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Women’s Health and Arterial Ageing After COVID-19
Dear readers, It’s time for my thoughts from the island. I read Luke Taylor’s recent article about the first major research study into women’s health following COVID-19 ( New Scientist , September 9, 2025), with great interest. The study of more than 2300 women over 50, across 16 countries, highlighted something both striking and unsettling:...
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Lifelong Learning: The Florence Nightingale Foundation and The Preceptorship Programme
Dear readers, Summer is here! For many healthcare professionals in Europe, it will be a time to take a well-earned break and go on holiday. I will start my annual leave in September, which should be epic. This year, I have a new plan: staycation! I had a little taste of this in June and found it to be wonderful. It made me rethink my travel plans. ...
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KHAG: A Reform That Ignores The Demand Shock, While Charging The Health System For It
Executive summary Germany’s Krankenhausreform-Anpassungsgesetz (KHAG) tweaks the mechanics of the KHVVG but leaves a structural mismatch untouched: hospital demand is rising faster than funding that reaches front-line providers. A significant driver of near-term demand is migration-related utilisation, especially first-year urgent and emergency...
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Letter from the United States
It was funny timing to be invited to write a blog post about what’s going on in healthcare in the US the morning after Donald Trump appeared at the Club World Cup Final in New Jersey where he joined the celebration on the stage where Chelsea captain, Reece James, and his teammates hoisted the trophy and danced in joy. It was a truly crazy...
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My Words Are Like a Sword: Stop the Destruction in Gaza! Nurses United!
Dear readers, We are now in June 2025. Time flies! The more years go by, the more I find myself living in different time zones: I mean the present, the past, and the future. Is that just part of getting older? Maybe. For many people, time is critical. I'm thinking of our fellow healthcare professionals who are currently working in...
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2024: A Turning Point for Innovation – What’s Next?
The global landscape of innovation is shifting rapidly, influenced by emerging technologies, evolving regulatory frameworks, and economic pressures. As we approach 2025, organisations are urged to reassess their strategies, embrace transformation, and precisely measure their innovation impact. This moment calls for proactive advancement, not mere...
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Five Years After the Pandemic Outbreak: Have Nurses Been Heard?
Dear readers, Time is flying by, and we are now almost in April. As a nurse, March has become a very significant month for me. On 12.03.2020, COVID-19 was declared a pandemic outbreak in the United Kingdom. The last five years have changed my life as a nurse and as a private individual. I have no doubt that I am not the only one who...
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When You Are a Nurse, a Daughter and Next of Kin - The Challenges of Knowing Too Much
Dear readers, HAPPY NEW YEAR! I hope you have all had a colourful start to 2025. I’m guessing that, just like every other year, this will not be a boring one. Some might say that’s a good thing. I am one of them. My year began in a positive way. I have taken up a registered nurse position for NHS Wales and will soon begin work...
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Thirty Years in Nursing: A Love Letter to my Profession
My Dear Nursing, We have been together for a long time. It's 30 years now. You met me as a young student and made me a nurse. Here I am, 51 years old, with 27 epic years of work and life experience as a staff nurse. My dear, where has the time gone? We saw and did so much together! A tremendous, enormous amount. They say time flies,...
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2024 Autumn Budget: A Call to Action for Health Services – What's Next?
Of the big Budget bet made by the government, one-third (c.£26bn) has been staked in turning around the NHS. While welcome, there is now a weight of expectation for the NHS to deliver. And if the NHS cannot deliver by March 2026, there is a risk that its next settlement might not be so generous. The Budget provides certainty until March 2026,...
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