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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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A month of change ahead of winter challenges

Darren Hughes, director of the Welsh NHS Confederation, writes about the the events of this month and highlights member concerns around social care.

30 September 2022

Transforming PIFU through triage

In-person appointments will always be an essential part of healthcare, but safe and effective care can and does happen outside of appointments.

17 August 2022

The elective backlog casts a long shadow

While all eyes are on reducing the 6.6 million elective care backlog, we also need to ensure that out of (acute) hospital does not mean out of mind.

2 August 2022

Eye care services: an urgent call for reformation

A comprehensive national eye care strategy is needed to address fundamental issues in the system.

29 June 2022

A licence to act for progressive primary care leaders

Key points from the NHS Confederation’s contributions to the Fuller stocktake, reflecting the views of our primary care and ICS members.

11 May 2022

Supporting staff in primary care must be at the heart of the ten-year mental health plan

To achieve high-quality mental health services we need to create new and innovative solutions to better support both GPs and their patients.

10 May 2022

Workforce and tackling population health key to future of health and care

Director of the Welsh NHS Confederation reflects on the short and long-term challenges facing the health and care system and how to address them.

29 April 2022

System-wide pressures continue to challenge NHS

Darren Hughes, director of the Welsh NHS Confederation, highlights the extreme ongoing pressures on the NHS in Wales.

1 April 2022

GP federations – making the connection

Michael Smith explains the role of GP federations in making integrated working in primary care possible at scale and place.

28 March 2022

What has being a partner in general practice ever done for me?

For International Women’s Day, Sheinaz Stansfield reflects on the opportunities being an equal managing partner in a GP practice has given her.

8 March 2022

CCG lessons and legacy for ICSs

A look at how clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) have set the stage for integrated care systems (ICSs).

3 March 2022

Informed, connected and inspired

Emma Ray shares her experience of the benefits of being part of the NHS Confederation’s enhanced Primary Care Network.

1 March 2022

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