PCC’s new programme for women developing in a leadership role in health and social care focusses on growing the confidence to work across the system and the influence to reach across organisational ...

The NHS is using artificial intelligence (AI) to predict patients who are at risk of becoming frequent users of emergency services so staff can get them more appropriate care at an earlier stage. The ...

Patients across the UK will have greater access to cutting-edge treatments and clinical trials as the government announces £100 million of public- private investment to set up 20 research hubs.

I write this blog on a topic I have long espoused with admittedly low technical knowledge. Back in 1987 having been in general practice 16 years- ok I’m ‘experienced’- I became the executive partner ...

NHS England has published the results from the national diabetes experience survey. The survey gives people living with diabetes the opportunity to share their experience of NHS care. The results will ...

NHS dentistry is an important primary care service. Commissioners must make, and appropriately manage, contractual arrangements so services can be made available to patients. Unfortunately, during the ...

Understanding premises matters is a key component of general practice management. Yet many practice teams have not been afforded the time or opportunity to understand the regulatory requirements and ...

This report presents new evidence about the scale of the loneliness challenge among people aged 65 and over, revealing that 270,000 older people in England go a week without speaking to a friend or ...

The Government and NHS will unveil a refreshed workforce plan in the summer with a focus on shifting care from hospitals and into the community. Lord Darzi’s report laid bare the systemic issues which ...

Science and tech leaders from the UK and Switzerland have agreed to update the science and research agreement between the two countries, to focus work on some of today’s most pressing challenges, from ...

Shifting care from hospitals into community services is central to the government's plan for fixing the NHS. Previous administrations made similar pledges, yet a real shift from hospital to home has ...

The NHS England Violence prevention and reduction (VPR) standard has been updated. For primary care, it is acknowledged that the structure is different to secondary care and the way in which it is ...