Rachel Hutchings

Rachel joined the Nuffield Trust in 2018 and has worked on a wide range of projects most recently leading research into NHS Continuing Healthcare. She has a particular interest in access to health care, health inequalities and involving people with lived experience in research. Rachel is a Trustee of The Advocacy Project, a charity which supports people speak up and make decisions about their health, wellbeing and social care through advocacy, user involvement projects and local Healthwatch services.

Prior to joining the Trust, Rachel worked at Alzheimer’s Society, where she led on mental capacity, end of life and disability policy, and has also worked in numerous other health care charities in advice and information, policy and campaigns.