In the face of increasing pressures, equality, diversity and inclusion offers NHS managers a pathway to foster supportive, inclusive environments that allow healthcare workers to thrive and patients to receive better care, writes Dr Melissa Carr for ICJ.

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Research confirms efficacy of higher and fewer doses of radiotherapy for treatment of localised prostate cancer, conferring benefits to both patients and the NHS.

An independent, NHS-funded evaluation has validated the transformative impact of an AI-powered Smart Triage system on primary care delivery in England.

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.

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 campaigning has informed the mission to bring wound care reform up on the political agenda.

The implementation of the Better Meds electronic prescribing and medication management system took place over a single weekend, thanks to the efforts of more than 200 staff from across the NHS Kent and Medway Integrated Care System.

A new report from Kidney Cancer UK reveals a failure in providing vital mental health support for those diagnosed with kidney cancer in the UK.

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.

Physiotherapy practitioner, Dr Carey McClellan, explores how supported self-management tools can help integrated care systems to support MSK patients across their entire care pathway.

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 Becky Jones, Social Value and Sustainability Lead, NHS Arden & GEM CSU

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.

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.

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.

Dr Jean Challiner, Medical Director for Medinet, outlines how the NHS must harness spare capacity from all corners of the health and care sector to meet this period of unprecedented service demand.

Seasonal pressures and existing backlogs look set to increase demand for non-emergency transport this winter. Writing for ICJ, ERS Medical’s Chief Executive Andrew Pooley, and Quality and Governance Director Simon Smith, outline why they are pushing hard for winter transport resilience.

In taking decisive action to bring down elective care backlogs, Mid and South Essex Integrated Care System has demonstrated the value of industry collaboration – made possible by the new ICS construct.

With virtual wards vital to the NHS’s ability to function this winter, three experts assess what is needed to bridge the gaps in provision ahead of increased demand.

Medicines used to treat serious and long-term conditions are not being prescribed as often as they should be following the pandemic, raising fears that this could be causing avoidable deaths from heart disease and strokes. 

The West Midlands Academic Health Science Network (WMAHSN) has released its 2021-22 Impact Report, highlighting the innovative solutions that have contributed to improving health and generating income growth across the West Midlands, and nationally. 

Public Policy Project’s ICS Network has urged the NHS to leverage its position as England’s largest employer and to realise its potential for social and economic rejuvenation.

The latest report from Vanguard, Assessing the current state of play of CDC delivery across England, 2021, provides much needed clarity on the current status of CDC rollout and identifies where more support is required to achieve regional equality in healthcare provision.

Maria Kane, Chief Executive of North Bristol NHS Trust, addresses the need for defined and aligned metrics to provide one overall picture of system wide activity and reveal where improvements can be made.

The National Pharmacy Association (NPA) has published a new report outlining how independent pharmacies are ready to redefine their role within the NHS. 

Report calls on government to “go further and faster” in giving more capability to pharmacy to prescribe prescription-only medicines and reduce pressure on general practice.

More than 240,000 online patient registrations have been completed through new national online service designed to make registering patients quicker and easier.

Patients to receive quicker, more convenient access to NHS care from high street pharmacies, in a major expansion of services under new plans to improve access to primary care.

Findings from pharmacy tech startup Charac reveals more than half of patients do not use their local pharmacies for anything more than minor illnesses.

Integrated Care Journal recently spoke to Dr Ashton Harper, Head of Medical Affairs (UK & Ireland) at Roche Diagnostics, to examine the heart failure diagnostic pathway and identify where the biggest opportunities in NHS diagnostics exist.

Health Education England is extending a new online tool for clinicians, GeNotes, designed to help them access vital care for their patients. 

Despite the already catastrophic impact of the government's mini-budget, the first casualty of the government’s short-termist approach to governing was health and care.

Global market leading health and care technology company, Tunstall Healthcare is investing in the next generation of health, housing and social care professionals with the launch of a new range of Continuing Professional Development (CPD) accredited courses.

Leading UK health charities have highlighted the untapped potential of pharmacy services in tackling the nation’s major health conditions. 

Public Policy Project’s ICS Network has urged the NHS to leverage its position as England’s largest employer and to realise its potential for social and economic rejuvenation.

White nurses are twice as likely to be promoted as Black and Asian staff in the NHS, new survey results from the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) show.

The Next steps for integrating primary care: Fuller stocktake report was published yesterday, outlining a vision for transforming primary care led by integrated neighbourhood teams.

Over half of Brits (55 per cent) feel their health has been negatively affected by the rising cost of living, according to a YouGov poll commissioned by the Royal College of Physicians (RCP).

Structural weaknesses, unaddressed by successive governments, left social care struggling to provide the service and protection that people needed during the initial waves of Covid-19.

The North West Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (NW ADASS) has published guidance to support Adult Social Care (ASC) Commissioners in increasing the implementation of the Data Security and Protection Toolkit (DSPT) across the ASC market.

Care England, as a member of the Care Provider Alliance, which brings together the main national associations that represent independent and voluntary adult social care providers in England, published a report on the current state of social care in England this week.

As social care workers and providers grapple with sharply rising energy costs this winter, Community Integrated Care has launched a new programme to support social care workers, people using services and family carers.

Care England has this week written to the newly appointed Prime Minister, the Rt Hon Rishi Sunak MP, calling for the Conservative manifesto promise to ‘fix social care’ to be delivered in his premiership.

As a Health Foundation report finds care home staff are more likely to be living in poverty than other health workers, figures from Skills for Care show the social care vacancy rate has risen to a record-high.

Association of Directors of Adult Social Services reports dramatic rise in numbers of those seeking review or start of social care provision.

With the country facing a stark cost of living crisis, social care representative bodies are calling on the government to do more to protect the sector.

Global market leading health and care technology company, Tunstall Healthcare is investing in the next generation of health, housing and social care professionals with the launch of a new range of Continuing Professional Development (CPD) accredited courses.

On 25th July, the Health and Social Care Committee (HSCC) published their report, Workforce: recruitment, training and retention in health and social care.

As the race to become the next Conservative leader and Prime Minister of the UK heats up, and the government accepts the recommendations from the independent NHS pay review bodies in full, Care England and Access for Social Care have urged the government to act to protect the standing of social care workers, in statements issued yesterday.

The West Midlands Academic Health Science Network (WMAHSN) has released its 2021-22 Impact Report, highlighting the innovative solutions that have contributed to improving health and generating income growth across the West Midlands, and nationally. 

The number of social care needs assessment enquiries increased by 229 per cent in the year 2021/2022 compared to 2019/2020, according to Access Social Care’s annual State of the Nation report.

On 27 April 2022, Public Policy Projects (PPP) hosted a roundtable entitled The Social Care Workforce: Averting a Crisis as part of its report series The Future of Social Care. The PPP Social Care Network, made up of senior cross-sector stakeholders in social care and a Lived Experience Panel, sought to find practical solutions to the challenges relating to the workforce.