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NewsRevealed: The leaders shaping the 10-Year Health Plan
HSJ reveals the people shaping the government’s 10-Year Health Plan and analyses what it tells us about the process.
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Expert BriefingThe Download: Keeping the AI devil down in the hole
The fortnightly newsletter that unpacks system leaders’ priorities for digital technology and the impact they are having on delivering health services. This week written by bureau chief Ben Clover. Contact HSJ in confidence here.
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NewsHealth minister sacked
Public health minister Andrew Gwynne has left government over offensive comments he made in a WhatsApp group.
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NewsJournalist joins DHSC board
A peer who said the NHS needs a “classic management turnaround” has been appointed to the board of the Department of Health and Social Care, alongside two other new directors.
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NewsNHS ‘too focused on cost-cutting, not productivity’
The NHS’s efforts to maximise productivity have been characterised by cost-cutting, rather than a coherent long-term strategy, a leading health economist has said.
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NewsElective funding ring-fence to be axed
The ring-fence around elective funding will be axed in 2025-26, officials have revealed.
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Expert BriefingThe Download: The case for an NHS AI strategy
The fortnightly newsletter that unpacks system leaders’ priorities for digital technology and the impact they are having on delivering health services. This week written by correspondent Joe Talora. Contact HSJ in confidence here.
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NewsMinisters ‘breaking promises on contract reform’
Unions have accused the government of letting them down on commitments to reform primary care contracts, six months after Labour won the general election.
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NewsStreeting seeks ‘unfiltered’ reform ideas from DHSC staff
The health and social care secretary has asked his department’s civil servants to submit innovative policy ideas, saying he will read them all and they will not be filtered by line managers.
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NewsPlanning guidance delayed to 2025
Wes Streeting has pledged to keep the “investment standard” which protects spending on mental healthcare, but has revealed 2025-26 planning rules will not be confirmed until next year.
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NewsMinisters demand ‘open book approach’ from new NHSE chair
The government is looking for an NHS England chair who has “deep experience” of working in the UK’s “health and care system” and is committed to ensuring government ministers can get the information they need from the organisation.
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NewsRegulation ‘chilling effect’ could ‘increase fear’ for NHS managers
Regulating managers could have a “chilling effect” dissuading people from taking up challenging roles, and cause risk aversion to difficult decisions, the government has acknowledged.
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Expert BriefingThe Download: Making a difference this winter
The fortnightly newsletter that unpacks system leaders’ priorities for digital technology and the impact they are having on delivering health services. This week written by bureau chief Ben Clover. Contact HSJ in confidence here.
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NewsMinisters risk ‘screwing’ mental health, warns Stevens
The former chief executive of NHS England has warned mental health services will be “screwed” if the government does not renew its commitment to the mental health investment standard.
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Expert BriefingThe Download: Can data bill fix healthcare’s digital disconnect?
The fortnightly newsletter that unpacks system leaders’ priorities for digital technology and the impact they are having on delivering health services. This week written by correspondent Joe Talora. Contact HSJ in confidence here.
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News‘Wholesale change’ for NHS IT suppliers under new law
The government is proposing new legislation to bring “wholesale change” to the “fragmented IT vendor market” in healthcare, which is ”hindering” information sharing.
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Expert BriefingFollowing the Money: NHSE is ‘trying to hide the reality’ of health service finances
HSJ’s expert briefing on NHS finances, savings and efforts to get back in the black. By finance correspondent Henry Anderson.
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Expert BriefingThe Download: Opening up the FDP
The fortnightly newsletter that unpacks system leaders’ priorities for digital technology and the impact they are having on delivering health services. This week written by correspondent Joe Talora. Contact HSJ in confidence here.
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NewsExclusive: GPs to escalate action over contract row
GP leaders have promised to ramp up their collective action and accused some NHS England officials of wanting to “deliberately starve” general practice as their contract dispute intensifies.
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Expert BriefingThe Download: Tony Blair’s digital health record proposal
The fortnightly newsletter that unpacks system leaders’ priorities for digital technology and the impact they are having on delivering health services. This week written by correspondent Joe Talora. Contact HSJ in confidence here.