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Featured opinion

Chris Ham

What can we learn about implementation from previous NHS reforms?

To deliver the ten-year health plan successfully we must learn the lessons from past reforms.

30 June 2025

Catherine Roche

Uniting health and schools to improve mental health

By collaborating with schools and harnessing their insight, health systems can improve children’s mental health both in and outside of school.

27 June 2025

Catherine Inness

Scaling AI in healthcare

The future of AI in the NHS is about embedding it into the fabric of how services are delivered, writes Catherine Inness of Accenture.

6 June 2025

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Controversy in PCN world: musings of a clinical director

GP practices have until 31 May to decide their involvement in the primary care network DES (direct enhanced service)

30 May 2020

NHS Reset: Why we need good quality data fast

Data-driven insight is vital in the fight against COVID-19.

29 May 2020

NHS Reset: The value of public scrutiny in resetting the NHS

NHS Reset is a new NHS Confederation campaign to contribute to the public debate on what the health and care system should look like post-COVID-19.

28 May 2020

NHS Reset: Working together to reset health and care

NHS Reset is a new NHS Confederation campaign to contribute to the public debate on what the health and care system should look like post-COVID-19.

26 May 2020

NHS Reset: 'Time to fix the plane, even if we are at 35,000 feet'

NHS Reset is a new NHS Confederation campaign to contribute to the public debate on what the health and care system should look like post-COVID-19.

26 May 2020

A very different kind of Mental Health Awareness Week in Wales

Reflections on why Mental Health Awareness Week 2020 is especially meaningful.

22 May 2020

One act of kindness can change another person’s future

The importance of kindness for people's wellbeing.

21 May 2020

NHS Reset: Reflections and learning from COVID-19

NHS Reset is a new NHS Confederation campaign to contribute to the public debate on what the health and care system should look like post-COVID-19.

20 May 2020

NHS Reset: Time for the partnerships we always needed

NHS Reset is a new NHS Confederation campaign to contribute to the public debate on what the health and care system should look like post-COVID-19.

18 May 2020

NHS Reset: We are at a crossroads – which way now?

NHS Reset is a new NHS Confederation campaign to contribute to the public debate on what the health and care system should look like post-COVID-19.

17 May 2020

NHS Reset: The benefits of integration during COVID-19

NHS Reset is a new NHS Confederation campaign to contribute to the public debate on what the health and care system should look like post-COVID-19.

14 May 2020

NHS Reset: Community services 'will not bow' as 'bigger surge' bites

NHS Reset is a new NHS Confederation campaign to contribute to the public debate on what the health and care system should look like post COVID-19.

13 May 2020

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