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Taking a whole-school approach to children’s mental health

Making mental health education statutory could be transformative for children and for the NHS, writes primary school headteacher Nic Wetton.

20 March 2025

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Are microteams the key to primary care continuity?

It is time for GP practices to consider restoring the ‘personal list’ and improving care through continuity.

4 March 2025

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Addressing maternal health inequalities

Sharvari Joshi shares how a maternity drop-in session spurred her to take action to address maternal healthcare inequalities in Tower Hamlets.

7 February 2025

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Painting the picture: An update on the pressures facing the NHS in Wales

Darren Hughes writes about the ongoing challenges facing the NHS in Wales and some of the work the Welsh NHS Confederation is doing to support them.

1 September 2021

Brave new world: the third health revolution

Transformational ICS leadership requires establishing a culture of stewardship, changing the way people think and the language they use.

31 August 2021

Nudging younger people to help them grab a jab

Are barriers to opportunity causing slow vaccine take-up in younger people, and can ‘nudge theory’ help?

27 August 2021

Responding to challenges requires a partnership of equals

ICS leaders are rising to the challenge of strengthening system partnerships while preparing to take on statutory responsibilities from April 2022.

23 August 2021

Health inequalities: what the vaccination programme is teaching us

A project as specific as the COVID-19 vaccination programme has proved to be a springboard to addressing inequalities in health and care.

20 August 2021

A framework for the future – calling for evidence

Help to inform Health Education England’s commission to review trends for the health and, for the first time ever, social care workforce.

18 August 2021

Provider collaboratives: all win or no win

A look at the formal role of provider collaboratives, the opportunities they present and the challenges they must address.

13 August 2021

How leisure and culture trusts support the NHS

If we want to effectively invest in wellbeing initiatives and achieve health equity, leisure and culture trusts should form part of any local approach

12 August 2021

Primary care federations and the COVID-19 vaccination programme

Insight into the little understood role of primary care federations in delivering the COVID-19 vaccination programme.

9 August 2021

Discharge to assess – we must not lose progress

Failing to extend funding for discharge to assess could bring huge risk for the NHS, social care and patients.

6 August 2021

Primary care networks moving into the next phase of the NHS

A look at PCNs’ progress in the two years since their launch, and their ambitions for the future.

6 August 2021

The workforce gap is our climate change emergency

Can innovative workforce interventions and a new health and care careers offer help reduce the increasing gap in health and social care workforce?

5 August 2021

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