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Patient facing technology may help relieve pressure over surgery backlog
Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust has adopted new technology to tackle the elective surgery backlog. West Middlesex hospital…
Why it’s time to end the great NHS bank robbery
Dr Anas Nader, CEO of Patchwork Health, stresses that the NHS must find more sustainable ways of plugging gaps in…
Doctors report high degree of pandemic burnout in new GMC report
Doctors have found their work “emotionally exhausting” during the Covid-19 pandemic, according to a report published today by the General Medical Council (GMC). More than 63,000 UK…
GMC moves to tackle stark inequalities in education and training
The General Medical Council (GMC) is looking to take steps to reduce workplace inequality after internal research on fairness in…
New studies show mental health issues on rise for clinicians
A new survey from the Medical Defence Union (MDU) has found that nearly three out of every four medical professionals…
Harnessing the potential of nurse-led transformation
Milica Zina Bojin, Nurse Consultant Urology at United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust, explains why nurses can and should be leading…
Gender, diversity and health
The issues of racial and gender disparities are intrinsically linked when it comes to health. Addressing these issues requires an…
Shaping the future of the NHS workforce
The pandemic has highlighted the importance of our precious health and care staff as well as simultaneously exposing “unignorable gaps”…
We must remove barriers to women in surgery
Women face unique barriers to progressing careers in surgery, how can we help overcome them? I had wanted to be…
Dr Navina Evans on enhancing collaboration and facing ‘uncomfortable truths’
In an exclusive interview for Hospital Times, Dr Navina Evans, Chief Executive of Health Education England, explains how the pandemic…