by Oliver Barnes | Oct 29, 2025 | Health
There is a clear ambition for the future of the NHS: shifting care left, caring for more people at home and in communities, and moving resources downstream from acute services. However demand for hospital care remains high – June, July, August, and September...
by Oliver Barnes | Jun 20, 2025 | Health
At NHS ConfedExpo in Manchester last week, both the Secretary of State and the NHS England Chief Executive wanted to focus on how much money is spent on the NHS – £205billion (the equivalent of the GDP of Portugal as Sir Jim pointed out). Both speakers stressed...
by Oliver Barnes | May 28, 2025 | Health
We are excited to be attending this year’s NHS ConfedExpo in Manchester on 11 and 12 June. The event is convening at a pivotal moment for the NHS as we eagerly await the publication of the 10-year plan and navigate the extensive organisational restructuring...
by Oliver Barnes | Feb 12, 2025 | Health
Over the past two weeks there have been a number of papers and policy announcements on neighbourhood healthcare. At IMPOWER we have been involved in a range of conversations with system leaders, and national policy makers, on how to turn neighbourhood care into a...
by Oliver Barnes | Oct 17, 2024 | Health
The government, through Lord Darzi, has set out three big shifts which will rebuild the NHS; one of these is the shift from hospital to community. The idea underlying this is shift is that preventing ill health is better for patients and allows scarce hospital...
