8/7/2025 9:00:25 AM Driving efficiency and value through AI in health and social care By Abbey Jones Laura Jordan In recent years, the integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI) into the health and social care sector has become a critical component...
8/1/2025 8:30:07 AM Commissioner lessons from the frontline: Provider Selection Regime in practice By Amy Callahan-Page As the NHS Provider Selection Regime (PSR) continues to reshape how healthcare services are commissioned, a growing body of case reviews...
8/1/2025 8:20:21 AM Provider Selection Regime in practice: Six key tips for providers By Amy Callahan-Page As the NHS Provider Selection Regime (PSR) continues to reshape how healthcare services are commissioned, a growing body of case reviews...
3/12/2025 2:45:50 PM Administrative oversights can have significant impact of patient health By Christopher Frankling A recent BBC article has highlighted issues for over 5,000 patients who did not receive routine screening letters from the NHS, for a...
3/3/2025 9:18:17 AM Innovation in care By Emma Watt LaingBuisson's recent Social Care Summit NORTH and Innovation in Care brought together leaders across health, care, commissioning and the...
2/7/2025 3:38:09 PM Updates to the NHS Standard Contract 2025/26 By Emma Watt The NHS Standard Contract is the contractual basis on which Integrated Care Boards (ICBs) contract for all healthcare services other than...
10/2/2024 8:51:36 AM When is a Swiss Army knife not the right tool? By Christopher Frankling Recent whistleblowers have reported an alarming history of patients being injured during surgery at University Hospitals Sussex NHS...
9/10/2024 1:28:43 PM National framework for commissioning care and support: code of practice By Emma Watt The Welsh Government has published a new Code of Practice (the Code) which came into effect on 1 September and applies principles and...
8/15/2024 11:27:01 AM The impact of ambulance delays By Christopher Frankling Receiving urgent medical attention when it is needed can make the difference between life and death or severely reduced outcomes for...
7/29/2024 9:30:30 AM Latest Ockenden enquiry findings published By Anthony Collins The Guardian recently covered the Ockenden enquiry, a review of almost 2,000 maternity cases at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS...
5/17/2024 8:14:43 AM Ambitious, under-funded and unfulfilled: ten years of the Care Act 2014 By Emma Watt The Local Government Association (LGA) has published a report analysing the extent to which the Care Act 2014 (the Act) has achieved its...
3/26/2024 9:49:02 AM Who watches the watchdog? By Christopher Frankling A recent BBC article has highlighted an instance where hospital consultants have raised concerns about patient safety, overcrowding and...