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Put patient partnership into practice: 5 policies the next Government must enact
Explore a general election manifesto for quality healthcare covering patient partnership, access to care, health prioritisation, communication and workforce support. The Patients Association’s general election manifesto emphasises the need for action to ensure everyone can access and benefit from quality health and care services. It outlines key steps for the next Government to address the...
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Why we should recognise the biomedical scientist workforce for the NHS
The Long Term Biomedical Scientist Workforce Plan is shaping the future of healthcare. Elevate your career, skills and patient care. As the leading professional body for biomedical scientists and laboratory staff in the NHS, the Institute of Biomedical Science (IBMS) welcomed the NHS England Long Term Workforce Plan and is committed to ensuring that the...
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How high-quality care pathways can revolutionise healthcare across the NHS
Enhance patient outcomes, streamline processes and meet NHS targets. Learn the impact of evidence-driven care pathways on healthcare quality. Care pathways play a crucial role in enhancing the quality of care people receive from admission to discharge while improving outcomes, system processes and the optimisation of resources across the health system. A number of care...
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Healthtech revolution: transforming the NHS and global healthcare
Healthcare systems around the world are grappling with significant challenges. From the growing demand of ageing populations to a shortage of professionals and exhausted workforces, a different approach is essential. Technology can be the driver of change. In the NHS, we are witnessing how health technologies have emerged as a critical solution to supporting the...
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Priorities that will shape health technology success in the NHS
Learn how the NHS can harness health technology, empower patients and bridge workforce gaps for optimal care with strategic digital transformation. To provide faster, optimal care for patients, the NHS must harness innovations in healthcare technology. However, the most cutting-edge medical software will not improve productivity or patient care without the right digital processes and...
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The practice of medicine in the age of pre-intelligence
A fundamental dichotomy exists within healthcare systems – they are designed by healthcare professionals, but they are needed by patients; and the two see things differently — the classic agency problem. Doctors measure complications. Patients experience adverse events and live with the side effects. Which perspective takes precedence? Health and wellbeing aside, at a time...
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Major opportunities for AI to aid in healthcare for chronic conditions
The Major Conditions Strategy can pave the way for NHS transformation while meeting the challenges of today, but only if we are willing to bet on artificial intelligence (AI) to address the high cost of chronic conditions. Most diseases are chronic rather than acute, affecting millions in the UK. With over 17 million people living...
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As we celebrate 75 years of the NHS — what’s next?
For 75 years, communications systems have been right behind the NHS, in the background, providing the networks that help hospitals to function, supporting new technology and underpinning the critical 999 service on which all our emergency services rely. Communications services company BT is redefining its relationship with the NHS through innovative digital technology and connectivity...
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How standards support the sharing of information in the NHS
Sharing information is vital to the functioning of the health and care service. This can include information for patient treatment, medications or at a population level to support risk stratification of patients and the management of care settings. We need to have access to structured information that can be disassembled and used in different ways...
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Why the doctor will see you now, via a video conference call
Video conferencing technology is creating a powerful opportunity for the healthcare sector by improving access for patients while helping practitioners become more efficient. The pandemic increased the role of remote healthcare. That includes medical practitioners having virtual appointments with their patients via video call, otherwise known as ‘telehealth.’ “The world is permanently hybrid now,” says...
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How we can unlock the value of real-world data to support healthcare
The power of real-world data for evidence-based decision-making is increasingly apparent in healthcare. It can reflect real-life patient experiences across a large and very diverse population. Real-world data allows for a more comprehensive view of effectiveness and safety, enabling healthcare providers to make more informed decisions and deliver better healthcare outcomes. Clinicians, medical policymakers, life...
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A greener NHS: working in partnership towards a carbon-free future in asthma care
Every year, the world feels the effects of the climate crisis, and our current trajectory towards 1.5°C global warming demands urgent action.1 A partnership is setting an example of improving respiratory care and health outcomes while reducing CO2 emissions. Many industries significantly impact the environment, and healthcare is no different. The NHS contributes 4% of...
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Helping the NHS recover and provide improved services for patients
Over the years, the NHS has adapted and developed at an incredible pace to provide healthcare services through pandemics, digital transformations and more. An important development for the NHS in recent years has been the power of healthcare partnerships, with different service providers across health and social care. But despite often being the most accessible...
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Why CTCs and liquid biopsies could one day revolutionise NHS cancer care
Circulating tumour cells are tumour cells shed from the primary tumour and now circulate in the bloodstream. They carry core information and could improve cancer care for NHS patients in the future. Circulating tumour cells (CTCs) can help clinicians diagnose cancer and identify tumour characteristics, potentially leading to targeted treatment. However, CTCs are hard to...
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How tech collaborations in the NHS can help improve patient health outcomes
Across the NHS, healthcare professionals and patients alike have been struggling due to increasing demand. Exploring tech collaborations can help ease some of the burden. Tech sheds light on what the future of the NHS could look like, with organisations joining forces to help improve patient care. Reasons we need tech collaborations for the NHS ...
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Bringing innovation into the NHS at scale to benefit thousands of patients
Bringing together expertise from the NHS, research and industry are accelerating the spread and adoption of innovation, which will benefit patients for years to come. As we mark the 75th birthday of the NHS, England’s 15 Academic Health Science Networks (AHSNs) are celebrating an anniversary of their own. The Network has been helping identify, adopt...
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How automation and big data boost NHS workforce efficiencies
The continued development and adoption of automated and data-driven technologies will be critical in ensuring the NHS continues to provide world-class healthcare. The NHS is facing workforce issues including staff shortages, burnout and low morale. The use of big data and technology can help to address these issues by supporting the workforce in several ways. ...
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Reducing health inequalities by providing quality care to all communities
Many local health and care systems across England are currently tackling major short and long-term challenges — exacerbated by the disruption caused by industrial action — and these have an impact on health inequalities. Tackling rising health inequalities and stagnating life expectancy requires sustainable cross-sectoral transformation towards prevention and health creation. Partnerships addressing health inequalities ...
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Working together, we can help patients and protect our NHS
Transforming population health and reducing inequalities are critical for the long term survival of the NHS. Recent experiences have shown how collaborations can catalyse innovation and fundamentally change outcomes. The NHS has been a fundamental pillar of UK society since its inception and the dedication of NHS staff is a source of national pride. Nevertheless,...
