What do leaders need to deliver neighbourhood health at pace? Firstly, to break *down siloed working – not a new challenge but often a tricky one. Partner organisations may be bruised from previous ex ...

Since its introduction in 1990, the commissioning layer of the NHS has been the most reorganised part of the health service, and it is changing once again. In this article, Nigel Edwards reviews the l ...

The healthy child programme is the Department of Health and Social Care’s major public health programme for children, and the national delivery model for public health visiting and school nursing ...

A wireless sensor the size of a paperclip could transform care for people living with chronic heart failure, enabling them to monitor their condition daily from home and catch warning signs before ...

Social work students will receive more targeted financial support where there is the greatest need, including those from low-income backgrounds, under plans set out in a consultation announced by the ...

With NHS community health services facing years of under-investment and entrenched waiting times, this report from the independent healthcare sector calls for providers to be brought in urgently to ...

Most GP practices have self-declared contractual compliance, but system supplier data does not fully support this position. Therefore, practices running TPP SystmOne should check that structured ...

This report explores how embedding movement into everyday care, rather than treating it as an optional activity, can interrupt cycles of decline. Across multiple care settings, residents previously ...

A simple home faecal immunochemical test that detects small amounts of blood in poo is sparing thousands of people from unnecessary hospital investigations for bowel cancer, while helping them get fas ...

The NHS 10-Year Health Plan promises to reshape how care is delivered, moving towards more integrated, community-based systems through neighbourhood health services and new neighbourhood and GP ...

This report brings together findings from nine national NHS patient and staff surveys commissioned by Care Quality Commission and NHS England, mapping them against principles of person centred care.

Addressing ill health is essential to boost productivity, support inclusive growth and strengthen the national economy. This briefing explores ways that public health and economic development teams ...