Editor's comment - Light at the end of the tunnel?

Editor's comment - Light at the end of the tunnel?

By Lee Peart 26 January 2026

The last 12 months have been particularly tough for NHS providers and ICBs faced with eye-watering demands to cut costs and hit ambitious targets while weathering strike action and record flu levels.

Breaking news: NHS Confederation and NHS Providers unveil new chief executive

By Liz Wells 16 January 2026

The new organisation, formed from the merger between NHS Providers and the NHS Confederation, will be led by Sir Ciarán Devane.

We can do it

By Lee Peart 24 November 2025

A two-day simulation at the NHS Providers Annual Conference and Exhibition 2025 proved neighbourhood health can be delivered

Editor's comment - A healthy dose of realism

By Lee Peart 24 November 2025

During what is expected to be the last NHS Providers conference before its merger with NHS Confederation, NHS Providers chair Sir Terence Stephenson delivered a powerful speech on the state of UK h...

Warning strikes could derail NHS productivity and quality gains

By Lee Peart 11 November 2025

Strike action that resumes by resident doctors this week could derail NHS gains in quality and productivity, a report has warned.

Enabling the future

06 November 2025

Describing the future can be helpful but enabling that future is what matters, writes Matthew Taylor, chief executive of the NHS Confederation

Coming together for a stronger voice

By Lee Peart 06 November 2025

Chief executive Daniel Elkeles explains why NHS Providers is merging with NHS Confederation

NHS Confederation and NHS Providers members back merger

By Lee Peart 06 October 2025

NHS Confederation and NHS Providers members have called for the bodies to fully merge.

'Very significant and encouraging' – NHS beats productivity target

By Lee Peart 23 September 2025

News the NHS beat the Government’s 2% productivity target with growth of 2.7% between April 2024 and March 25 has been welcomed.

NHS Providers and NHS Confed open talks on collaboration

By Lee Peart 12 June 2025

NHS Providers and NHS Confederation have confirmed they have begun talks on increasing collaboration.

Mental health 'secondary status' jeopardises 'three shifts', leaders warn

By Lee Peart 05 June 2025

The ‘secondary status’ of mental health risks undermining delivery of the Government’s ‘three shifts’, NHS trust leaders have warned.