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'Collaboration' is the watchword in the NHS at the moment, whether through primary care networks, integrated care systems, or other three letter acronyms. So why is it the experience of many organisations that collaboration comes despite the policy context, rather than because of it?

How can we make collaboration effective if we're not sure how to go about collaborating well? Rich Taunt navigates his way out of the cul-de-sacs of conventional NHS wisdom on collaboration.

Exploitation, punishing schedules and some massive egos. Pop music and the NHS have more in common than you might think. We've just shared the characteristics of high performing collaborations, but how many of those characteristics are visible in the world of discos and divas?

Bringing organisations together is bound to involve countless words, meetings and documents - and the chance of everyone understanding everything from the start is about as unlikely as a rain-free summer holiday.

How are common medical terms used by patients and clinicians? And what about the less common phrases found throughout health and care? David Haslam makes the case for some shared understanding.

How we can develop a more holistic way of thinking about health and care with community groups impacted by Covid-19? Kay Olivierre kickstarts the conversation with health and care practitioners to develop meaningful improvements.

There is an often quoted statistic that 70% of transformation efforts fail. There is no clear source for this and sometimes the figure is even higher. It is not clear what the figure is for the NHS and estimation is made harder by it not being clear what to count.

The health system has had to change quickly in response to the challenges of Covid-19. How can positive developments be maintained and what can be learned from previous examples of successful, lasting change in healthcare?

Want to spend a long time training for a job? Become a doctor - or an architect. I became a doctor, yet my job recently has involved quite a lot to do with buildings, and talking about buildings. So, what's that got to do with the day job?

Can we leave our deep-rooted views of medicine behind to build better hospitals? Rich Taunt discusses the work Kaleidoscope has done with patients, staff and citizens to redevelop St Mary’s Hospital in London.