×

NHS

The NHS category focuses on the people, policies and challenges shaping the UK’s publicly funded health service. It offers thoughtful analysis of organisational change, workforce issues, funding and performance, along with debate on how to improve care delivery and health outcomes. From insights into frontline practice to discussion of strategic priorities and reforms, this category brings clarity to the complex forces influencing the future of health and care in the NHS.

Identify patients with Atrial Fibrillation

Thousands of people with Atrial Fibrillation are not being diagnosed because doctors are pushed for time and are not carrying out simple pulse checks, says...
Identify patients with Atrial Fibrillation

Emergency call handlers under stress

Emergency call handlers are at the forefront of dealing with crisis situations, and the stress they experience negatively impacts on their long term psychological wellbeing,...
Emergency call handlers under stress

Do you have prediabetes?

Britain is facing a Type 2 diabetes epidemic of unprecedented proportions. Around seven million adults in the UK are estimated to have prediabetes without realising...
Do you have prediabetes?

Medical emergencies in rural areas

In medical emergencies, people living in remote and rural areas can be disadvantaged, having to travel many miles to a hospital in order to receive...
Medical emergencies in rural areas

A role for aluminium in multiple sclerosis

Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a devastating disease of the central nervous system and affects approximately 100,000 individuals in the United Kingdom. The cause of MS...
A role for aluminium in multiple sclerosis

Purple Alert for pancreatic cancer

Over a third of adults in the UK would not be worried if they had a few of the potential symptoms of pancreatic cancer, according...
Purple Alert for pancreatic cancer