BBC News has reported that former health ombudsman Sir Rob Behrens has condemned the “near complete failure” of leadership at ...

For too many young people from disadvantaged backgrounds, a stable and meaningful career in healthcare still feels out of ...

NHS England has awarded a firm a £13.3m contract to provide “tiger teams” to help a handful of trusts install their first electronic patient record.

NHS-funded access to private autism and ADHD services is “unsustainable” and “up to three times more expensive than our local provision”, according to an integrated care board’s review.

Racial inequity affects the whole of society, and tackling it means listening to the voices of as many people as possible, write Habib Naqvi, chief executive of NHS Race and Health Observatory and Sam ...

The government’s health reforms are clear: shift care from hospitals to communities, focus on prevention, and embrace digital transformation. With NHS England planning guidance out earlier this year, ...

An interactive map of local NHS waits around England in February 2025, showing the pressures, with links to all the details by organisation and specialty. Here is the local picture on the 18-week ...

Why should a consultant anaesthetist care about data skills? You might not immediately think it’s important. But when we show how understanding patient data supports positive patient outcomes, the ...

Across the NHS, the race is on to reduce elective backlogs and ensure timely patient care, particularly in high-demand specialties such as women’s health. Barking, Havering and Redbridge University ...

Good afternoon, and welcome to this fortnight’s edition of the Patient Safety Watch newsletter – this time from me, Jeremy. This edition comes a little later than planned due to the Easter break, so, ...