It was when I read Gerard’s story that the importance of getting flow right really hit home to me. Gerard, a patient at South Warwickshire NHS Foundation Trust a few years ago, had no complaints at...
Pharmacy and pharmacists have been long been recognised for their role in ensuring the safe and effective supply of medicines to patients. In the UK, pharmacists have been able to prescribe for alm...
The NHS faces a demographic timebomb and ever-increasing costs of newer tests and treatments. While better treatments and a population that’s living longer are both good news, there’s forecast to b...
With tighter funding and rising demand for health care, clinical commissioning groups are under pressure to get more benefit out of each pound spent on health care. But where to start? Tackling the...
It is increasingly common for people to live with several chronic conditions and a number of these may give rise to the same symptom. To help improve people’s quality of life, we need to identify t...
Like many others working in health policy, I’m a big fan of a well chosen metaphor. My favourite at the moment is the so-called ‘iron triangle’ – that all health care systems are always looking to ...
The National Health Service is 66 years old this year and there is much discussion around its future. We realise we need to design a better health service for people, and we need to find new ways t...
The best estimate to date of the funding gap that the NHS must fill in 2021/22 is from the Nuffield Trust. Main message: £44bn at the very least. The best estimate to date of where efficiencies mig...
Sir Stuart Rose has an impressive resumé. Credited with the transformation of Marks & Spencer during his six years as chief executive, he has now been handed the task of advising the Secretary of S...
‘The fundamental goal of healthcare is to increase value. We must define value as the outcomes that matter to patients divided by the cost of achieving those outcomes.’ This is the central thesis o...
