There has never been a more important time to think about our future healthcare.

Welcome to this edition of the Future Healthcare Journal ( FHJ ), the first to contain some online-only content due to continued growth of the journal. May I first pay tribute to the authors, editors, editorial team and publications team who have made it possible to produce this edition in extraordinary times. We all feel that the FHJ is of particular relevance and importance at this moment. We have unashamedly returned to the theme of education and learning for this issue. It is at the core of preparing our healthcare staff to cope with changing circumstances and new challenges, immediate and in the future. Dr Emma Vaux and Dr Jo Szram have commissioned and collated a series of excellent articles, and their own editorial highlights these and puts them into context. In addition, we have a number of diverse papers, short reports and letters covering quality improvement together with cogent opinion pieces. Not only do we have the …