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Ambient voice technologies: from early enthusiasm to informed adoption

26 January 2026

Phil Shelton, director of industry partnerships at Health Innovation East, looks at tackling documentation pressures on staff time

AI, data privacy and UK health

26 January 2026

Multiple regulators currently shape AI expectations, but whether the UK adopts a standalone law remains uncertain, although continued regulatory focus is assured, writes Gowling WLG’s leader of hea...

HEALTH AND WELLBEING BOARDS

Paddling in the same direction

26 January 2026

How NHS Leaders can effectively engage health and wellbeing boards on neighbourhood health

NHS CONFEDERATION

'Split screen' leaders

26 January 2026

How to lead with both in the short term and the long term in view, writes Matthew Taylor, chief executive of the NHS Confederation

ICBS

Editor's comment - Light at the end of the tunnel?

By Lee Peart 26 January 2026

The last 12 months have been particularly tough for NHS providers and ICBs faced with eye-watering demands to cut costs and hit ambitious targets while weathering strike action and record flu levels.

Viva Las Vegas!

By Liz Wells 26 January 2026

MedTech companies from across the globe unveiled new technologies earlier this month that could help achieve the Government’s 10-Year Health Plan

DIGITAL

Commissioning for digital transformation at scale: a playbook for ICBs in a time of turbulence

26 January 2026

Chris Garner argues system-level strategic commissioning of digital solutions is essential to equipping the NHS for the next decade

LEFT-SHIFT VIEWS

Left-shift views - Learning banks

26 January 2026

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

WORKFORCE

The traumatised organisation

By Lee Peart 07 January 2026

Kate Jury, managing partner, Niche Health and Social Care Consulting, discusses recognising and addressing organisational trauma

COMMUNITY

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.