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A Single Patient Record: the unsolved challenge, or is it?

A Single Patient Record: the unsolved challenge, or is it?

Richard Kavanagh, openEHR Board Member and Head of Technology (UK & Ireland) at Better, explains how open data can unlock the NHS’s long-promised Single Patient Record
UK Government launches a Commission to regulate AI in the NHS

UK Government launches a Commission to regulate AI in the NHS

The new Commission has been tasked with advising the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) on how to re-write the regulatory rulebook on AI in healthcare, which will be published next year
Top 5 design mistakes healthcare facilities make that cause an infection risk

Top 5 design mistakes healthcare facilities make that cause an infection risk

Dr Manjula Meda, infection control doctor at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust and Chair of Healthcare Infection Society (HIS), gives her advice on how to manage infection following experience in managing a recent large outbreak of AMR superbugs
Is steel as clean as you think and a good option for healthcare furniture?

Is steel as clean as you think and a good option for healthcare furniture?

Jason Brown from Knightsbridge Furniture, shares his insights on why steel, although valuable, must be carefully assessed before being included within healthcare spaces
Storage woes: What is causing rips in your instrument packaging and how to prevent them?

Storage woes: What is causing rips in your instrument packaging and how to prevent them?

Ocura discusses how smarter storage systems can reduce costs, enhance patient safety, and streamline efficiency across your sterile services
Modernising the hospital estate: A guide to asset management programmes and how they work

Modernising the hospital estate: A guide to asset management programmes and how they work

Edward Gee from Platinum Facilities explains how asset management programmes differ from maintenance, and the benefits to the hospital
Creating therapeutic spaces through Good Design

Creating therapeutic spaces through Good Design

Alfie Chappell from Kingsway Group Global explains that, consciously or not, our perceptions of a given space and the emotional responses we feel entering are influenced by the built environment
Can the NHS’ new waste strategy extend to estate management?

Can the NHS’ new waste strategy extend to estate management?

Sian Lewis from Premier Modular discusses the NHS’s new initiative to try and reduce waste by “designing for life”
Combe Valley: Building a 54-bed mental health hospital on a greenfield site

Combe Valley: Building a 54-bed mental health hospital on a greenfield site

Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (SPFT) gives an insight into its new mental health facility, built with the help of Kier Construction and Gilling Dod
Top 10 reasons for GP burnout in 2025

Top 10 reasons for GP burnout in 2025

Dr Andrew Whiteley from Lexacom discusses why nearly a quarter of GPs feel so stressed they can’t cope about 1-2 times a week
Philips's Managing Director of UK & Ireland talks about the future of healthcare technology

Philips's Managing Director of UK & Ireland talks about the future of healthcare technology

The Managing Director of UK & Irelands, Mark Leftwich, talks to Sophie Bullimore about the benefits of a clear vision for a single patient record, the use of virtual wards in diagnostics, and what is the reality for AI in diagnostics
Getting first impressions right in mental healthcare design

Getting first impressions right in mental healthcare design

Initial moments in a mental health facility can be instrumental in a patient’s experience and recovery there. Robin Graham from Gilling Dod Architects examines what is required for a good first impression
Op-ed: Why Sajid Javid’s £20 fines are not the cure for NHS no shows

Op-ed: Why Sajid Javid’s £20 fines are not the cure for NHS no shows

Dr Benyamin Deldar from Deep Medical argues that charging £20 for a GP appointment, scrapping free prescriptions, and fining patients for missed visits won’t fix the NHS - it’ll deepen the health inequality crisis
12 months with ePMA: Setting the bar for safer medication management

12 months with ePMA: Setting the bar for safer medication management

Julia Scott, Pharmacist and Chief Experience Officer at Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust, reflects on the trust’s journey with electronic prescribing and medicines administration (ePMA) one year after implementation and how it is helping set a new standard for safer, more effective medicines optimisation
Data-first AI: turning everyday hospital bottlenecks into opportunity

Data-first AI: turning everyday hospital bottlenecks into opportunity

Rami Riman, Director of Clinical and Business Improvements at InterSystems, discusses the practical, day-to-day impact AI can have in healthcare, particularly in hospital and operational settings
What is pathology's path to digital imaging infrastructure?

What is pathology's path to digital imaging infrastructure?

Liam Canavan, Healthcare Lead at Loadbalancer.org, discusses why following in other imaging sectors' footprints is not the answer for pathologists
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