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We're fighting the waiting lists war in the wrong place

19 December 2025

Kat James, joint managing director at Consultant Connect, says offering greater incentives to shift healthcare from hospital to the community is key to bringing down waiting lists.

Partnering power with love

By Lee Peart 17 December 2025

Matthew Taylor has a book recommendation for those leading NHS reforms.

ESTATES

Built to last

By Lee Peart 16 December 2025

Kevin Hawkins, operations director at Kajima Partnerships, argues new healthcare funding models must deliver more than buildings

REGULATION

Delivering real change

By Lee Peart 11 December 2025

Dr Lorin Lakasing, author of Delivering the truth: Why NHS maternity care is broken and how we can fix it together, says real changes to the NHS requires real changes to NHS inquiries.

WORKFORCE

Realities beneath the headlines

By Lee Peart 09 December 2025

Julie Rogers, chief executive at the Healthcare People Management Association and Paul O’Donnell, managing director at NHS workplace relations specialist CMP, say blaming line managers for workplac...

NHS CONFEDERATION

Quietly achieving change

08 December 2025

The pursuit of ambition can become a barrier to positive change, writes Matthew Taylor, chief executive of the NHS Confederation

ESTATES

Building the NHS of the future

08 December 2025

Embracing innovation in construction will be key to ensuring healthcare infrastructure keeps pace with patient needs, writes Nathalie Meunier, sales director at offsite manufacturer Premier Modular

HEREFORDSHIRE AND WORCESTERSHIRE ICB

Driving innovation through collaboration

08 December 2025

ICBs need to find smarter, more efficient ways to deliver care using data, technology, and partnerships to ensure services are effective and sustainable for the future, writes Simon Trickett, chief...

PRODUCTIVITY

Left-shift views - Productivity - make it personal

08 December 2025

Our correspondent Melissa Harvard looks outside the box to provide a radical solution for healthcare

NHS ARDEN & GEM COMMISSIONING SUPPORT UNIT

Harnessing AI to futureproof NHS finance services

08 December 2025

Embracing AI is not just about cost savings – it’s about unlocking strategic capacity, improving compliance and building a resilient workforce that can meet the demands of a modern health service, ...

MEDICATION PRICING

'Trump NHS shakedown' or 'landmark pharma deal'

By Lee Peart 08 December 2025

A pharmaceuticals trade deal with the US has been hailed by the Government as a ‘landmark’ agreement and good for economic growth and investment but the long-term implications for the NHS may not b...