All Health Service Journal articles in February 2025
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Expert BriefingRecovery Watch: The trusts with the biggest challenge under new elective targets
Elective recovery and returning the NHS to meeting the 18-week standard by 2029 is the government’s main performance priority. The Recovery Watch newsletter tracks prospects and progress against this goal. This week by bureau chief James Illman.
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CommentNHSE has taken a step backwards in the care of people with a learning disability
“Back to basics” is the phrase being used to explain the NHS’s new priorities – but for the 1.3 million people with a learning disability, the strategy may do much damage
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NewsICBs missing checks on vulnerable children
Integrated care boards are warning they are failing to carry out health checks for vulnerable children in care because of a lack of paediatricians and rising demand, HSJ has found.
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NewsReview uncovers ‘chaos’ at trust caring for man who killed three
A wide range of corporate failings contributed towards the climate in which a mental health patient killed three people in Nottingham in 2023, a review commissioned by NHS England has concluded.
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HSJ InteractiveHow technology is overhauling NHS recruitment
Digital technology has a big part to play in helping the NHS deliver the ambitions of the forthcoming 10-year plan and address immediate operational pressures, such as the need to reduce waiting times to access elective care. The 3 December HSJ summit, in association with IBM, looked at how this ...
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HSJ PartnersReimagining rehabilitation for people with cardio-kidney-metabolic conditions could save the NHS hundreds of millions
Cardiovascular-kidney-metabolic (CKM) disease – where heart disease, kidney disease, diabetes, and obesity co-exist and exacerbate each other – is rising at an alarming rate in the UK. CKM conditions impose a major burden on the NHS and have a significant impact on the quality of life for people living with ...
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NewsInefficient block contracts reviewed by ICBs
NHS England has asked commissioners to review how much they are paying for non-elective care, to tackle the widely varying rates which have developed under block contracts.
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NewsChair to leave specialist trust after 16 months
The chair of a leading specialist cancer trust is stepping down after 16 months in the role.
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Daily InsightDaily Insight: Holding the pen
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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NewsRevealed: Dozens of safety probes kept secret by trusts
Trusts are still keeping reports that reveal serious patient safety concerns secret, HSJ has discovered.
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NewsRegion loses three ICB CEOs in two weeks
An integrated care board chief executive is to retire after 28 years as an NHS CEO — and becomes the third in the Midlands to announce their departure in the space of two weeks.
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NewsDelays to new hospital could add £800m to project’s cost, trust warns
The accumulated cost of delays to a new hospital building at Leeds General Infirmary could now total as much as £800m following the project’s opening being pushed back again by ministers last month, the trust’s chief executive has warned.
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NewsExclusive: Streeting brings in adviser to draft 10-year plan
Wes Streeting has hired a trust chair who authored last year’s Darzi review of the NHS to draft the government’s 10-year health plan, HSJ has learned.
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NewsNurse 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.
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Expert BriefingImPatient: Patient storytelling and beyond
Patient (Lived Experience) Leadership is about those affected by life-changing illness, injury or disability who want to influence change through being equal partners in decision-making. In this monthly expert briefing, patient leadership champion David Gilbert picks out the most significant developments in a field of increasing relevance to the NHS.
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NewsHospital 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.
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CEO InterviewCEO interview: Neil Carr, chief executive, Midlands Partnership Trust
This is the latest in a series of interviews with chief executives, which are available exclusively to HSJ Insight subscribers.
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NewsExclusive: Cyber security funding goes missing as attacks increase
Integrated care boards have not received any revenue funding from the national cyber security programme this year, despite a steady increase in online attacks, HSJ can reveal.
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LeaderNHS 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. ...
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Daily InsightThe mythbuster: NHSE’s strategic thinking is a bin fire
Steve Black challenges NHS England’s decision-making, using the Garbage Can Theory to explain its dysfunction. He argues that random, poorly coordinated decisions result in ineffective strategies, especially for emergency care crises.