Workforce

September 27, 2024

Pandemic reflections: What we’ve learned from professional South Asian women in the NHS

Women from the BAME (Black, Asian, and Minority Ethnic) communities working in the NHS faced unique challenges and risks during the pandemic. Dr Saleema Kauser and Dr Ana-Paula Figueiredo interviewed women working in the NHS to hear the challenges they faced.

By Dr Saleema Kauser and Dr Ana-Paula Figueiredo

Public Policy Projects

September 25, 2024

Staff urged to sign up for course co-produced with autistic people to improve mental health care

November marks the deadline to sign up to the ‘Train the Trainer’ course, to support staff to provide workplace training to improve support for autistic people.

By Integrated Care Journal

Public Policy Projects

September 3, 2024

Labour urged to support and protect NHS’ temporary healthcare workforce

The UK’s temporary healthcare workforce needs championing and protecting, suggests the Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC), as it launches its people-first 'Voice of the Worker’ campaign.

By Integrated Care Journal

Public Policy Projects

April 16, 2024

New data reveals mental health toll on NHS staff

Despite challenges facing the service, the NHS remains one of the UK's most loved institutions, says survey data, as NHS Charities Together launches new campaign urging public to continue supporting NHS and its staff.

By Integrated Care Journal

Public Policy Projects

April 10, 2024

Is the push for collaboration causing a retention crisis?

Rob McDonald, NHS Retention Services Manager at NHS Shared Business Services, asks whether exit interviews could hold the key to boosting NHS retention - a key goal of the NHS Long Term Workforce Plan.

By Rob McDonald

Public Policy Projects

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October 17, 2024

Greater Manchester lauded for approach to population health

A new report from the King’s Fund had praised Greater Manchester’s progress on improving population health, emphasising the importance of addressing the wider determinants of health.

By Integrated Care Journal

October 9, 2024

Lord Hunt: Wound care is pivotal to “tackle some of the malaise in the NHS”

Public Policy Projects' (PPP) Ameneh Saatchi sat down with long-standing ally the Rt Hon Lord Hunt of Kings Heath OBE, former President of the Royal Society for Public Health and newly appointed Minister for Energy Security and Net Zero. Having been an early and vocal supporter of PPP’s Wound Care Programme, Lord Hunt discussed with Saatchi how his longstanding campaigning has informed the mission to bring wound care reform up on the political agenda.

By Fredrik Matre and Ameneh Saatchi

September 27, 2024

Pandemic reflections: What we’ve learned from professional South Asian women in the NHS

By Dr Saleema Kauser and Dr Ana-Paula Figueiredo

September 25, 2024

Staff urged to sign up for course co-produced with autistic people to improve mental health care

November marks the deadline to sign up to the ‘Train the Trainer’ course, to support staff to provide workplace training to improve support for autistic people.

By Integrated Care Journal

September 20, 2024

Universal Care Plan breaks usage records with new integrations and sickle cell care plans

More than 5,000 people with sickle cell disease now have a plan on the integrated care platform, covering nearly all of those receiving care for the disease in London.

By Integrated Care Journal

September 10, 2024

Social care monitoring tech could free up two million bed days and save over £1.2bn for the NHS, new report finds

New report highlights major potential of lifestyle monitoring technology to address immediate system-wide crisis across health and social care, finding that thousands could avoid hospitalisation from earlier detection of illness, avoiding more expensive residential care.

By Integrated Care Journal

September 9, 2024

From fragmentation to integration: Lessons for the NHS from New Zealand

When David Meates became CEO of New Zealand's Canterbury District Health Board in 2009, he took charge of a system that was "broken and fragmented". 11 years later, the system's fortunes were transformed. At a recent event, Meates shared his experiences and lessons from Canterbury's transformation, offering vital insight for the NHS as it continues its own journey from fragmentation to integration.

By Gabriel Blaazer

September 3, 2024

Labour urged to support and protect NHS’ temporary healthcare workforce

By Integrated Care Journal

August 21, 2024

Labour needs a preventative health strategy to transform public health

Business for Health Founder and CEO, Tina Woods, discusses the crucial role that business can play in improving the nation's health, and calls on the Labour government to adopt a shift towards evidence-based prevention.

By Tina Woods

August 2, 2024

ONS and Business for Health partner to enhance the ONS Health Index

The Index will capture a wide range of health inputs, including wider societal and economic determinants, to fill the evidence gap on the interplay between health, business and work and encourage businesses to take responsibility for their impacts on health.

By Integrated Care Journal

July 15, 2024

Harnessing innovation to deliver medicines optimisation at scale

In this case study, Meera Parkash, Clinical Facilitator, Population Health Management at Optum UK, discusses how medicines optimisation can help free up pharmacy capacity and deliver key improvements to population health management.

By Meera Parkash

July 8, 2024

Vic Townshend: ‘Whole person’ understanding is reliant on intelligence-informed decisions

Vic Townshend, Programme Director for Population Health Management (PHM) at Lincolnshire ICS, speaks with Public Policy Projects’ Ameneh Saatchi.

By Ameneh Saatchi

July 3, 2024

Developing a life sciences superpower – how the General Election will shape support for the medical technology and pharmaceutical sectors

The life sciences industry’s contribution to the UK economy cannot be understated. One in every 121 employed people in the UK work in the sector, which is worth more than £90 billion to the UK economy, and is responsible for world-leading vaccines, robots, medicines and scanners.

By Seb Phillips, Senior Account Manager, PLMR Healthcomms

June 26, 2024

Making sense of systems

Thinking afresh as to how to support new ways of thinking and working

By Mark Cole, Director, Radical OD Ltd

May 28, 2024

Professor Mahendra Patel OBE: Reimagining the role of community pharmacy

ICJ recently spoke to Professor Mahendra Patel OBE, leading pharmacy expert and Director for the Centre for Research Equity at the University of Oxford, about his vision for community pharmacy, and how multi-professional collaboration can help the underutilised sector play a key role in the fight against health inequalities.

By Samantha Semmeling

May 13, 2024

EHR roll-outs need strategies to mitigate clinician overload

Clinicians are increasingly subject to cognitive overload, and recent studies suggest that without mitigation strategies in place, poor implementation of EHR systems can exacerbate the problem.

By Dr Dominic Pimenta, Jasmine Balloch, Dr Ellie Asgari; TORTUS

May 10, 2024

Study highlights prison cancer inequalities

Those diagnosed while in prison face several barriers to treatment and receive worse experiences of care, according to a study led by King’s College London.

By Gabriel Blaazer

April 16, 2024

New data reveals mental health toll on NHS staff

By Integrated Care Journal

April 15, 2024

Supporting care companies in the digital switchover

As many industries embrace the changes the Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) switch-off will bring, there are others that have cause for concern. Vital care devices such as telecare systems will be impacted by the switch off — so how can care companies ensure a smooth transition for their customers? Here, Kristian Torode, Director and Co-Founder of PSTN switch-off specialist, Crystaline, investigates.

By Kristian Torode

April 10, 2024

Is the push for collaboration causing a retention crisis?

By Rob McDonald

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