It has been confirmed that NHS Digital and NHSX are to be incorporated into NHS England as part of a major shake-up of the health technology environment. The two organisations are going to be folded ...

The UK’s national healthcare provider saved £324 million by switching its patients to “better value” biosimilar and generic drugs, which are considered to be “equally effective alternatives”. The ...

As the NHS grapples with unprecedented demand, workforce pressures and growing elective backlogs, agentic automation is ...

Investigative research team leader with 18 years' experience covering health at Which? and a background working for the NHS and Social Services. Most people get their hearing aids free from the NHS, ...

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NHS England must prioritise improving wait times for adult gender dysphoria clinics, an independent ‘Cass-style’ review has said. The operational review, headed by Dr David Levy, urged the UK’s public ...

In my career, I have worked for organizations that embraced continuous improvement and those that did not. The most successful ones already had an employee-centric company culture that allowed their ...

Objectives To estimate the annual health economic impact of healthcare-associated infections (HCAIs) to the National Health Service (NHS) in England. Design A modelling study based on a combination of ...

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Objectives: To assess current attitudes towards the national patient survey programme in England, establish the extent to which survey results are used and identify barriers and incentives for using ...

Objective To assess the potential clinical and economic impact of introducing an electronic audit and feedback system into current practice to improve hand hygiene compliance in a hypothetical general ...