget brought better news for hard-pressed public services, social care was not so lucky. With many organisations fearing that changes to the Employer National Insurance ...

With a Bill to legalise assisted dying being debated in parliament next week, there will be substantial discussion over the ...