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The NHS Confederation is the membership organisation that brings together, supports and speaks for the whole healthcare system in England, Wales and Northern Ireland.

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Long Read

Can the ten-year health plan deliver on its promise?

Exploring what's needed to deliver an NHS fit for the future.

9 May 2025
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Report

Investment priorities for mental health 2025

Six investment priorities to support better mental health.

7 May 2025
Paul Sherriff, Richard Kirby, Ruth Rakine, Helen Ray
Audio

What’s the future of care closer to home?

Paul Sherriff, Richard Kirby and Ruth Rankine on shifting healthcare from hospitals to primary and community settings. Helen Ray for Leader in Six.

30 April 2025

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Latest publications

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Report

Resetting the relationship

Exploring what a neighbourhood model of healthcare could look and how to embed it into the NHS.

29 April 2025
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Report

Supporting system improvement

Exploring the challenges facing those leading and delivering improvement across systems and how peer learning can facilitate progress.

25 April 2025
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Discussion paper

Beyond the waiting room: reimagining primary care for the next decade

A collection of essays from primary care clinical leaders in England.

17 April 2025
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Long Read

Is the left shift mission impossible?

Exploring one of the government's three shifts to create an NHS fit for the future.

27 March 2025
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Latest news

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News

NHS Confederation responds to model ICB blueprint

ICBs will have a crucial role in driving reform and delivering the ten-year health plan's ambitions.

8 May 2025
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News

Revenue and capital funding needed for digitised healthcare system

The NHS has long needed research to understand the true cost of digitisation, which is part of the government’s three shifts.

8 May 2025
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Press release

Blwyddyn i fynd: Galwadau arweinwyr y GIG wedi'u cyhoeddi ar gyfer etholiad y Senedd 2026

Mae Conffederasiwn GIG Cymru yn cyhoeddi ei adroddiad yn nodi’r hyn y mae arweinwyr y GIG yng Nghymru ei eisiau gan Lywodraeth nesaf Cymru.

6 May 2025
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News

NHS Confederation responds to Health and Social Care Committee’s report on the true cost of inaction on social care

Rory Deighton welcomes report and calls for solutions to challenges in social care

6 May 2025
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Featured opinion pieces

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Confed Viewpoint blogs

Changing the mental health paradigm

While there’s a shared wish to change mental health services, this isn't often followed by the resource to make it happen, writes Victor Adebowale.

4 April 2025
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NHS Voices blogs

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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NHS Voices blogs

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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NHS Voices blogs

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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Latest events

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Conference

No One Left Behind: Anti-racist Healthcare Conference 2025

Defining the priority actions and quality solutions needed to ensure the highest quality care for all.

15 May 2025 09:30 - 17:00 GMT
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Webinar

General practice modernisation: A Surrey perspective

Learn how Surrey Heartlands ICS used data-driven strategies to modernise general practice and improve efficiency.

21 May 2025 12:00 - 13:00 GMT
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Webinar

Devolution and what it means for the NHS

This webinar, the fourth in a series, unpacks the devolution revolution, including what role NHS trusts play in the new combined authority landscape.

4 June 2025 14:00 - 15:00 GMT
NHS ConfedExpo | 11 - 12 June 2025
Conference

NHS ConfedExpo 2025

Join us on 11-12 June at Manchester Central, for the leading health and care conference delivered in partnership by NHS Confederation and NHS England.

11 June 2025 08:30 - 12 June 2025 16:45 GMT
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