Comment
Short-termism is a threat to the NHS
An unbalanced approach to funding healthcare puts long-term plans for the NHS at risk says Anita Charlesworth, director of research and economics at the Health Foundation keep reading
long-term plan
Editors choice
What’s new in the Interim NHS People Plan?
The NHS Long Term Plan is a 10-year strategy for transforming the NHS, but all the investment in infrastructure is meaningless unless there are trained keep reading
Comment
An open letter to the next Prime Minister
Chief Executive of The King’s Fund, Richard Murray, has written an open letter to the final two candidates in the race to become Prime Minister keep reading
Editors choice
Clicks and Mortar: Technology and the NHS estate
As technology increasingly becomes a part of the NHS, is the health service real estate portfolio ready? In Clicks and Mortar: Technology and the NHS keep reading
Features
How tech can help staff recruitment
The NHS is experiencing a staffing ‘roadblock’, with more vacancies than there are candidates. It’s a long-standing problem caused by a multitude of factors – keep reading
Features
My summer internship at a GP practice
Shanza Khan, a third year pharmacy student at King’s College London, describes her experience of completing a pharmacy placement with the Argyle Health Group. The keep reading
Health Tech
Can the Topol Review deliver the digital transformation the NHS needs?
The Topol Review: Preparing the healthcare workforce to deliver the digital future was commissioned to explore how to prepare the healthcare workforce, through education and keep reading
Compliance
Addressing the care deficit
The NHS is under extreme pressure to deliver mental health services, and is struggling. The reasons for the increased demand are being laid at the keep reading
Long-term conditions
Medicines optimisation: why it’s important
Karen O’Brien, controlled drug accountable officer (CDAO), Greater Manchester Health and Social Care Partnership, describes why medicines optimisation – a key focus for the NHS keep reading
News
2018 NHS staff survey
Stress in the NHS is at its highest for five years, the 2018 Staff Survey has found. A total 39.8% of staff said they were keep reading