Health Perspectives
We all want better healthcare, sooner and the potential is there to make it happen: New technology, new breakthroughs, new ideas. But while there are opportunities, there are challenges too: constrained budgets, an ageing population and an increase in chronic conditions. Find out what our specialists have to say on the issues that matter.
06 September 2019
By Zoë Watters. The Government’s announcement of an £853m investment in new capital NHS projects is welcome but what’s really needed is a new approach to how the NHS can finance capital investment.
08 August 2019
By Jai Dongre. Over the last few decades, clinical trials have become exponentially more complex. While new technology has been slowly adopted to increase efficiency, there is still a significant opportunity to further optimise supply and logistics during clinical development.
23 July 2019
By Damien Ashford and Shamil Ganatra. The continuing pressures on the NHS are well documented with increasing patient demand, changes in demographic and labour shortages, to name a few, contributing to persistent and growing financial challenges.
04 July 2019
By Krishna Vallurupalli. Although most big pharma companies collaborate with AI startups and tech companies, data still remains the bottleneck to train AI engines to deliver quality outputs for better drug design.
04 July 2019
By Mike Farrar. We are not alone in having increasing demand outstripping new resources.
28 June 2019
Care homes are under pressure to boost recruitment and reduce staff turnover. This blog discusses why having the right organisational structure is key to creating a better working environment for carers.
06 June 2019
By Reena Virdee. Facing an estimated staffing shortage of 290,000 by 2030, the social care sector is under pressure. Reena explores the recommendations of our recent research, starting with why care home businesses need to put care at the heart of everything they do.
15 May 2019
By Shamil Ganatra and Hannah Cross. We have been working with a number of NHS trusts across the country supporting them to make the most of Model Hospital, the quality of its insight, ability to usefully compare to peers , and to improve their financial performance as a consequence. There are five things we think a trust needs to consider to make best use of this tool.
01 May 2019
By Sham Ganatra & Tom Usher. Making every pound count is a real challenge for all healthcare providers. Our experience has taught us that there are some key steps providers can take to better manage discretionary spend and, in doing so, improve short term financial performance.
11 April 2019
By Damien Ashford and Nancy Park. We share our thoughts and guidance on what commissioning organisations can do when faced with growing financial challenge.
08 April 2019
By Lucy Stapleton and Dr Luke Solon. Projections vary but the higher ones have estimated that a British medical marijuana market could be worth up to £8 billion a year. Although it appears to be winning political support, convincing some medical professionals to begin prescribing may be challenging without more definitive data.
04 April 2019
Our NHS NEDs programme chair Mike Farrar asked NHS Resolution CEO Helen Vernon for her insights into how they go about supporting NHS staff.
21 March 2019
By Karen Finlayson. How can NHS organisations improve the situation for their BAME employees who are not represented equally in the top jobs?
11 March 2019
By David Cockayne and Tom Mytton. Following the recent upturn in fortunes for Manchester United, after the surprise appointment of Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, we ask what lessons could be learned by organisations like the NHS, and organisational leadership?
27 February 2019
By James Macpherson & Jake Wilkins. Winter in an acute trust is always a difficult time. And North Bristol Trust (NBT) certainly wasn’t immune with bed occupancy regularly running at 102% last winter, and a four hour waiting time performance of 71%. So in Spring of 2018 they decided they something had to change if they were to avoid a repeat performance - or things getting worse...
21 February 2019
By Chris Spellman. Like the interpretation of A&E performance statistics, improving the current position is not straightforward.
18 February 2019
By Krishna Vallurupalli. Although AI is generating a huge buzz, pharma executives need to carefully consider its business implications.
13 February 2019
By David Cockayne and Dan Deacon. Through the Governance Dividend, system-wide efficiencies and coordinated place-based transformations are achievable, and, crucially, will support the objective of driving greater integration, delivering clear benefits for all the individual organisations involved and their communities.
12 February 2019
By Sam Kay, Consulting, Pharmaceutical and Life Sciences. A challenging road lies ahead for pharmaceutical firms and healthcare providers with the implementation of the EU Falsified Medicines Directive (FMD). But for agile players, this could also create a perfect opportunity to use new data to optimise their supply chains and improve patient interactions.
06 February 2019
With the word ‘crisis’ appearing regularly in newspaper headlines, it’s perhaps not surprising that some may be a little concerned about the state of the UK’s care workforce. It’s unarguably the case that the demands on the care sector are growing rapidly - and these are set to rise even higher.
