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The Blood That Never Left the Building

Twenty years after Lord Carter originally advised the NHS to combine its laboratories, one third of pathology systems are still working as earlier, and the expense for that inertia has grown into the billions.

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When The Money Arrives Before The Machinery Does

The £298bn Defence Investment Plan tests whether Whitehall can spend at speed. The NHS has been failing that same test for a decade.
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The Bank Tax Fight Is A Preview Of Burnham's NHS Reckoning

A windfall levy earmarked for winter hardship reveals how Britain's likely next prime minister intends to choose who pays for the state, and health leaders would do well to watch closely.

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Southampton's Return Of The Clinician-Executive Arrives As The Regional Tier It Came From Disappears

The Regulatory Reliance Route: What The US-UK Pharma Pact Really Changes For The NHS

Capital Delays Expose The Gap Between NHS Reform Rhetoric And Practice

The Treasury Discipline That Will Decide The NHS's Next Settlement

A Quiet Vaccine Expansion Tests Whether Labour's Prevention Rhetoric Survives Contact With General Practice

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The Bank Tax Fight Is A Preview Of Burnham's NHS Reckoning

A windfall levy earmarked for winter hardship reveals how Britain's likely next prime minister intends to choose who pays for the state, and health leaders would do well to watch closely.

Britain's Car Trouble Is A Warning The NHS Can't Afford To Ignore

Brussels didn't design its new industrial rules with the UK in mind. Neither will it design the next ones on medicines.

Burnham's Unfunded War Chest

The £4.7bn defence bill Keir Starmer left behind will test Andy Burnham's NHS ambitions before he has even reached Downing Street.

The State Backs Science. The NHS Has Not Caught Up.

The British Business Bank's £600m investment push into UK scaleups is a meaningful intervention in the late-stage capital gap, but it cannot substitute for the NHS becoming a serious buyer of domestic innovation.

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When Speed Becomes Capital: What An £8.5m Infrastructure Bet Says About The NHS's Own Building Problem

A London startup has just persuaded some of the biggest names in AI and finance that infrastructure delivery can be automated.

The Empire Of Empty Stages: China's Humanoid Robot Boom And The NHS's Own Automation Gamble

China's humanoid robots have mastered the exhibition hall. The NHS should notice how far that is from the ward.

Regulators Prepared To Ease Constraints On Rapidly Growing Healthcare AI

Rollback of Rules for Ambient Voice Technology Expected to Drive Widespread Clinical Adoption.

Wearable Technology And The NHS's Enduring Innovation Problem

A £11 million cluster in Greater Manchester raises a question the health service has never quite answered: how do you turn promising technology into embedded clinical practice?

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