Our work to connect and build trust with black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) staff working across our NHS has never been more urgent. The disproportionate impact of COVID-19 on BAME people and the Black Lives Matter movement propelled longstanding and wide-ranging inequalities into the media spotlight, and to the forefront of our conversations. The […]

I recently met an amazing team at the St Aubyn Centre in Colchester. This is a specialist health service that cares for young people with learning disabilities or mental health issues. It was great to meet them and chat through some of the changes in practices they have made in their response to COVID. The […]

The secrets we keep – how delving into our DNA is unlocking a new era of medicine. Bubble baby. It sounds like an endearing term or maybe even a game we might play on our smartphones, but for Marie Evans it describes a parent’s worst nightmare. Her son Rhys was born on 30 September 2000 and […]

During the height of the pandemic in March, an important hospital discharge guidance document was published. It allowed – through a mix of permissions, dedicated money and regulatory easements – for every health and care system to immediately introduce the discharge to assess model. The impact of this change has been described to me in […]

Today’s Low Calorie Diet programme announcement brings great news and opportunity for those living with type 2 diabetes. Gone are the days where people thought it would last for life and that the condition could only get worse. People felt trapped in type 2 diabetes – and helpless, but not anymore. We are certain that […]

The Daily Telegraph reported on Friday 21 August ‘hospital admissions for COVID inflated‘. This article was wrong and misleading. It is completely untrue to suggest or imply that there has been any ambiguity in how COVID admissions have been recorded in England. Throughout the pandemic, hospitals in England have been asked to record for operational […]