NHS England reaches a tipping point
The decline of NHS England’s power and influence has been a gradual, not sudden, affair. The direction of travel has been clear to most for at least three years, but HSJ contends the shift in the leadership of the service has, over the last few months, reached a tipping point.
New elective care target included in 2025-26 planning guidance
A new target for elective care waiting times has been included in the 2025-26 planning guidance, but several high profile commitments have been dropped.
CQC examining service which ‘gave 14 people unnecessary cancer treatment’
Mapped: Revised hospital build dates
Exclusive: Elective recovery scheme ‘wide open to gaming’
Exclusive: Hospital asks patients in corridors to ‘lobby MPs’ for funding
Scaling up solutions: disseminating innovation in the NHS
Mapped: RTT waiting times
Ambulance handover delays hit record high
Nurse and leadership training face ‘devastating’ cuts
Trusts are urging the government to exempt NHS-related roles from controversial plans to axe funding for higher-level apprenticeships.
The assisted dying debate must consider the religious beliefs of global majority staff
Hospitals are suffering from an identity crisis
Former Whitehall mandarin to chair hospital group
HSJ Podcast: Penny Dash and David Nicholson on the 10-year plan
Doctors protest trusts’ move to stop paying for breaks
Lowest-paid NHS staff to get emergency salary top-up
HSJ Podcast: Delay and disappointment for the ‘new hospitals’
Revealed: Roof leaks and derelict buildings at hospitals with most empty space
More than 10,000 square metres of hospital space is being left vacant across some of England’s largest hospitals because of disrepair and decay.
NHSE commends ICBs for ‘strong leadership’
Failing trust executives are not given new jobs to avoid disputes, claims Powis
Revealed: 14 ICBs cutting spend on the third sector
Patient Safety Watch: Winter returns with a vengeance
Reform delayed by Treasury could have stopped Letby, says Hunt
Ambulance handover delays surge in the north and Midlands
Region targets prescription cuts under ‘enormous financial pressure’
Hospital chief moves to nearby trust
The chief executive of a trust awaiting a critical Care Quality Commission report has been appointed to lead another provider in the region.
New elective care target included in 2025-26 planning guidance
A new target for elective care waiting times has been included in the 2025-26 planning guidance, but several high profile commitments have been dropped.
Hospitals are suffering from an identity crisis
Exclusive: Expert review concludes NHS ‘got winter it prepared for’
I’ve seen the future: It’s Bognor Regis
Charisma: The key to getting things done in the NHS
‘Distressing’ two-year waits for children’s service quadruple in eight months
The NHS in 2024, told through 11 charts
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