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Editorials

 From the Editor

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Welcome to the July Bulletin.

At the beginning of this month, the government’s 10-Year Plan for the NHS was published. One of the ‘3 shifts’ it heralds for the NHS is the shift of healthcare from hospital to community. Accordingly, our theme for this issue is community and point-of-care testing – which has already advanced in leaps and bounds over the past few years, with potential to bring significant benefits for patient care. However, it is not without challenges and pitfalls, which must be properly navigated to ensure that safe, high-quality services for patients are maintained. We carry a collection of articles that I hope members will find useful as they tackle these challenges – for more details, see our theme introduction.

From the Editor – July 2025

 From the President

Photograph of Dr Bernie Croal who is President of the College (2023-)

A lot has been happening in the world of healthcare and politics since the last Bulletin. And politics clearly has a profound impact on the first.

The UK Labour government has now been in office for a year, and they have been understandably very busy. The Darzi review highlighted how bad healthcare has become. This was followed by a multitude of other reviews, reports and action plans from across the 4 nations of the UK. The most significant of these is the recently published 10-Year Health Plan for England.

From the President – July 2025

 

Community and point-of-care testing

 

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Disclaimer: authors’ views are personal and are not indicative of College policy, except when College officers write in their official capacity. Errors or admissions are the responsibility of the authors alone.