The National Health Service (NHS) turned 78 on 5 July 2026. For many people across the United Kingdom, that birthday was a moment of pride, gratitude and reflection. The NHS remains one of the country's most important public institutions: A service built on the idea that healthcare should be available...

Martha's Rule is an NHS patient safety initiative designed to ensure that concerns about a patient's deterioration are listened to and acted on quickly. It gives patients, families, carers and staff a clearer route to request an urgent review by a different clinical team when they believe a hospital inpatient's...

Workforce development is the planned, long-term process of building the knowledge, skills, behaviours, confidence, leadership capacity and digital capability that people and organisations need to perform well now and adapt well in the future. It is not simply about sending staff on occasional training courses. It is a strategic approach...

Health and social care are closely connected, but they are not the same thing. In simple terms, healthcare focuses on diagnosing, treating and preventing illness or injury, while social care focuses on helping people live safely, independently and with dignity when they need support with daily life. Both matter. Both...

Clinical and non-clinical mandatory training are closely connected, but they are not the same. Both support safe services, workforce competence, regulatory compliance and good governance, yet they apply to different roles, risks and responsibilities. The challenge for many organisations is knowing which training should apply to clinical staff, which should...