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Zoe Reed

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Implementing PCREF – our progress one year on

Zoë Reed shares how PCREF has helped South London and Maudsley address inequity and improve access to mental health care for racialised communities.

5 December 2024

Sam Keighley

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Prevention needs brave leadership and a thriving VCSE

A strong VCSE sector is key to achieving the government’s shift from cure to prevention.

9 December 2024

Derek Bell

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No perfect group

The challenges, rewards and continuing lessons of group working at University Hospitals Tees.

7 November 2024

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Harnessing digital to deliver system ambitions

Matthew Taylor and Saffron Cordery explore how digital can help deliver the ambitions of integrated care systems (ICSs).

19 October 2022

Transforming PIFU through triage

In-person appointments will always be an essential part of healthcare, but safe and effective care can and does happen outside of appointments.

17 August 2022

How businesses can help tackle the health gap

Moving beyond traditional NHS collaborations will be key to addressing the complexities around health inequalities and closing the health gap.

27 July 2022

When resource is there, the NHS evolves and delivers

Director of the Welsh NHS Confederation, Darren Hughes, focuses on NHS and social care finances in this month's blog.

30 June 2022

The refresh of the NHS Long Term Plan should embrace the positive lessons from the pandemic

To meet government expectations of ‘doing more with the same,’ the NHS must build on what was achieved during the pandemic.

24 June 2022

Connected systems, integrated care: harnessing the power of data to improve patient outcomes

The ICS ambitions of delivering operational excellence, improving patient outcomes and narrowing health inequalities all require new ways of working.

14 June 2022

Bold partnerships: the key to progress on our greatest healthcare challenges

How do we realise the true potential of collaboration?

13 June 2022

Applying human-centred design across the entire health system

By starting with experience, and harnessing technology and automation, we can transform existing services to enable better human experiences.

9 June 2022

Partnership working key to improving population health

Assistant director of the Welsh NHS Confederation, Nesta Lloyd-Jones, reflects on events in the last month and what we can take away from them.

1 June 2022

What procurement law reforms mean for buying digital technology

The legal complexities of awarding contracts for technology services and the changes to procurement that the Health and Care Act will bring.

23 May 2022

Achieving the road less travelled: building a sustainable NHS through innovation and partnership

Partnership working will help achieve a sustainable NHS with digitally enabled staff and empowered patients.

5 May 2022

Optimising the health estate: now and beyond the pandemic

The pandemic has exacerbated demand not only on NHS staff, but also on the spaces they need to carry out their work.

11 April 2022

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