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How is the NHS coping with this winter’s pressures?

Penny Pereira discusses collaborative improvement, while Nick Hulme and Antony Tucker give insights into this year's winter pressures.

14 January 2026
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Briefing

The Mental Health Act 2025: what you need to know

An overview of key changes to the Mental Health Act and the implications for healthcare organisations.

8 January 2026
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Report

Bringing care closer to home

The impact of inappropriate out of area placements on patients, families and the system, with examples of where they are being reduced and avoided.

16 December 2025
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Consultation response

Advanced Foundation Trust Programme: guide for applicants consultation submission

Joint response with NHS Providers on the eligibility and application process for AFTS and for holding integrated health organisation contracts.

9 January 2026
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Report

Caring together

A shared vision of what is possible today, and what could become possible in future, at the interface between adult social care and the NHS.

18 December 2025
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Drop in waiting list welcome but NHS still under immense pressure

But the data also shows that the NHS continues to be incredibly busy – with services seeing significant numbers of patients in December.

15 January 2026
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News

Corridor care becoming the norm across hospitals is deeply worrying, health leaders say

Health care leaders know that corridor care is undignified and can often be unsafe and frustrating for patients and their families.

14 January 2026
Rory Deighton
News

NHS progress on waiting times welcome but more to do to hit targets

This progress matters to patients, particularly those who have waited the longest for treatment.

14 January 2026
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Featured opinion

Emma Paveley
Confed Viewpoint

We need to bring mental health care closer to home

Sending people away from their families to receive mental health care is wrong for patients and bad for NHS budgets, writes Emma Paveley.

13 January 2026
Richard Kirby
NHS Voices

Keeping the ambition high in neighbourhood health

The ambitions of the neighbourhood health vision must not be diluted by the practicalities of implementation.

22 December 2025
Vani Manja
NHS Voices

Leadership and the left shift: advancing proactive and preventive healthcare

Delivering the left shift demands leadership that is pragmatic, collaborative and relentlessly focused on outcomes, writes Vani Manja.

24 October 2025
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Latest videos and podcasts

Penny Pereira, Nick Hulme and Antony Tucker
Audio

How is the NHS coping with this winter’s pressures?

Penny Pereira discusses collaborative improvement, while Nick Hulme and Antony Tucker give insights into this year's winter pressures.

14 January 2026
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Audio

Redesigning complex pathways: improving frailty care

In the fifth episode of Season Two of our Leading Improvement in Health and Care podcast, we look at redesigning complex pathways

16 December 2025
Sarah Sleet, Tom Nutt and Sonia Nosheen
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Bridging the gap: practical action on health inequalities

Sarah Sleet and Tom Nutt explore realigning healthcare and health inequalities. Sonia Nosheen discusses delivering ophthalmology near home and work.

11 December 2025
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Webinar

NICON webinar: The Big Discussion - ‘Whole System Flow’

Join us to explore how we can manage whole system flow during the winter months, a time of high demand on services

16 January 2026 14:00 - 15:30 GMT
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Webinar

NHS Work and Health Network: Supporting Young People to Thrive

Join the fifth session of our national network for health leaders tackling the record high levels of economic inactivity.

22 January 2026 11:00 - 12:30 GMT
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Webinar

InFocus: Health on the horizon in 2026 with Matthew Taylor

Join Matthew Taylor for his final InFocus session as NHS Confederation Chief Exec to hear what is on the horizon in health in 2026.

22 January 2026 15:00 - 16:00 GMT
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