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Early intervention

24 March 2025

Why making the shift to early intervention is important for children and young people’s mental health, writes Matthew Taylor, chief executive of the NHS Confederation

NHS ENGLAND

Editor's comment - Wielding the axe

By Lee Peart 24 March 2025

The Government’s announcement of the abolition of NHS England came as a bolt out of the blue to the healthcare workforce.

Left-shift views - handling failure

24 March 2025

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

SOCIAL CARE INSTITUTE FOR EXCELLENCE

The untapped potential of social care

24 March 2025

NHS financial and operational sustainability cannot be achieved without strengthening social care, write Kathryn Smith, chief executive of the Social Care Institute for Excellence

COMMUNITY CARE

EXCLUSIVE: Why the shift to community needs sound governance

By Lee Peart 24 March 2025

Emily Newton, systems policy advisor at NHS Providers, says the appointment of Sir John Oldham as a senior advisor for neighbourhood health is a signal that the Government is serious about shifting...

STEVE BRINE

EXCLUSIVE: NHSE abolition a 'huge roll of the dice', says former minister

By Lee Peart 14 March 2025

Former health minister Steve Brine says NHSE abolition is a brave move but won’t necessarily deliver the change patients want and ministers desperately need before they face the electorate in 2028

NHS CONFEDERATION

Tackling the elective backlog

11 March 2025

Maximising primary and community care capacity for a shift towards preventative care, writes Matthew Taylor, chief executive of the NHS Confederation

UNISON

Why councils are crucial to a National Care Service

11 March 2025

Councils must remain central to the creation of social care reform, writes Gavin Edwards, head of social care at Unison

MENTAL HEALTH

Addressing the mental health deficit

11 March 2025

It’s time to give mental health the priority it deserves, write Saffron Cordery, interim chief executive of NHS Providers

RECRUITMENT

Step up to Director of Public Health

11 March 2025

Siobhan Farmer, Director of Public Health at Gloucestershire County Council and Stephen Gunther, Corporate Director of Public Health at Stoke on Trent City Council joined Nick Raper, Senior Consult...