The Digital Lead for Lancashire and South Cumbria ICS looks at how data analysis is helping to transform care: Five months ago I was a self-confessed cynic, sceptical about whether frontline staff had the time or inclination to embark on a new project over the busy winter period. But 20 weeks on I find myself […]
The Director of the national Elective Care Transformation Programme explains how better elective care is improving people’s lives: When people think of the NHS, what often comes to mind is ambulances screeching along streets, teams of surgeons on standby, the triumph of lives saved against all the odds. Planned care can be equally life-saving, if usually […]
A Patient Representative and Advocate reflects on previous Health and Care Innovation Expo events and previews Expo 2019: There are a couple of months to go before the doors open on Expo 2019 and they’ll go in a flash. I’m really excited to be running a session with a team of talented and committed people […]
The Deputy Director of Business Intelligence at Imperial College Health Partners looks at how NHS data analysts are helping to transform health and care: They may be an army of keyboard warriors tucked away in the vaults of NHS buildings from Penzance to Carlisle and everywhere in between – but our hugely talented data analysts […]
As we approach the last week of the consultation on proposed guidance relating to individuals held within prisons and immigration removal centres who have been detained under the Mental Health Act for assessment and treatment, Alison Boreham reflects on her own experience of being imprisoned whilst mentally ill: At around 2am on 19 October 2009 […]
The Chief Allied Health Professions Officer previews her 5th annual conference to be held in London on July 18: Demand for this year’s conference surprised us all, we reached the maximum delegate capacity just two weeks after announcing the date. The agenda for the day is packed with a great variety of speakers, workshops and […]
The statistics for racial disparity in mental health services are familiar and still shocking. Despite numerous cross-government efforts over the past 10 years, Black Caribbean and African people remain consistently overrepresented in mental health detention and are far more likely to come in contact with mental health services through the criminal justice system. Similarly, though […]
