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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...

BEGBIES TRAYNOR

Delayed care home reforms create heightened risk of insolvencies

11 March 2025

The government must urgently establish a sustainable funding plan to prevent the financial collapse of care homes and avoidable hospital stays for elderly patients, writes David Abbott, partner at ...

WORKFORCE

Left-shift views - Changing the way the NHS works

11 March 2025

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

NHS PROVIDERS

EXCLUSIVE: Saffron Cordery says it's time to prioritise mental health

By Lee Peart 26 February 2025

NHS Providers interim chief executive, Saffron Cordery, says it’s time to give mental health the priority it deserves.

NHS CONFEDERATION

Supporting ICS leadership

By Liz Wells 24 February 2025

In turbulent times, we must invest in ICS leadership, writes Matthew Taylor, chief executive of the NHS Confederation

UK GOVERNMENT

Editor's comment - Green shoots of recovery?

By Lee Peart 24 February 2025

As we look for the first green shoots of spring, the latest NHSE data has provided grounds for optimism for the Government with a recovery of another kind.

HEALTHCARE SPENDING

Left-shift views - NHS Spending

10 February 2025

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

10-YEAR HEALTH PLAN

What is to be done?

10 February 2025

Integration should remain central to the means of realising the new 10-Year Plan when it emerges, writes Aidan Rave, principal consultant at Good Governance Improvement and acting deputy chair, Buc...