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Report

Working better together in neighbourhoods

The steps that can be taken to create new, more effective and sustainable solutions for neighbourhood health.

8 October 2024
Press release

Ethnic minority communicators survey

Taskforce launches survey for ethnic minority communicators: “Tell us what we can do better.”

30 September 2024
Article

Supporting Black History Month 2024

October is Black History Month. Learn more about the activities taking place and what your organisation can do to support and improve race equality.

27 September 2024

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Latest publications

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Report

Raising NHS capital funds: options for government

Exploring models and approaches to raise much-needed NHS capital funding.

17 October 2024
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Briefing

Dash review of the CQC

Summary and analysis of Dr Penny Dash's review into the operational effectiveness of the Care Quality Commission (CQC).

15 October 2024
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Report

The case for neighbourhood health and care

Identifying the defining factors necessary to achieve effective, community-led health and wellbeing at the neighbourhood level.

8 October 2024
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Report

Paving a new pathway to prevention

This fourth report in the Value in Health series explores the impact on prevention of selecting interventions with the highest returns on investment.

7 October 2024
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Latest news

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News

New backlog maintenance figures shows effect of starving NHS of vital capital

Matthew Taylor warns that the new NHS estates returns are deeply worrying with the NHS is crying out for vital capital investment.

17 October 2024
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News

NHS Confederation responds to news that Richard Meddings will stand down as NHS England chair

Lord Victor Adebowale comments on the news that Richard Meddings will stand down as chair of NHS England.

17 October 2024
News

Healthcare Inspectorate Wales report reiterates unrelenting whole-system challenges

Assistant director of the Welsh NHS Confederation Nesta Lloyd-Jones responds to to the Healthcare Inspectorate Wales’ Annual Report for 2023-24

17 October 2024
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News

Tackling long NHS waits key to keeping people in work

It is clear that supporting people to continue working when they can is vital for the country’s economy.

16 October 2024
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Featured blogs

Lorraine Mattis
NHS Voices blogs

Reforming dentistry through primary care collaboration

To address NHS dental care access and oral health inequalities, we must advocate for policies that facilitate integration among primary care providers

16 September 2024
Fay Blackwood and Eric Pirozzoli
NHS Voices blogs

Diversifying the upper levels of the health service

Despite the incredible diversity of NHS staff as a whole, there is a distinct lack of diversity at higher levels. So what is going wrong?

21 August 2024
Roisin Fallon-Williams
NHS Voices blogs

Driving an anti-racism strategy through cultural change

Changing culture through a focus on values is the basis of work to address racism in Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust.

29 July 2024
Thomas Webb
NHS Voices blogs

IT is key for productivity gains but processes must be standardised first

There are very real opportunities for the NHS to become more productive, writes Thomas Webb of Ethical Healthcare Consulting.

24 June 2024
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Latest events

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Webinar

The future of neighbourhood health

Learn more about the key findings from our foundational research on neighbourhood health, with a case study to support from Bay PCN.

23 October 2024 12:00 - 13:00 GMT
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Webinar

The legal duties of Net Zero

The NHS has a goal to reduce carbon emissions that it directly controls by 2040 and carbon emissions that it has the ability to influence by 2045

23 October 2024 13:00 - 14:30 GMT
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Event

Accelerating change with anti-racist approaches in the NHS

Join the BME Leadership Network for its annual Black History Month celebration at the Royal College of Nursing with Professor Stephani Hatch.

23 October 2024 18:30 - 21:00 GMT
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Webinar

What does the new government mean for health and care?

This webinar will provide discussion from expert commentators on the government's announcements and direction of travel on health and care so far.

24 October 2024 08:30 - 24 October 2023 09:30 GMT
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