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CommentI felt unsafe as a visually impaired NHS cancer patient
Patient safety doesn’t begin on a ward or in a theatre, but with communication, writes Anna Tylor
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NewsNational director: More money required to tackle ‘significant waits’
NHS England’s national director of learning disability and autism services has said more money is needed to tackle “significant” autism assessment waits.
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NewsRevealed: Hospitals where the poor wait much longer than the rich
Some of the NHS’s best performing trusts have a big gap between waiting times for their most and least deprived patients.
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CommentTwo cheers for the 10-Year Health Plan's CVD ambitions
Preventing cardiovascular disease offers a major opportunity to improve health, reduce inequalities and strengthen the economy, but stronger action is needed
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HSJ PartnersLung cancer diagnosis in England: Can we do better?
Discussions and reflections from the HSJ Cancer Forum Panel discussion, 12 March 2025
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CommentThe NHS must work with charities if it wants to succeed
A decade of preventable deaths shows why only bold, cross-sector collaboration can build a healthier, fairer England, explains Laurie Lee
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HSJ AwardsHSJ Digital Awards 2025: Reducing Health Inequalities through Digital
WINNER South East London Integrated Care Board: Lewisham CVD Project
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HSJ AwardsHSJ Digital Awards 2025: Digital Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Award
WINNER University Hospitals of Leicester Trust: Multilingual Self Check-In at the East Midlands Planned Care Centre
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CommentThe patient voice is being silenced
Patients are being shut out of the NHS conversation, as lived experience and recovery support are increasingly ignored
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HSJ PartnersBringing equity and consistency to cancer care
Boehringer Ingelheim shares how it is addressing healthcare inequalities in cancer care, with a particular emphasis on treatment accessibility, genomic testing, and standardising the management of rare cancers.
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CommentImproving care for women: what the 10-Year Plan needs to say
Ranee Thakar, president of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, sets out the nine questions the 10-Year Health Plan needs to address if it wants to help drive up the quality of care for women
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News‘Profound disappointment’ as ICBs are allowed to cut safety funding
A leading midwife and chair of government maternity inquiries has cited “significant concern about safety and wellbeing” following a substantial cut to nationally ring-fenced funding.
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HSJ PartnersThe first step in tackling racial inequity is listening to the people who experience it
Racial inequity affects the whole of society, and tackling it means listening to the voices of as many people as possible, write Habib Naqvi, chief executive of NHS Race and Health Observatory and Sam Rodger, assistant director policy and strategy at NHS Race and Health Observatory
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NewsExclusive: Government admits cutting mental health spend share
The proportion of the NHS budget spent on mental health services is being cut for the first time in several years, the government will admit to Parliament, HSJ has learned.
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CommentShifting care into the community can save both people and the planet
Jennifer Ekelund, NIHR’s interim head of climate, health, and sustainability, makes the case for the role of research in decarbonising the health and social care system – leading to better outcomes for patients and the planet
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CommentThe assisted dying debate must consider the religious beliefs of global majority staff
Imagine a clinician, seated across from a terminally ill patient who speaks of a desire to end their suffering. For the doctor, this moment may represent a collision of duty and conscience – an ethical precipice that grows more formidable as assisted dying legislation edges closer to reality in England ...
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NewsTen-year plan development ‘lacking diversity’
Government must “move quickly” to address a lack of diversity in responses to its 10-year plan consultation, an adviser on the work has warned.
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CommentGeneric weight loss medicines will place new demands on the NHS
Mark Samuels explores how the UK government is leveraging weight loss medications as a strategy to combat obesity and stimulate economic growth, addressing the significant burden on the NHS
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HSJ AwardsHSJ Awards 2024: Reducing Inequalities and Improving Outcomes for Children and Young People Award
WINNER Children and Young People’s Health Partnership Patch Children’s Community Nursing team
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HSJ InteractiveHow research and the NHS are partnering to improve patient outcomes
If the NHS wants to both improve care and become the sort of life sciences powerhouse the health and social care secretary Wes Streeting has talked about, bringing together data collected by both healthcare staff and researchers will be vital.