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A design moment for social care

26 March 2026

Paul Burstow, chair of the board, Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE), says the Fair Pay Agreement and Casey Commission create a rare opportunity to revisit the design of social care.

PREVENTION

EXCLUSIVE: Delivering sustainable change in NEET

26 March 2026

Helen Macdonald, senior clinical advisor, British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies, says If the Government’s NEET strategy is to deliver sustainable change, it must be unde...

Moving data where it's needed

18 March 2026

Marlen Suller, managing director for EMEA Clinical Diagnostics at Magentus, says the National Cancer Plan cannot succeed without connected data infrastructure.

NEIGHBOURHOOD HEALTH

EXCLUSIVE: A test of whether we can change

17 March 2026

Claire Kennedy and Simon Morioka, joint chief executives of PPL, a social enterprise management consultancy, explore whether England can truly shift to a whole person, whole population model of car...

ESTATES

Simple is best in medical air transport

12 March 2026

Adam Mikulski, managing director at Medical Air Service, explains why the best medical transport decision is sometimes the simplest one

DIGITAL

Designing AI regulation that helps the NHS adopt safely, confidently and at pace

12 March 2026

Dr Hatim Abdulhussein, chief executive of Health Innovation Kent Surrey Sussex, explores why when it comes to AI regulation, the question is not whether to enable it, but how to do so in a way that...

SOCIAL CARE

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...