UK & international comparisons

Health systems in the UK’s nations and regions and across the world face similar challenges, but each has different responses, with different strengths and weaknesses. We compare health care performance and policies, looking for the best new ideas and for evidence about where improvements could be made.

Projects

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Devolution in the English NHS
Spotlight on: the four countries of the UK
Spotlight on: Wales
Funding and performance of health care systems in the four countries of the UK

Project lead: Professor Gwyn Bevan, Professor Nicholas Mays, Sheelah Connolly
Universal access and low costs? Health and social care the Japanese way

Project lead: Natasha Curry, Holly Holder, Ruth Thorlby
The future of general practice: new models of care

Project lead: Stephanie Kumpunen , Dr Rebecca Rosen, Natasha Curry, Dr Kushal Barai , Sandeepa Arora, Dr Alisha Davies, Dr Luisa Pettigrew
NHS in numbers: key charts

Project lead: Sandeepa Arora
Managing the NHS through the financial squeeze: learning from international experience

Project lead: Professor Judith Smith, Ruth Thorlby
Independent practitioner associations in New Zealand: surviving to thrive

Project lead: Professor Judith Smith, Ruth Thorlby, Professor Nicholas Mays, Dr Bev O’Keefe , Pauline Barnett

Completed on 26 Sep 2012
The AXA Research Project on how can private long-term care insurance supplement state systems: the UK as a case study

Project lead: Adam Steventon

UK & international comparisons

Projects

Devolution in the English NHS

Spotlight on: the four countries of the UK

Spotlight on: Wales

Funding and performance of health care systems in the four countries of the UK

Universal access and low costs? Health and social care the Japanese way

The future of general practice: new models of care

NHS in numbers: key charts

Managing the NHS through the financial squeeze: learning from international experience

Independent practitioner associations in New Zealand: surviving to thrive

The AXA Research Project on how can private long-term care insurance supplement state systems: the UK as a case study

Publications

Cities & Local Government Devolution Bill: Report Stage

Parliamentary briefing: Cities and Local Government Devolution Bill, 2nd Reading

Focus on: International comparisons of healthcare quality

A decade of austerity in Wales? The funding pressures facing the NHS in Wales to 2025/26

The four health systems of the UK: How do they compare?

Caring for an ageing population: points to consider from reform in Japan

Securing the future of general practice: new models of primary care

Primary care for the 21st century: learning from New Zealand's independent practitioner...

Reforming payment for health care in Europe to achieve better value

Our priorities

News and Opinion

Readmission rates: what can we learn from the Netherlands?

Our response to Bengoa report into healthcare reform

Why is it so hard to copy international best practice?

Health care and the Welsh elections

Health care and the Scottish election

Five principles behind the world’s most efficient health systems

The Devolution Bill and the NHS: what will it mean?

Prudent progress in the Welsh NHS

Will Scotland stop the squeeze on pay again?

Time for tough decisions: Northern Ireland’s great health challenge

Talks

The Nuffield Trust talks with Mark Dayan

Mary D. Naylor: health workforce

OpenNotes: maximising patient engagement

Rebecca Rosen: physician-led organisations

Candace Imison: Building the workforce

Angela Coulter: patient engagement

Nigel Edwards: Health check Wales with BBC Wales

Nigel Edwards talks to BBC Radio Wales

Highlights from the 2014 European Health Summit

Mark Britnell: Lessons from Europe on hospital organisation

Data & Charts

Health spending per head by country

Prescription items dispensed per person in the UK

Annual prescribing spend per person in the UK

Total health expenditure of OECD countries as a share of GDP (2013)

Health spending as a share of GDP among OECD countries (2000-2013)

Mean length of stay in UK hospitals

Narrowing the Welsh NHS funding gap in 2025/26

Narrowing the Welsh funding gap in 2015/16

Effect of population, chronic conditions and staff pay

Comparing the four health systems of the UK

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