For healthcare leaders
Representing frontline reality, shaping policy, building capability
The NHS Alliance is the independent membership body that represents and supports the health and care system in England, Wales and Northern Ireland.
Spotlight
The NHS Alliance Autumn Conference 2026
The NHS Alliance Autumn Conference brings together senior leaders to share knowledge, discuss ideas, tackle shared challenges, & talk about how to shape the future of our health & care service.
Latest resources
- Report
Rebuilding trust in the CQC: regulation survey 2026
11 Nov 2026
Findings from our first governance and regulation survey, highlighting trust leaders’ experiences of the Care Quality Commission (CQC) over the past year and recommending areas of focus for the CQC.
Delivery and performance
Improvement
Leadership
Quality
Regulation
- Case study
Right place, right time - improving imaging referrals across south-east London
10 Nov 2026
South East London Acute Provider Collaborative improved imaging decisions to ensure patients receive the right test, through the right pathway, for the right clinical reason.
Improvement
Ambulance
- Insights
Health and care sector latest developments
10 Nov 2026
Latest developments affecting the health and care sector.
Delivery and performance
- Case study
Critical care outreach – the emergency department journey
9 Nov 2026
Royal Glamorgan Hospital improved access to critical care outreach in the emergency department, providing timely support for seriously unwell patients as well as the staff caring for them.
Ambulance
Improvement
Training and events
From board development to leadership training and national events, we help you grow, adapt, share insight and shape better care across the health and care sector.
Explore our training and eventsLatest news
- News
We are now paying the price for not putting social care on an equal footing with the health service
11 Nov 2026
Sir Ciarán Devane responds to the research commissioned by the Independent Commission on Adult Social Care on the state of England's adult social care sector
Social care
- News
CQC inspections are still not fit for purpose
11 Nov 2026
A continuing credibility gap is undermining essential work carried out by the health and care regulator, the Care Quality Commission, NHS leaders say.
Regulation
- News
Welsh NHS Confederation relaunches as the Welsh NHS Alliance
5 Nov 2026
The news was officially announced at the organisation's annual conference this week.
Leadership
- News
The NHS Alliance response to NAO report on restructuring of ICBs
4 Nov 2026
Ian Perrin responds to a National Audit Office report on the restructuring of ICBs.
NHS architecture
