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Thought leadership that sparks debate, shares learning and inspires new ways of working across health and care.

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Lorraine Mattis

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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

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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

Dr Jon Griffiths

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Improving at the interface between primary and secondary care

Improving relationships and collaboration across the interface can deliver better care for patients.

3 September 2024

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Preparing for the unknown – back to the starting line

Dr Axel Heitmueller on five key lessons from the UK's response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

4 February 2022

Collaboration must be at the heart of the future of health and care

Integrated care systems (ICSs) and provider collaboratives are at the heart of reforms to enable more collaboration within and outside of the NHS.

3 February 2022

Reflections on the current position in Wales

Darren Hughes, director of the Welsh NHS Confederation, reflects on the position of the NHS in Wales and communicating the reality to the public.

1 February 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

The long-term benefits of working at scale

Primary care federations' ability to work at scale has a shelf life that's longer than the pandemic.

31 January 2022

Ensuring local government is fully integrated at all levels of an ICS

Integrating care is a change of mindset and ways of working. It is vital that everyone understands the full role that local councils will play.

28 January 2022

Integration with purpose: supporting Oliver and Dylan to live well

Integrating acute, community and adult social care services has achieved demonstrable outcomes in Torbay and South Devon.

26 January 2022

Seizing power from councils? ICSs will do quite the opposite

Matthew Taylor writes to allay fears of integrated care systems taking over from local government.

21 January 2022

Fuller’s stocktake

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

20 January 2022

ICS delay muddies leadership and threatens accountability

Poor communication about ICS delays hasn't helped what can be an already difficult situation.

14 January 2022

Be bold with the ask: embedding the VCSE in system planning and design

Partnership working between the voluntary sector, local government and the NHS is crucial to improving care for people and communities.

12 January 2022

Appointments to integrated care boards

Strategic thinking is required to ensure key roles in integrated care boards are appointed to appropriately, so they can operate from 1 July 2022.

5 January 2022

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