The Government’s 10 Year Health Plan aims to reform the NHS by shifting from hospital to community care, analogue to digital and from sickness to prevention. In an analysis of the 10 Year Plan and...
The political debate around NHS budgets is becoming increasingly complex. While the key message – the NHS needs more money – has remained relatively consistent, the narrative is shifting even...
When the 2014 Care Act was introduced, the inclusion of co-production in its statutory guidance was much-needed - we were starting to see a shift in how service users were involved in shaping their care, but its implementation was patchy and sometimes surface-level.
By Jessica Jenkins, Senior Policy Advisor (Health) at Nesta In the world of healthcare, there’s an old saying: “Happy staff, happy patients.” It’s a simple idea, but one that’s often...
I was recently part of a panel at Nesta’s Policy Live event discussing the topic, ‘How can we save the NHS?’. It was perfectly timed, coinciding with the publication of...
Hannah Campbell, Head of Partnerships, discusses redefining ‘Improvement’ to foster public-private partnerships in healthcare
In July 2024, Skills for Care – the strategic workforce development and planning body for adult social care in England – published a Workforce Strategy. It’s the first time the...
Efficiency and productivity are words that are being used in relation to healthcare systems across the world – many are struggling with a shortage of clinical staff combined with an...
Shortly after he was appointed, Ian Hogarth, the UK’s AI tsar, stated that alongside the risk of AI being used to carry out a biological attack on the UK, the...
The case for staff engagement in healthcare is clear; high-engagement organisations show an 18% increase in productivity, a 23% increase in profitability, a 58% decrease in patient incidents and an...
