The NHS ten-year health plan is missing a crucial ingredient: nature

Nature is medicine – so why has the government’s health plan ignored it?

Nick Bridge, Policy advisor , King's College London • conversation
July 4, 2025 • ~8 min

Spreadsheet errors can have disastrous consequences – yet we keep making the same mistakes

Spreadsheet-related errors can have serious consequences in the private and public sector. But what can we do to overcome them?

Simon Thorne, Senior Lecturer in Computing and ​Information Systems, Cardiff Metropolitan University • conversation
Jan. 25, 2024 • ~7 min

NHS hospitals are publishing their plans to achieve net zero: here's what it will actually take to get there

For the NHS to achieve net zero, it needs to sort out its supply chains and prioritise community health.

Sally Fowler Davis, Associate Professor in Organisation in Health and Care, Sheffield Hallam University • conversation
April 22, 2022 • ~7 min

Making vaccination compulsory for NHS frontline workers likely to make patients suffer

Making vaccination mandatory for NHS staff is likely to leave hospitals struggling, says an expert

Katherine Woolf, Professor of Medical Education Research, UCL • conversation
Nov. 18, 2021 • ~7 min

NHS vaccine passports are here – but will they be used beyond international travel?

A glance over the NHS app's new privacy policy has revealed the wider, potentially concerning scope of vaccine passports.

Eerke Boiten, Professor of Cybersecurity, School of Computer Science and Informatics, De Montfort University • conversation
May 19, 2021 • ~8 min

NHS workers will need help to manage the trauma of the pandemic

Professor of Defence Mental Health, King's College London

Neil Greenberg, Professor of Defence Mental Health, King's College London • conversation
Feb. 15, 2021 • ~6 min

UK coronavirus app expert verdict: strong privacy protection and added benefits

Despite criticism, the NHS COVID-19 contact tracing app seems well designed.

James Irvine, Reader in Mobile Communications, University of Strathclyde • conversation
May 7, 2020 • ~7 min

Healthcare workers are still coming under attack during the coronavirus pandemic

The pandemic illustrates that attacks against healthcare can -- and do -- happen everywhere.

Larissa Fast, Senior Lecturer, Humanitarian Studies, University of Manchester • conversation
April 28, 2020 • ~7 min

Coronavirus: the UK could be over the peak

Cause for a degree of relief.

Christian Yates, Senior Lecturer in Mathematical Biology, University of Bath • conversation
April 23, 2020 • ~6 min

Coronavirus: the UK could well be over the peak

Cause for a degree of relief.

Christian Yates, Senior Lecturer in Mathematical Biology, University of Bath • conversation
April 23, 2020 • ~6 min

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