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NHS Confederation - What were healthcare leaders reading in 2024?
We look back at NHS Voices’ ten most-read posts of 2024.
NHS Voices is the NHS Confederation’s blog for and by health and care leaders. From dentistry, anti-racism and partnership working, to political support, QOF and children and young people, we rundown the opinion pieces that captured healthcare leaders’ attention in 2024.
10 : Bringing personalised healthcare to children
Great Ormond Street’s professor Neil Sebire and Dr Rebecca Pope from Roche Products Ltd shed light on how an innovative NHS and industry partnership is moving closer towards personalised healthcare for children through better use of data.
9 : Reforming dentistry through primary care collaboration
Lorraine Mattis, chief executive of the University of Suffolk Dental CIC, argues that to address NHS dental care access and oral health inequalities, we must advocate for policies that facilitate integration among primary care providers.
8 : Frontline digitisation: people over functionality
If staff needs aren’t considered, the benefits outlined in NHS England’s Frontline Digitisation programme will be difficult to realise, argues John Llewellyn, chief digital and information officer at NHS Cheshire and Merseyside.
7 : Politicians must support NHS leaders to innovate and improve health and care
NHS leaders must be given the freedom and support to tackle performance challenges in their own areas, writes Professor Sir Chris Ham.
6 : The NHS needs to think differently about working with others
Dr Jane Padmore and Neil Blanchard tell all about a new agreement in Sussex that explores how NHS and VCSE sector will work together to meet mental health, learning disabilities and neurodiversity need.
5 : Is QOF bad for your heart?
Laura Boyd and Dr Matt Kearney suggest that current quality improvement methods may actually be damaging for patient outcomes.
Fergus Hamilton highlights the individual and societal benefits of employment for people with learning disabilities and autism.
3 : Driving an anti-racism strategy through cultural change
Changing culture through a focus on values is the basis of work to address racism in Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust, explains Roisin Fallon-Williams.
2 : Diversifying the upper levels of the health service
Despite the incredible diversity of NHS staff as a whole, there is a distinct lack of diversity at higher levels. What is going wrong, ask Eric Pirozzoli and Fay Blackwood.
1 : The NHS needs to confront the serious problem of racism within the service
Patricia Miller, chief executive of NHS Dorset Integrated Care Board, questions whether the NHS can really root out racism from the service if it cannot confront the institutional racism that persists within it.
Add NHS Voices to your 2025 reading list
For thought leadership that sparks debate, shares learning and inspires new ways of working across the sector, head to NHS Voices. Benefit from the insights of those leading and delivering change.
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