NHS Voices

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Featured opinion

Dr Joe McManners

Online consultation is a ‘game changer’ for general practice

Online access to general practice has been a resounding win for both patients and primary care teams in Oxford.

1 October 2025

Mahmud Nawaz

We must act together to save lives

Ahead of Organ Donation Week from 22 September, Mahmud Nawaz shares his personal experience of why organ donation is so important.

18 September 2025

Dr Kathy Mclean

Something has to give on ICB redundancies

Funding uncertainty and delays risk undermining ICB reforms essential to delivering the NHS 10 Year Health Plan, writes Dr Kathy McLean.

20 August 2025

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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

Spending Review is an opportunity to invest in the NHS for the future

Now is the moment for an honest revaluation of the long-term funding settlement for the NHS.

17 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

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

Amanda Pritchard’s appointment: a moment in NHS history

As the new chief executive of the NHS in England, Amanda Pritchard’s appointment signals the start of more representative leadership.

6 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

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

PCNs need right support to manage local population health

A new report looks back at the successes in the last two years and challenges ahead for primary care networks.

5 August 2021

The health and care bill: key changes ahead

What amendments can we expect for the health and care bill following its second reading in the House of Commons?

4 August 2021

Why is the NHS under such extreme pressure?

Darren Hughes, director of the Welsh NHS Confederation writes for the Western Mail on the current pressures facing the NHS in Wales.

2 August 2021

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