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Why reliable frontline diagnostics should matter this winter

17 September 2026

Peter Hollely‑Robins, experienced senior NHS nurse leader and advanced clinical practitioner in emergency medicine, explains how accurate diagnosis can help ease winter pressures

WORKFORCE

Five ways NHS trusts can adapt patient communications to postal reforms

17 September 2026

Tom Baldock, managing director of outbound communications at Restore Information Management, says postal reforms provide an opportunity for NHS trusts to review how they balance postal and digital ...

ESTATES

The asset information crisis

17 September 2026

Healthcare estates are under growing pressure to reduce costs, improve efficiency and maintain safe, compliant environments. Yet many are still making important maintenance decisions based on incom...

LUCY LETBY

LETBY INQUIRY: Time to rethink reputation

By Lee Peart 16 September 2026

Our correspondent Melissa Harvard reflects on the findings of the Letby inquiry.

PREVENTION

A&E mental health crisis

14 September 2026

Helen Macdonald, senior clinical advisor at the British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies (BABCP), says A&E should not be the first place a child gets mental health support.

DIGITAL

Scaling innovation through devolution

14 September 2026

Professor Ben Bridgewater, executive chair, Health Innovation Network and chief executive, Health Innovation Manchester, examines how devolution can help scale health innovation.

DIGITAL

Redesigning health

14 September 2026

Global health researcher Christopher Exeter, previews two online roundtables Healthcare Management is running this autumn on the theme of Redesigning Health.

DIGITAL

Driving improvements

02 September 2026

Darren Kilroy, medical director at RLDatix, says technology exists everywhere but leaders must drive improvements

WORKFORCE

Supporting women's health in the workplace

26 August 2026

Josh McNicholas, senior member at Evalu-8 HR Software, argues a women’s health policy is not support until NHS managers know what to do

WORKFORCE

Preparing for difficult conversations

26 August 2026

Dr Ross Smith, consultant in paediatric palliative medicine at Martin House Children's Hospice and Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, and lead of the national CYPACP (Child and Young Person's Adva...

PREVENTION

A partnership approach to weight loss medicines

18 August 2026

GP registrar and councillor Dr Olly Scargill discusses the findings of his report, The GLP-1 Population Health Project, and says better partnership working between the NHS and local authorities is ...