NHS and Healthcare Blogs

There is a great deal of willingness to share best practice across the NHS. Strangely, however, this approach hasn’t always translated into adoption at scale, despite a long history of trying a variety of methods to support learning.

The new health secretary, Matt Hancock has not been in post long, but he is already leading in some very positive and interesting directions. Last month we saw ’The Future of Healthcare‘ released with digital solutions fundamental to delivering sustainable healthcare; while this month we had a ti...

A collaborative effort across the NHS has resulted in patients with rare cancers receiving treatment closer to home.

Gastrointestinal (GI) diseases, from inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) to bowel cancer are a growing burden on society. Bowel cancer is the only cancer that can be fully prevented if its precursors – polyps – are detected early. Even if already developed, the majority of early cancer is truly cur...

For the first time, artificial intelligence techniques can now deliver real-time, engaging, speech transcription and understanding. Ufonia is a digital health company taking advantage of the same technologies to deliver higher value healthcare.

2017 saw the Government’s Industrial Strategy gather pace, with additional funding announced in a number of key areas, alongside the release of the Life Sciences Industrial Strategy and Sector Deal. But how will this benefit the NHS and how can NHS organisations take full advantage of the new fun...

Our social marketing team has a strong track record in delivering a range of behaviour change campaigns including increasing flu vaccine uptake, reducing smoking prevalence during pregnancy and reducing the impact of wasted medicine on the health system.

Conflicts in public procurement projects can be inevitable, but there are ways to deal with them effectively, writes Neli Garbuzanova, Procurement Manager at NHS Arden & GEM Commissioning Support Unit.

When it comes to providing more efficient and effective services, the quick wins have already been banked. So how do GP practices continue to improve services and save money – while grappling with an ageing population, exponential rise in long term conditions, tighter budgets, increasing vacancie...

In adopting new ways of working across organisational and regional footprints, it’s important to recognise and use those transformation skills already at our disposal as we work together to deliver change at pace and scale, says Chris Davies, NHS Arden & GEM Commissioning Support Unit.