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How do we make a success of a National Care Service?

11 March 2026

England, Scotland and Wales are at different stages of their journey towards a National Care Service. William Burns asks what the countries can learn from each other’s path to reform.

SOCIAL CARE

Councils are holding care together

11 March 2026

In the week of her appearance at The MJ Future Forum, Baroness Louise Casey sets out a frank overview of the reform challenge facing adult social care.

PREVENTION

Combating disinformation

10 March 2026

Speaking during the Nuffield Summit 2026, chief medical officer for England, Sir Chris Whitty, discussed why people peddle healthcare mis- and disinformation

PUBLIC HEALTH

Embedding a research culture within healthcare organisations: Why and how?

09 March 2026

Many senior NHS leaders may fear that research activity will detract from the main business of improving health. However, writes Professor Lisa McNally, director of public health for Worcestershire...

WORKFORCE

A new era

By Lee Peart 06 March 2026

In his last column for Healthcare Management, Matthew Taylor looks forward to a new era as NHS Confederation and NHS Providers merge to form The NHS Alliance.

MATERNITY

Who is responsible for damaging NHS maternity services?

06 March 2026

Lorin Lakasing, author of Delivering the truth: Why NHS maternity care is broken and how we can fix it together, discusses how a tox dynamic has evolved in maternity care.

COMMUNITY

Turbo-charging neighbourhood health

04 March 2026

Cllr Nick Kemp says three fundamental shifts are needed in order to get serious about neighbourhood health in the North East.

GPS

What's the outlook for GP practices and partners in 2026?

02 March 2026

The healthcare sector is heavily influenced by fiscal and funding changes, which can have a major impact on the way GP practices are run.

QNX

Powering up

23 February 2026

How the healthcare sector can overcome its hesitancy towards robots, writes João Pereira, director, EMEA general embedded market sales at QNX

NHS CONFEDERATION

Data and the destination

23 February 2026

New local productivity data is a useful tool but only if it is used to understand what enables good care rather than to apportion blame, writes Matthew Taylor, chief executive of the NHS Confedera...