Opinion
By Johanna Kelly, chief nursing information officer, Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust Clinicians are all too familiar with the daily frustrations of fragmented systems, multiple logins and passwords, and click-heavy workflows. As stress and burnout continue rising, especially in high-pressure environments like emergency medicine, the usability of Electronic Patient Records (EPRs) has never been [...]
By Alasdair Craine While tech CEOs promise AI domination, Britain’s health service loses the leader who actually knew how to deliver it On Tuesday, many of us woke to headlines announcing a proposed merger between SpaceX and xAI, a deal spoken about in trillion-pound terms and framed as the creation of a new industrial titan. Rockets, satellites, supercomputers [...]
Cancer patients in England are being denied new radiotherapy due to a postcode lottery in NHS funding and commissioning, doctors warn. Patients are missing out on two newer forms of radiotherapy, which are effective against several cancers and widely available in other countries, because of what clinicians describe as red tape and lack of funding. [...]
By Curtis Grainge Leadership in the NHS is rarely loud, often thankless, and almost always tested in moments of uncertainty. It is defined less by announcements than by endurance: the ability to hold a steady course while institutions shift, pressures mount and expectations continue to rise. Against that backdrop, Ming Tang, Chief [...]
Pain treatment rarely succeeds on labels alone. What often decides whether care holds up is how it fits into ordinary days, awkward mornings and tired evenings. This is where clinical judgment, delivery method and patient response quietly separate workable care from well-intended plans that never quite land. A diagnosis gives a name to the problem. [...]
By Tony King, SVP, international at NETSCOUT It is a universal experience for all industries to be threatened by cyberattacks. They are, like the threat actors launching the attacks, continuously evolving, and are afflicting more and more organisations. As part of the NCSC’s ninth Annual Review in October 2025, CEO Richard Horne spoke of the [...]
By Dr Darren Kilroy If consultant time is the NHS's most valuable clinical asset, why do we still plan it based on past wisdom instead of new intelligence? A landmark five-year analysis of thousands of consultant job plans, conducted in collaboration with NHS England, reveals a paradox that should concern every NHS leader: we have [...]
The science of permanent hair removal has progressed significantly over the past two decades, with laser technology leading advances in both effectiveness and safety. Modern laser systems use controlled wavelengths of light to target hair follicles while protecting surrounding skin tissue. This precision has expanded treatment suitability across a broader range of skin tones and [...]
Aide Health has published a new report warning that healthcare systems cannot meet rising demand through clinic appointments alone and calling for patient self-management to become the foundation of scalable care. The report argues that chronic disease is driving the majority of healthcare pressure, while many services remain built around episodic, provider-led models that rely [...]
Orlando Agrippa comments on why tightening regulation must not come at the expense of progress for patients In recent years, a quiet but consequential transformation has been unfolding far above the Earth’s surface. Thousands of satellites have been placed into low-Earth orbit, forming a dense and expanding digital mesh around the planet. With further large-scale [...]
