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Tackling 10-Year Plan tensions

By Lee Peart 23 July 2026

MedTech founder and chief executive Ezra Carlson explains why ambidextrous leadership and cognitive design could be the key to new models of care

WORKFORCE

Independent assurance in healthcare technology management

23 July 2026

Patient safety depends not only on clinical care, but also on the safe selection, acceptance, maintenance, use and disposal of medical devices. The authorising engineer for medical devices role pro...

WORKFORCE

Why screening must evolve with workforce flexibility

16 July 2026

At the recent PBSA Europe and Africa Summit in London, one of the most insightful discussions came from Karla Boddy, managing director of managed service, for the UK’s largest NHS workforce provide...

WORKFORCE

How the humble appraisal could unlock NHS-wide transformation

16 July 2026

Dr Patrick Doyle, consultant anaesthetist at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust and Founder of L2P (acquired by Patchwork Health), says the annual appraisal is an underused strategic ...

PRIVATE HEALTHCARE

Private lessons

16 July 2026

John Fairhurst, chief clinical officer, Signature Clinic, explains what the private sector has learned about patient experience that the NHS cannot afford to ignore

DIGITAL

Rebuilding digital confidence in the NHS

10 July 2026

Ian Roberts, managing director at Granicus UK, explains why trust, not technology, will define the next phase of transformation

DIGITAL

The innovation we cannot afford to miss

10 July 2026

Kimberley Frost, lead for Women in Health Innovation & Technology and workstream lead for the deputy chief executives office, Health Innovation Yorkshire & Humber explains why increasing the divers...

LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Giving gambling the boot

10 July 2026

Will Maimaris, director of public health, shares insight into Haringey Council’s World Cup anti-gambling campaign.

DIGITAL

Failing to scale

09 July 2026

Dr DJ Hamblin Brown, fellow of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine and chief executive of CAREFUL, says a failure to scale healthcare technology is a result of misalignment between clinicians, ...

PREVENTION

Getting ahead of demand

09 July 2026

Helen Macdonald, senior clinical advisor for the British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies (BABCP) says the NHS must face the reality of soaring demand

LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Neighbourhood health cannot exist without local government

08 July 2026

As the Local Government Association launches a new online Neighbourhood Heath Hub this week, Cllr Dr Wendy Taylor says excluding councils from ICBs could risk weakening neighbourhood health partner...