Unveiling of National Centre for Cumberland Initiative

A site for a new National Institute for Service and Systems Excellence has been explored by the Cumberland Initiative in partnership with SEGRO.

Building a healthier and wealthier UK

At a two-day event in Salford University on May 30-31, CI explored the relationship between healthcare development, economic growth and personal welfare, including insights from IBM and BT strategists and a leading GP.

Bringing Together Health and Communications

In the distant past, when people needed to communicate, it was usually face to face. People would have to travel distances and therefore it took time before a conversation could take place. Gradually, people developed communication techniques that could transmit messages quickly over relatively short distances.

By Loy Lobo

Building a healthier, wealthier UK

Can we build a healthier, wealthier UK by investing in new models of care which efficiently deliver better health outcomes, and then use this expertise to stimulate a new industry delivering smarter process management in healthcare?

By John Crawford

The challenge of healthcare communication and patient empowerment

Patient empowerment is fundamental to unlocking the potential that exists in all of us and to free up vital resources within healthcare to be used where they are needed most.

By Dr Amir Hannan

Dr Alexander Komashie

Engineering and Design Centre Cambridge University