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Additive Manufacturing Builds Resilience
During this period of economic uncertainty, manufacturers are navigating increased supply chain volatility. From tariff-driven slowdowns to global disruptions and material shortages, the pressure on production timelines and margins is growing. A recent report from AMT’s Cutting Tool Market Report highlights a 9.2% year-over-year drop in cutting tool shipments — an indicator of softening demand across automotive, aerospace, and other core sectors.
The NHS at 70
BlogEngaging the public in designing the future for the NHS In a guest blog for our NHS and the public project, Michelle Dixon, Director of Communications, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, reflects on how important public engagement will be in designing a workable future for the NHS. By Michelle Dixon - 29 January 2018
Let’s be frank about the NHS
Yet NHS propaganda comes with the implicit threat of Kitchener’s finger. Without our zealous support, the health service could well be snatched away. ‘Save the NHS!’, the placards scream. For if we are deprived of our health service, who will cure the sick, who will deliver babies, who will save us in our hour of need? And so we clutch the NHS to our bosom. We must protect it; ensure it doesn’t change; never a bad word must pass our lips.
Public expectations of the NHS | The King's Fund
The measurement and impact of shifting expectations are very slippery subjects – but we’re unfortunate enough to be living through an extraordinary live experiment in expectations management in the public sector that points to their vital impact. In particular, the consistent and long-term ‘austerity’ messages, telling us we can’t afford the public services we might once have had, do seem to have affected our expectations. You can see that by bringing together just two key pieces of information.
How have public attitudes to the NHS changed over the past three decades?
Most people responding to the survey have supported the concept of a health service that is not means-tested. Over the years, two-thirds of respondents have consistently opposed the suggestion that the ‘NHS should be available only to those with lower incomes’ (see Figure 4). Source: The King’s Fund analysis of NatCen’s British Social Attitudes survey data Question asked: ‘It has been suggested that the NHS should be available only to those with lower incomes.
Engaging the public in designing the future for the NHS | The King's Fund
In a guest blog for our public and the NHS project, Michelle Dixon, Director of Communications, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, reflects on how important public engagement will be in designing a workable future for the NHS. BBC2’s Hospital – the 2017 documentary series that featured Imperial College Healthcare’s five hospitals – challenged my thinking about the relationship between the NHS and the public.
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