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The AI doctor will see you now

07 April 2025

Realising the potential of ICBs and the principles they represent is a critical success factor in unlocking the amazing potential of data enabled healthcare, writes Aidan Rave, principal consultant...

SIR JIM MACKEY

Editor's comment - Mapping the way ahead

By Lee Peart 07 April 2025

Last week’s letter from Sir Jim Mackey to health leaders setting out guidance for ICB and NHS trust cost-cutting measures will have been welcomed by anxious leaders desperately short of direction o...

THE STRATEGY UNIT

Things can only get better?

07 April 2025

Producing a tool for planning local services over the longer term means fundamental assumptions about healthy ageing, writes Fraser Battye, head of policy at The Strategy Unit

NHS CONFEDERATION

Turning ICBs into 'pioneers of reform'

07 April 2025

ICBs must be adequately resourced to deliver on strategic commissioning, writes Matthew Taylor, chief executive of the NHS Confederation

ASTON UNIVERSITY

Distraction stifles progress

07 April 2025

Now is the time to double down on equity and inclusion in health, says Professor Shivani Sharma, deputy pro-vice chancellor at Aston University’s College of Business and Social Sciences

TILE HILL

Healthcare recruitment with a difference

By Lee Peart 24 March 2025

Helen Marshall associate director – health, explains how a cross-sector approach to recruitment makes Tile Hill stand out from the pack

NHS PROVIDERS

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...