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Featured opinion

What will it take for primary care to lead in neighbourhoods?

Primary care is already leading in many neighbourhoods, but that leadership needs consolidation and support to enable it to thrive.

25 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

A photo of Dr Chris Pickering, wearing medical scrubs, photographed in a busy hospital environment.

The pursuit of dignity in dying

Dr Chris Pickering shares his personal mission to change how the health service approaches the concept of dying.

27 May 2025

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Travel to blood donation session is considered essential travel

Sunday 14 June is World Blood Donor Day. A day to raise awareness of the importance of blood donations and an opportunity to thank donors.

14 June 2020

NHS Reset: Mental health must remain high on the healthcare agenda

Our NHS Reset campaign contributes to the public debate on what the health and care system should look like in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic.

12 June 2020

NHS Reset: Make carers visible in Wales

Our NHS Reset campaign contributes to the public debate on what the health and care system should look like in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic.

10 June 2020

NHS Reset: Looking after the wellbeing of the people who look after us

Our NHS Reset campaign contributes to the public debate on what the health and care system should look like in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic.

10 June 2020

NHS Reset: Where is the 'I' in mental health?

Our NHS Reset campaign contributes to the public debate on what the health and care system should look like in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic.

9 June 2020

NHS Reset: Two weapons we must learn to deploy more effectively

Our NHS Reset campaign contributes to the public debate on what the health and care system should look like in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic.

8 June 2020

Volunteering and community spirit to respond to COVID-19

The Coronavirus pandemic has seen people in Wales come forward to help the health and care service in unprecedented numbers.

5 June 2020

NHS Reset: The long and winding road – the mental health of older people during and after COVID-19

Our NHS Reset campaign contributes to the public debate on what the health and care system should look like post-COVID-19.

5 June 2020

NHS Reset: Why the challenge to reset is a cultural one

Our NHS Reset campaign contributes to the public debate on what the health and care system should look like in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic.

4 June 2020

How social prescribing has adapted during the COVID-19 pandemic

At a time when people have been unable to come together physically, many clubs and activities have had to change the way they deliver services.

2 June 2020

NHS Reset: Gazing into the future

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.

1 June 2020

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

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