NHS finance and other corporate functions have a significant role to play in both contributing to improved finance productivity and in facilitating productivity gains across the NHS. This joint ...

Staff working in A&E and ambulance services experienced more pressure than any October on record. Despite the continued pressure on hospitals, the overall waiting list fell for the first time since ...

The duty to collaborate under the Victims and Prisoners Act 2024 will require integrated care boards, local policing bodies and local authorities to commission community support services for victims ...

Letter from Steve Russell and Adam Doyle about the development of NHS England's operating model. This is a response to Lord Darzi’s review. Integrated care boards to focus on strategic commissioning ...

Health checks were introduced in 2009 with the aim of saving lives and money by helping people to tackle cardiovascular disease (CVD). Everyone aged 40-74 who does not have a pre-existing heart ...

In the 21st century it is difficult to imagine that you might read statistics like the ones below in relation to cancer. “Surgery is the only treatment with curative intent for people with this cancer ...

This research was carried out with the aim of understanding the nature of the contractual relationship between the NHS and the private hospital sector during the first year of the pandemic, including ...

The guideline makes new recommendations and updates existing ones on diagnosing and managing a condition that affects approximately 1.5 million women of reproductive age in the UK.

The King’s Fund has explored the role of young people in the social care workforce and, specifically, the question: what can social care do to recruit and retain more younger workers?

NHS league tables will be introduced to help tackle the NHS crisis and ensure there are no more rewards for failure, as part of a tough package of reforms. The health secretary addressed the nation’s ...

NHS England is looking to refresh the 2019 Carers in General Practice Framework of Quality Markers, to bring them up to date with new healthcare systems, current statutory responsibilities and to ...

This roadmap, from a coalition of more than 50 children’s charities and Royal Colleges, calls for children to be a central pillar of forthcoming health plans such as the NHS 10-year plan, with ...