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Ian Callaghan

From despair to hope: improving the A&E experience for people in mental health crisis

'Try to hold hope for people when they may be feeling at their most hopeless', writes lived experience ambassador Ian Callaghan.

11 March 2026

Image of Simon Weldon smiling and wearing glasses, a white shirt and an NHS lanyard

Transforming ambulance services in the south east

After leading transformation at South East Coast Ambulance Trust, Simon Weldon believes transforming the ambulance sector is essential for the NHS.

4 March 2026

Amit Patel

There is no neighbourhood health model without community pharmacy

Pharmacies are vital for the successful implementation of a neighbourhood health service, writes Amit Patel

5 February 2026

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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

Joint appointments across the NHS and integrated care systems

Joint appointments look to be an option in the make up of integrated care systems, but how can this type of arrangement work?

22 December 2021

A perfect storm: supporting children and young people’s mental health

Mental health services have strived to support children and young people, but the pandemic has also fuelled an increase in demand.

21 December 2021

It’s time to press the brakes on a growing cancer crisis

As the COVID-19 pandemic crisis continues, we must act now to stop us spiralling into a cancer one, writes Michelle Mitchell.

20 December 2021

Change wisely – why we must get evaluation right

What should we keep, and what should we lose? As the NHS resets, approaches to evaluation need to take a new turn too.

17 December 2021

Using data-led insights to build a stronger NHS

The power of data has helped us to fight the pandemic; now let’s use it to shape a stronger NHS for the future, writes Dr Shaun O’Hanlon.

16 December 2021

Integrated care systems - to whom are you listening?

Tackling health inequalities as part of intelligence gathering is key to inclusive and equal decision-making. But where do we start?

16 December 2021

Community pharmacy, primary care and the Omicron fightback

As pressures on primary care start to bite, an innovative way of working with community pharmacy might be just what the doctor ordered.

15 December 2021

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