Most clinical academics, like me, work with patients in clinical settings as well as recruiting them to our research. I, however, have found myself becoming, at least in theory, one of my own research...
The Scottish referendum has given politicians across the three main UK parties a timely reminder of the electoral potency of the NHS. It was one of the big issues at the end of the campaign. Nationall...
If your only insight into health care in Wales was from Prime Minister’s Questions, you’d be forgiven for thinking that the Welsh NHS has been brought to its knees by a lack of funding, lack of access...
Over recent months, I’ve been testing out a checklist to help organisations assess how ready they are to start improvement projects and see what else they need to put in place. The checklist was de...
How does a political party stand out from the crowd in relation to the NHS in the lead up to a UK general election? Typically, they attack the prevailing government’s strategy and track record. Commit...
Next week, on 5 May, Northern Ireland will elect their new Assembly to oversee its devolved functions. If you aren’t as up-to-date as you might like to be on how the system works in Northern Ireland, ...
There are a lot of problems in the NHS right now. And there are a lot of articles and blogs listing them one by one in all their glory. I’ve even written some of them. But this isn’t one of those blog...
Formative evaluation during the early stages of programme development can inspire us to look again, ask questions and identify need for corrective action. In his blog, Martin Caunt, Senior Analytical ...
Our recent joint report with the Institute for Fiscal Studies projects the NHS will need 4% annual real growth over the next five years to stay as is, and nearer 5% to modernise given the backlog from...
The announcement about the NHS funding settlement can be interpreted in two ways, says Ben Gershlick.
