April 10, 2025
Embedding social prescribing in secondary care: A toolkit from Barts Health
Barts Health NHS Trust and its partner organisation, Transformation Partners in Health and Care, have released a toolkit detailing their pioneering work embedding social prescribing in secondary care and specialist acute pathways. The toolkit aims to help providers address unmet social needs, improve patient outcomes and reduce demand on acute services, shaping a holistic, prevention-focused model for the future NHS.
By Gabriel Blaazer
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Population Health

February 12, 2025
Managing the rising tide of polypharmacy
Sima Jassal, Clinical Director at EMIS Health, and Meera Parkash, Senior Clinical Facilitator at Optum, outline the key findings from a new Optum white paper looking at how integrated care systems can strengthen their approach to managing polypharmacy and addressing cases of harmful overprescribing.
By Sima Jassal and Meera Parkash
October 28, 2024
10-Year Health Plan must address cancer care failings identified by Darzi
From improving access to care and diagnosis to addressing treatment delays, Lord Darzi’s recent independent investigation highlights the complex web of challenges facing the NHS. In doing so, it also offers a series of starting points for the upcoming 10-Year Health Plan to address.
By Gabriel Blaazer

Thought Leadership

Secondary Care

April 10, 2025
Embedding social prescribing in secondary care: A toolkit from Barts Health
Barts Health NHS Trust and its partner organisation, Transformation Partners in Health and Care, have released a toolkit detailing their pioneering work embedding social prescribing in secondary care and specialist acute pathways. The toolkit aims to help providers address unmet social needs, improve patient outcomes and reduce demand on acute services, shaping a holistic, prevention-focused model for the future NHS.
By Gabriel Blaazer
April 4, 2025
MSE FT deploys AI-powered MyStaff App to boost compliance and efficiency
With mounting pressure on nursing staff and increasing emphasis on patient safety protocols, the MyStaff App ensures that every healthcare professional has instant access to the most current clinical guidelines, reducing the risk of outdated information impacting patient care.
By Integrated Care Journal
April 2, 2025
Innovative financing: Unlocking the potential of digital health and technology
With traditional medical equipment financing models becoming unsustainable, flexible financing options are increasingly helping healthcare providers improve their financial efficiency and supporting long-term digital health transformation.
By Stephen McMillan, Solutions Leader, Europe and UK & Ireland at Philips

Primary Care

Health Inequality

February 6, 2025
The fundamental inequalities in women’s health
Jane Johnston, Co-CEO of the Association of Professional Healthcare Analysts (AphA), discusses the decision to drop Women’s Health targets from the latest NHS planning guidance, and its impact on persisting inequalities in women’s health.
By Jane Johnston LFEPID

Digital Implementation

April 4, 2025
MSE FT deploys AI-powered MyStaff App to boost compliance and efficiency
With mounting pressure on nursing staff and increasing emphasis on patient safety protocols, the MyStaff App ensures that every healthcare professional has instant access to the most current clinical guidelines, reducing the risk of outdated information impacting patient care.
By Integrated Care Journal

Community Care

April 10, 2025
Embedding social prescribing in secondary care: A toolkit from Barts Health
Barts Health NHS Trust and its partner organisation, Transformation Partners in Health and Care, have released a toolkit detailing their pioneering work embedding social prescribing in secondary care and specialist acute pathways. The toolkit aims to help providers address unmet social needs, improve patient outcomes and reduce demand on acute services, shaping a holistic, prevention-focused model for the future NHS.
By Gabriel Blaazer

From Our Partners

November 14, 2024
The value of partnerships in enabling holistic diabetes care
PPP’s Director of Market Access and Policy, Ameneh Saatchi, spoke with Naj Rotheram, Medical Lead for Partnerships at Boehringer Ingelheim, to discuss their view on primary care, partnerships and how they can best support the NHS in delivering a new holistic approach to diabetes care.
By Navodi Kuruppu
September 21, 2023
Transforming leg ulcer service provision
It is estimated that more than a million people in the UK have lower limb ulceration. With their 160 years' experience in developing wound care solutions, L&R hypothesised that a self-care delivery model could both improve outcomes and ease the burden on the healthcare system.
By Leanne Stevens, Abbe Ruston, Laura Hallas Hoyes
July 12, 2023
Creating a data-driven health organisation across Milton Keynes
Between 2018 and 2023, Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Trust gained a large set of clinical data. On its journey with Oracle Health, the trust has transformed into a data-driven organisation, improving patient experience, lowering the cost of care, enhancing the staff experience, improving population health, and addressing health equity.
By Oracle Health
July 11, 2023
Rethinking cancer care: a system strategy for improved outcomes
Boosting early detection and reducing backlogs through data-backed, collaborative initiatives will be crucial to addressing the deteriorating state of cancer care in the UK, write Edge Health's Lucia De Santis and George Batchelor.
By Lucia De Santis and George Batchelor
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