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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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