Why were nurse bursaries removed?
The surprise election has reignited the debate over the removal of student nurse bursaries, only a few months since the policy was officially confirmed. Student nurses in England currently receive a b...
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Three unavoidable challenges ahead for the NHS and social care sector
There are three fundamental issues that any incoming government will need to address if health and social care are to be sustained.
Does reforming the Act mean action on mental health?
It should have come as no surprise that the start of Mental Health Awareness Week heralded a major related policy announcement. Echoing and expanding upon her maiden speech as prime minister, Theresa ...
Is the snap election just a distraction?
For busy clinicians the general election may seem a superficial distraction. But is it? While not all political parties have published their manifestos yet, we’ve had clues from speeches and leaks. Ho...
Retention, recruitment and morale
There are few things that all political parties agree on in this general election. The need to focus on the health and social care workforce appears to be one of them.
What the manifestos might mean for health care funding
How much would be spent on the NHS in England under the different parties’ proposals?
Could social franchising help to solve the problem of scale up within the NHS?
The International Centre for Social Franchising (ICSF) was born out of frustration that successful solutions often fail to scale, so social organisations waste scarce resources by needlessly reinventi...
Mental health providers need more than kind words
Mental health problems affect 1 in 4 people each year – yet only £1 out of £8 in commissioner budgets is spent on mental health.
Community health creation in Cliftonville West
A group of residents from one of the UK's poorest areas has shown how engaging communities in their own development can achieve significant improvements in residents’ lives and wellbeing.
Measuring quality of health care in the NHS
The high profile of the NHS in the media recently demonstrates that the health care system remains foremost in the minds of all political parties when considering how to present their policies.
