In a special post, Sally Williams hears from Joseph Simmonds-Issler, Chief of Staff at CEPI – an innovative global partnership launched in Davos in 2017 to develop vaccines to stop epidemics just like COVID-19. Here’s what he said on 28 April 2020. CEPI was able to act relatively quickly when…

In a series of posts giving a frank account of experiences on the NHS frontline, Sally Williams hears from a Cardiology Consultant who works in a tertiary cardiac centre. Here’s what he said on 22 April 2020. I believe COVID-19 will change medicine forever. Rapid dissemination of learning One big…

In a series of posts giving a frank account of experiences on the NHS frontline, Sally Williams hears from Dr Jonathan Bennett, Honorary Professor of Respiratory Sciences, University of Leicester, Respiratory Consultant at Glenfield Hospital and Chair of the British Thoracic Society.  Here’s what he said on 20 April 2020….

In a series of posts giving a frank account of experiences on the NHS frontline, Sally Williams hears from Dr Jonathan Bennett, Honorary Professor of Respiratory Sciences, University of Leicester, Respiratory Consultant at Glenfield Hospital and Chair of the British Thoracic Society.  Here’s what he said in the week beginning…

As new NHS Nightingale hospitals spring up across the country, Sally Williams hears how South West London Elective Orthopaedic Centre (SWLEOC), the UK’s largest NHS treatment centre for elective orthopaedic surgery, transformed into an ITU for COVID-19 patients in just seven days. Here’s what the centre’s Medical Director, Mr Vipul…

In a series of posts giving a frank account of experiences on the NHS frontline, Sally Williams hears from Dr Jonathan Bennett, Honorary Professor of Respiratory Sciences, University of Leicester, Respiratory Consultant at Glenfield Hospital and Chair of the British Thoracic Society.  Here’s what he said on 1St April 2020….

In a series of posts giving a frank account of experiences on the NHS frontline, Sally Williams hears from Dr Jonathan Bennett, Honorary Professor of Respiratory Sciences, University of Leicester, Respiratory Consultant at Glenfield Hospital and Chair of the British Thoracic Society. Here’s what he said about how his unit…

In a series of posts giving a frank account of experiences on the NHS frontline, Sally Williams hears from Dr Jonathan Bennett, Honorary Professor of Respiratory Sciences, University of Leicester, Respiratory Consultant at Glenfield Hospital and Chair of the British Thoracic Society. Dr Bennett works in one of the largest respiratory…

This week (17 June), the Government promised NHS England ‘an extra £20bn a year by 2023’, says BBC News. This was billed as a 70th ‘birthday present’, by Theresa May – and is funding that will, undoubtedly, be welcomed by all at a time when the NHS has been struggling…

Until recently, there were two bodies representing the independent healthcare sector: The Association of Independent Healthcare Organisations (AIHO) represented independent healthcare providers working with private patients; The NHS Partner Network (NHSPN) represented independent healthcare providers working with NHS patients sent for treatment into the independent sector. From 1 June 2018,…