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GPs attacked with baseball bat

A 63-year-old man attacked two GPs with a baseball bat at Woodhouse Health Centre, Sheffield. The case highlights rising violence...
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You

Roy Lilley explores how NHS leaders and frontline staff can navigate uncertainty through Karl Weick’s sensemaking, focusing on purpose, adaptability,...
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Job Done

The GMC’s overseas vetting system faces serious flaws, allowing doctors with misconduct histories to practise in the NHS. Reliance on...
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Why

Wes Streeting’s Labour conference speech invoked Kennedy, tackled NHS reform, poverty and social care, but offered little substance for healthcare....
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Stupid

Streeting attacks NHS costs, pushing hospitals toward efficiency targets. Yet fixed costs, outdated estates, and complex patient needs mean tariff...
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Friends

Roy Lilley critiques NHS leadership reshuffles, government spending pressures, and looming reorganisations. He urges focus on the “Five Ps”: prepare,...
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Voucher

The abolition of Healthwatch removes statutory patient voice, weakening scrutiny of NHS decisions. Roy Lilley warns this shift prioritises organisational...
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Hot Air

With rising discontent, the NHS mirrors political turmoil—plagued by funding issues, leadership confusion, and dwindling public confidence. As mental health...
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One job

Reintroducing NHS regional management feels familiar—but will it really cut waiting lists? Reorgs are flashy. What matters is expanding capacity,...
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People

League tables return to the NHS, but once again risk misleading the public, demoralising staff, and skewing priorities—while doing nothing...
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Music

Lord Darzi’s report exposes NHS flaws. Without bold systemic shifts, waiting lists grow. Hospitals must be rewarded for prevention and...
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Dirty business

Political reshuffles may look like change, but often mask deeper issues. In the NHS and beyond, disruption without purpose is...
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Dixon

Discover “abreaction”: that gut‑wrenching emotion when the past resurfaces. Dixon’s daring NHS reform commentary hits like a literary jab—witty, sharp,...
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Live longer

A powerful reflection on cancer, the NHS, and the ethics of drug pricing. Roy Lilley highlights the emotional and systemic...
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Dimension

‘Closer to home’ sounds good, but is it meaningful? Roy Lilley argues for smarter, tech-driven NHS services—prioritising accessibility, digital transformation,...
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Find out

The Bourbons of SW1 cling to outdated NHS policies. Community Diagnostic Centres may look promising, but staffing, cost, and performance...
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Waiting

Managers and admin are being cut in the NHS to save £1.7bn—but without digital investment, work shifts to clinicians, agency...
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He Doesn’t

Streeting’s Graduate Guarantee promises thousands of NHS jobs, but it's truly a modest tweak benefiting fewer than 4,000 graduates—a tidy-up,...
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