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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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The PHM vaccination drive that’s ‘turning heads’ in Norfolk

Howard Martin outlines the population health management (PHM) approach in Norfolk that is gaining attention and winning awards for its success.

1 April 2022

Citizens do want their health data to be harnessed for innovation

The government is showing signs of re-engaging public trust and interest in sharing their health data to support innovation.

1 April 2022

The voluntary sector: a game-changer in integrated care systems

Recent reports and guidance show how integral the voluntary sector is to achieving integrated care in health and care services.

25 March 2022

From fourth objective to system change

The government’s fourth core objective for ICSs might be the least understood currently, but could be the one that has the most wide-reaching impact.

31 January 2022

Resetting human and financial resource in general practice

As general practice is flooded by demand, how do we resource effectively to overcome health inequalities?

20 January 2022

Fuller’s stocktake

Get involved in ensuring primary care is at the heart of integrated care systems.

20 January 2022

We cannot continue to neglect mental health funding

As Omicron ebbs, we must turn our attention again to parity of esteem for mental health in policy, funding and legislation.

19 January 2022

Salvaging positive outcomes from dark and difficult times

Let’s not lose sight of the innovation and new ways of working that have characterised the NHS response to COVID-19.

18 January 2022

Injecting community back into our lives

When talking about community, what do we really mean? John Walsh writes beyond the idea of bricks and mortar.

11 January 2022

It’s time to press the brakes on a growing cancer crisis

As the COVID-19 pandemic crisis continues, we must act now to stop us spiralling into a cancer one, writes Michelle Mitchell.

20 December 2021

Change wisely – why we must get evaluation right

What should we keep, and what should we lose? As the NHS resets, approaches to evaluation need to take a new turn too.

17 December 2021

Using data-led insights to build a stronger NHS

The power of data has helped us to fight the pandemic; now let’s use it to shape a stronger NHS for the future, writes Dr Shaun O’Hanlon.

16 December 2021

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