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EXCLUSIVE: Why the shift to community needs sound governance

By Lee Peart 24 March 2025

Emily Newton, systems policy advisor at The Health Foundation, says the appointment of Sir John Oldham as a senior advisor for neighbourhood health is a signal that the Government is serious about ...

MARTYN’S LAW

Preparing for Martyn's Law

24 March 2025

Hospital estates will be required to meet new legislation designed to mitigate the risks of harm from terror attacks, writes Paul Hobden, managing director at Learning Solutions, Skills for Health

NHS ORKNEY

Going beyond traditional recruitment

By Liz Wells 24 March 2025

As a remote and rural healthcare provider, NHS Orkney has to think differently about attracting and retaining staff, which requires a strategic and proactive approach beyond traditional recruitment...

NHS ENGLAND

A huge roll of the dice

24 March 2025

NHSE abolition is a brave move but won’t necessarily deliver the change patients want and ministers desperately need before they face the electorate in 2028, writes Steve Brine, former health minis...

MENTAL HEALTH

Early intervention

24 March 2025

Why making the shift to early intervention is important for children and young people’s mental health, writes Matthew Taylor, chief executive of the NHS Confederation

NHS ENGLAND

Editor's comment - Wielding the axe

By Lee Peart 24 March 2025

The Government’s announcement of the abolition of NHS England came as a bolt out of the blue to the healthcare workforce.

Left-shift views - handling failure

24 March 2025

Our correspondent Melissa Harvard looks outside the box to provide a radical solution for healthcare

SOCIAL CARE INSTITUTE FOR EXCELLENCE

The untapped potential of social care

24 March 2025

NHS financial and operational sustainability cannot be achieved without strengthening social care, write Kathryn Smith, chief executive of the Social Care Institute for Excellence

COMMUNITY CARE

EXCLUSIVE: Why the shift to community needs sound governance

By Lee Peart 24 March 2025

Emily Newton, systems policy advisor at NHS Providers, says the appointment of Sir John Oldham as a senior advisor for neighbourhood health is a signal that the Government is serious about shifting...

STEVE BRINE

EXCLUSIVE: NHSE abolition a 'huge roll of the dice', says former minister

By Lee Peart 14 March 2025

Former health minister Steve Brine says NHSE abolition is a brave move but won’t necessarily deliver the change patients want and ministers desperately need before they face the electorate in 2028