The NHS has an unprecedented opportunity to make health care better and safer. We are close to missing that opportunity. It would be a major mistake to do so. At a time when the public and press are clamouring for safer care, some opinion leaders are objecting to one of the biggest opportunities to achieve...Read More
There is rare unity among all three main political parties – don’t use the “R”-word in the context of the NHS when it comes to 2015 election manifestos. Reconfiguration and structural reforms are almost certainly off the table for next year’s election, given the bitter experience of the recent top-down reorganisation of the NHS (though...Read More
Imperial College Health Partners has appointed Sir Peter Dixon as its Chair with immediate effect. Sir Peter takes up the post after Lord Ara Darzi stepped down from chairing the Partnership in October last year to lead the London Health Commission. Imperial College Health Partners brings together some of the world’s most respected health and...Read More
Authored by: Dr Adrian Bull and Dr Axel Heitmueller “When you have Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, everything, everything changes – As it gets worse, you seem to be able to do less and less of the things you have always done […] you feel like you are dying, you just cannot breathe” Chronic obstructive pulmonary...Read More
Sir David Nicholson has recently announced that, if NHS spending is not increased in real terms over the next few years, the NHS will have a spending gap of some £30bn by 2020/21. The system has now embarked on a wide debate about the action that is required in response to this challenge. The language...Read More
I have just started working at Imperial College Health Partners (ICHP) as Head of Project Development. Previously, I have worked as a management consultant working with acute NHS trusts. Immediately the translational role of Academic Health Science Networks (AHSNs) appealed to me, and the opportunity to promote innovation and change ‘from within’ rather than as...Read More
Context The term “wealth creation” has found its way into the NHS language over the past three years. It is one of those terms that is easily and frequently used by politicians and the media but quite difficult to define. This is certainly true for many public policy buzzwords, and would not be a concern...Read More
In December last year, Adrian Bull and I had the privilege of attending the World Innovation Summit for Health (WISH) in Doha, Qatar. Around 1,000 delegates attended and the agenda was simply too long and rich to give it justice here in a few lines but there are some videos and the eight conference papers...Read More
The NHS is said to be one of our most cherished institutions. At the same time, it has become one of our most popular punch bags. Newspaper campaigns and populist headlines shout repeated criticism. Politicians cite ‘declining standards’ to accuse their opponents of failed stewardship. Selective quotes from regulatory bodies and international reports (such as...Read More
