We are pleased to publish an update to the Investment and Evolution: Update to the GP contract agreement 2020/21-2023/24, agreed with British Medical Association General Practitioners Committee (GPC) yesterday (6 February 2020). We hope you can see that we have truly listened, worked with our GPC colleagues and ensured general practice, networks and our patients […]
I have just returned from a play called ‘Cuttin’ It’ by Charlene James. Fiercely brilliant, it confronts the vital issue of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) in England. Its portrayal of the complexity of this crime along with the reality of the enduring physical, emotional and physiological impact on individuals, families and friendships is bold, tender […]
Teaming expert Professor Amy Edmondson of Harvard Business School talks about her experience of a recent NHS Leadership Academy Masterclass and how her research forms the basis of the resulting report. I was delighted to recently attend an interactive masterclass session arranged by the NHS Leadership Academy and Novartis UK. Here, I had the chance […]
Today is World Cancer Day, a powerful opportunity to raise awareness of cancer of all types, affecting all ages. This is an opportune time then, to tell you what we’re doing to ensure greater understanding of the cancer patient experience of children and younger teenagers, and their parents, and to give them a voice, writes […]
When we talk healthcare workforce we often refer to front line staff in hospital settings. Nurses and midwives work in a variety and breadth of roles and environments from managing a service in the community to leading a university-wide sector role. At the Council of Deans of Health, the membership organisation representing the UK universities […]
We all know the difference it can make when someone just listens and really hears what you are saying. You don’t always need a solution, but as a health professional or support worker, you can change a life by helping someone to find the support that they may really need. A young carer is someone […]
A Deaf Advisor explains how the National Deaf Service calls on a range of professionals to meet the specific needs of the deaf and hard of hearing communities: The first research of its kind in 1994 found that 40% per cent of the deaf or hard of hearing population were affected by mental health issues, […]
