Following the fire that wrecked the original venue, this year’s event rose phoenix-like to be hailed one of the best ever.

It's probably fair to say that this year's conference g...

The NHS must shoulder more of the pain as government begins to slash public spending, argues former Labour trade minister Lord (Digby) Jones.

Lord (Digby) Jones of Birmingham is a man of strong convictions – some might even s...

Linda Duberley asks: is there light at the end of the tunnel, or is it a train coming towards us?

In May the new coalition government outlined its reorganisation of the NHS. Everyone knows the NHS needs to cut back on waste but more re-organisation is not necessarily what the doctor ordered. According ...

Estates and facilities management is widely regarded as the Cinderella of the NHS, but in this era of savage cuts Cinderella just might save our bacon, argues Roy Lilley

“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it...

Henry Norman sees an AHCP conference preparing itself for a fresh start.

The Association of Healthcare Cleaning Professionals' 35th Annual Conference took place in Bristol on the 9th and 10th of June.

The ‘buried’ McKinsey blueprint for the NHS might just bear some resemblance to what the coalition government eventually serves up, says Jane Renton.

Management consultants as a breed like to ‘think the unthinkable’ – or as they might say, do their ‘thinking outside the box’ in private and behind closed doors. Best no...

Henry Norman speaks to Professor John Edwards of Bournemouth University about his controversial comparisons between hospital and prison foods.

It’s fair to say that in the minds of the majority o...