Category: Thought leadership

An interview with Crystal Oldman, Chief Executive Officer, The Queen’s Nursing Institute on the importance of Nurses in the field of woundcare.

Cautious optimism is the theme as PPP staff offer their reflections on the NHS Long Term Workforce Plan. The plan itself brings up a host of organisational challenges – many of which have no obvious answer.

There is a crucial role for private businesses to play in the health and wellbeing of local populations, given that the private sector employs more than 80 per cent of working adults, and businesses shape outcomes in their local area.

As integrated care systems (ICSs) continue to dominate discourse surrounding health and care, Gabriel Blaazer presents insight from last year’s ICS Roadshow where system leaders and key stakeholders sought to define what ‘good’ looks like for ICSs.

Public Policy Projects’ (PPP) ‘Going further for wound healing’ series examines the impact of chronic wounds on patients, professionals and systems in the health and social care services. Through this series, PPP aims to explore the unmet needs in wound care, break down silos between the frontline and leadership, and help to transform the delivery of wound care.

PPP’s Population Health in Business series examines the impact of businesses on health outcomes. The first roundtable examined the impact of the employee-employer relationship on health equity within a given region.

Barely six months in and ICSs are already subject to their first independent review – but Patricia Hewitt’s re-evaluation of integration represents a genuine attempt to finally empower ICSs, not another deck chair reorganisation.

As the 1+ Million Genomes enters a new phase, it serves as a key example of how countries can collaborate to share their experiences and challenges in rolling out genomics within their healthcare systems.

Can the UK regard itself as a Life Sciences Superpower without addressing the inequalities present in the healthcare system? Public Policy Project’s (PPP) Grace Girling continued discussions held at the Global Genomics Conference with Kye Gbangbola, reflecting on the problems faced by those living with Sickle Cell Disorder and the crucial reasons why diversity must be engrained in genomics research.