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NewsCompare the Market boss to lead NHS efficiency review
The government has appointed the CEO of a prominent price comparison website to review how AI and technology can improve the health service’s productivity.
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CommentWhat the NHS can do to help NEETs
The NHS could do far more to help young people into work, but needs stronger evidence on what works, who benefits, and the cost-effectiveness
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CommentA more up-to-date alternative to relying on staff survey scores
The NHS staff standards, introduced in July 2026, rely on annual survey data. By the time the findings arrive, the harm is already done. Real-time occupational health intelligence already exists. It simply needs to be used
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CommentComing clean about dental rationing
NHS dentistry requires a shift from repeated contract tinkering towards explicit choices about rationing, equity and capacity, supported by a carefully sequenced package of reforms
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CommentAccessible comms are a duty not a courtesy
Accessible communication isn’t an administrative bonus – it is a core clinical duty that directly impacts patient safety, dignity, and NHS efficiency
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NewsRevealed: ICBs where majority use private dentist
More people have access to a private dentist than an NHS one in nine integrated care board areas – mostly driven by poor NHS provision, according to new figures.
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NewsMinisters hire economist to scrutinise cancer performance
Health economist Anita Charlesworth will independently co-chair a “reformed” National Cancer Board, seven months after the government’s cancer plan promised a body “accountable for delivery” of its commitments.
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NewsSix ‘neighbourhoods’ seek investors to ‘derisk’ expansion
Six “neighbourhood health” projects are being pump-primed by government to secure millions of pounds of private investment.
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CommentThe NHS is not ready for the revolution in dementia care
Dementia care could follow cancer’s path of transformation, but only if the NHS addresses longstanding weaknesses in diagnosis, workforce capacity, data and local delivery
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CommentThe NHS should fund the essential work of community doulas
Community doula services are picking up antiracism work that maternity trusts have struggled to undertake for themselves
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CommentRelationships matter, but so do data and incentives
Strategic commissioning works when relationships and systems are built together. West and North London is investing in both, and this is what that looks like in practice
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CommentICBs are about to expose difficult truths
James Sanderson, chief executive of palliative care and bereavement charity Sue Ryder, weighs up the challenges for integrated care boards being asked to prioritise palliative and end-of-life care and how hospices need to respond
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CommentWhat role for mayors in Burnham’s NHS?
Devolution could bring health policy closer to communities, but ministers must resolve competing lines of accountability before giving mayors and strategic authorities greater control over NHS resources
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CommentWe’re overlooking clinicians who could benefit patients
Recognising the talent already within our communities is an opportunity we should not overlook, says Karen Bonner
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CommentBurnham should play one of Britain’s best cards
Britain cannot grow its economy while poor health keeps people out of work. The next 10-year plan must put health at the heart of economic strategy
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NewsPatient safety brief upgraded in new DHSC team
Patient safety and public health have been upgraded to a ministerial responsibility, the Department of Health and Social Care has announced.
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CommentWhy NHS leaders must act on the care of young LGBTQ+ people
Fragmented services, inconsistent data collection, and an undertrained workforce are leaving LGBTQ+ young people without the early support they need – storing up greater demand for the future
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NewsMentally ill men forced into prison to get a bed
Police are sending people in mental health crisis to prison when they should be in a secure hospital, with “devastating consequences”, inspectors have warned.
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CommentStick with IHOs to drive health and prosperity
Integrated health organisations – such as the one we are developing in Northumbria – can boost population health and employment, but we will require both sustained support and flexibility from the centre.
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Expert BriefingImPatient: Patients forgotten in the rush?
Patient (Lived Experience) Leadership is about those affected by life-changing illness, injury or disability who want to influence change through being equal partners in decision-making. In this monthly expert briefing, patient leadership champion David Gilbert picks out the most significant developments in a field of increasing relevance to the NHS.