Experts have advised on preparing the NHS for conflict or a major crisis. Key areas include embracing digital technology to make the health service more flexible, boosting cybersecurity, improving public health and maintaining routine care. Such efforts could help the NHS withstand challenges such as cyberattacks, increased blood demand, and attacks on hospitals. The experts also advised integrating health planning into defence and economic strategies, suggesting that the Health Secretary become a member of the National Security Council.
Kean's depression disclosure prompts questions about mental health stigma
When Rep. Tom Kean Jr. (R-N.J.) disclosed that his monthslong disappearance from the House was due to depression, he opened a delicate but difficult conversation:
