Digital health experts have welcomed the ambitions of the government’s new long term plan for the NHS – but warned that the devil will be in the delivery. On Wednesday this week, prime minister Sir Keir Starmer unveiled the government’s 10 Year Health Plan for the NHS. “Delivering these bold ambitions will require fundamental changes to NHS plumbing” Chris Fleming The document outlined how the government hopes to get the NHS back on track and contained dozens of promises surrounding everything from curbing corridor care to bolstering the advanced nursing workforce. This plan centred around achieving three key ‘shifts’, one…
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A nursing organisation with close ties to the City of London has passed another key milestone in its history since being created nearly a decade ago by a group of nurses who trained in the capital. The Worshipful Company of Nurses is one of more than 100 livery companies in London that are trade associations with origins dating back to medieval guilds. “This is an historic occasion for the company and a significant landmark for nursing and nurses everywhere” Hilary Andrews Other examples include the Worshipful Company of Woolmen, Worshipful Company of Brewers, Worshipful Society of Apothecaries and, the oldest,…
Hong Kong SAR – Media Outreach Newswire – July 4, 2025 – AIA Hong Kong & Macau (AIA) has held its first Healthcare Finance Summit (Summit) as a proactive step to fostering cross-sector dialogue and collaboration to address the challenges facing Hong Kong's healthcare system. Convened under the theme of “Sustainable Healthcare Finance through Partnerships,” the summit brought together a diverse group of stakeholders, including government officials, legislators, regulators and leaders, and explored collaborative solutions to build accessible health systems for an accessible, affordable, sustainable future to include leaders in the health and insurance industry. Caption: Professor Chung-Mau Lo, Director…
HRS' home health care received an overpayment of at least $100,696, according to a recent audit report from the Office of Inspectors (OIG). The results are from a series of in-home audits that examined how institutions adhere to Medicare requirements. HRS Home Health is one of the audited institutions. Based in Lombard, Illinois, HRS Home Health is a for-profit home healthcare facility. The company's Medicare management contractor, Palmetto GBA, paid $35 million for HRS' home health care on 18,422 people's bills for services offered to Medicare enrolled in 2020 and 2021. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) found…
This article is part of the HHCN+ membership On Monday, we moderated the HHCN+ Talks episode. This is an exclusive opportunity for HHCN+ members to speak directly in real time with leading experts. The topic was about the policy and regulatory landscape affecting the home care industry under the second Trump administration. Needless to say, this was a timely discussion given the way the week unfolded. I'm writing this, as the news is broken that the House has passed a massive tax and spending bill that includes a massive Medicaid cut that concerns health care providers. And the passage of…
After many months of anticipation, the government has published its 10 Year Health Plan for the NHS in England. Nursing Times has outlined what it means for nursing. Shortly after Labour came into power in summer 2024, prime minister Sir Keir Starmer promised the biggest re-imagining of the NHS since its inception in 1948. It followed a rapid review undertaken by leading surgeon and former Labour minister Lord Ara Darzi, which concluded that the NHS was in a “critical condition”. The government subsequently pledged to transform the NHS through three ‘big shifts’: moving care from hospitals into the community, shifting…
The government will ramp up recruitment of nurse consultants, develop advanced practice and clinical research roles, and grow nursing apprenticeships by the thousands, according to the 10 Year Health Plan. The major policy document, titled Fit for the future: 10 Year Health Plan for England and published earlier today, set out a range of ambitious proposals to reform the nursing workforce. “It is good to see some deeper thought given to nursing as a safety critical profession that needs investment and development” Alison Leary It said these reforms would be key to delivering the government’s three big shifts for the…
England’s most senior nurse has said that the government’s 10 Year Health Plan for the NHS is an opportunity to improve the healthcare system for both patients and staff. Speaking ahead of the plan’s publication today, Duncan Burton, chief nursing officer (CNO) at NHS England, said it was about enabling nurses, midwives and other healthcare workers to “do the things that they do best”. The plan will be published today by the Department of Health and Social Care. It will lay out prime minister Sir Keir Starmer and health and social care secretary Wes Streeting’s vision for the health service…
For years, the US labor market has undergone structural transformation. As manufacturing jobs slowly and steadily recede, the healthcare industry is more than replacing them.This change has been particularly visible over the past year, during which healthcare has been responsible for about a third of all employment growth, while other categories such as retail and manufacturing remained inherently flat. Healthcare is the country's top employer Share of employment in the US from 1990 to 2024 Source: New York Times analysis of the quarterly census of employment and wages Note: Each industry category includes private sector and government employment, where applicable.…
Proposals to create dozens of new mental health emergency departments for the NHS have been met with cautious optimism by nurse leaders. Over recent days and weeks, the UK government has been some of the previewing policies that will form part of its 10 Year Health Plan, which is due to be published imminently. “There is no societal benefit to being able to access something which is not staffed by genuine specialists in mental health care” Dan Warrender Among the new announcements, first aired in May, was the creation of 85 new dedicated mental health emergency departments, to be staffed…