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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...

PATIENT COMMUNICATION

Left-shift views - comms and cultural change

23 February 2026

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

VACCINATIONS

Editor's comment - Must do better

By Lee Peart 23 February 2026

This month’s major measles outbreak in London has highlighted how the UK is continuing to underperform on vaccination rates.

NHS SOUTH, CENTRAL AND WEST CSU

Recapturing the momentum

23 February 2026

Why health inequalities matter now more than ever, writes Andrew Fenton, director for population health and inequalities, NHS South, Central and West CSU

SMOKING

Will new legislation really deliver a 'smokefree generation?

23 February 2026

Remaining obstacles may leave a ‘smokefree generation’ as little more than a pipe dream, writes Professor Lisa McNally, director of public health for Worcestershire County Council

HEALTH INNOVATION NETWORK

Unlocking potential in women's health innovation

23 February 2026

Why we need to tackle inequalities in women’s health to not only improve health outcomes for women but to also improve national productivity and boost economic growth, writes Claire Portsmouth, dir...