Nick Golding
LeaderRising Stars: A preview of the HSJ100 2023
Our list hughlights some of the outstanding talent in the NHS
CommentInnovation is the lifeblood of the health service
Why HSJ is championing the NHS’s top 50 innovators
NewsFurious row as ex-CQC chair angrily rebuts Hunt's speech claim
Full transcript of Baroness Young’s row with the health secretary
LeaderHunt must show he is in it for the long haul to sustain the NHS
Health secretary needs to think beyond 2015 election
NewsGrant promises mandate will liberate NHS
NHS Commissioning Board chair Malcolm Grant has promised the body’s forthcoming operating “mandate” will “liberate” the health service.
NewsBudget round-up: Osborne heralds tax cuts and local pay rates
Chancellor George Osborne has suggested local pay rates will be introduced for some public sector workers.
NewsConsultants pass vote of no confidence in Andrew Lansley
Consultants yesterday defied British Medical Association chair Hamish Meldrum to pass a motion of no confidence in the health secretary.
NewsTwo thousand campaigners rally against Health Bill
Over 2,000 NHS staff and campaigners heard union leaders, clinicians and managers denounce the Health Bill at a rally against the government’s planned reforms in Westminster last night.
NewsPostponement of NHS pension contributions hike for lower paid
An extra 530,000 lower paid staff have been spared from making extra pension contributions next year after the Department of Health made a concession in the long-running pensions dispute.
NewsJoint commissioning plans need to 'go further', Future Forum lead urges
Clinical commissioning groups need to work with councils to increase the scale of joint commissioning arrangements, a key figure in the NHS Future Forum has told HSJ.
NewsUnison 'will not campaign' against all reconfigurations
A senior Unison figure has revealed to HSJ that the union is prepared to accept some hospital reconfigurations.
LeaderThe government risks severing links with valuable volunteers
It was inevitable that a government regarding the empowerment of individuals and communities as its raison d’être would seek to instil a greater public voice into the health service.
NewsNicholson urges MPs to end obsession with bed numbers
NHS chief executive Sir David Nicholson has challenged politicians to accept that health service modernisation will mean reducing the number of hospital beds.
NewsExclusive: Lansley says hospitals exempt from 'over-managed' claim
Andrew Lansley has used an exclusive HSJ interview to exempt the acute sector from his criticism that the NHS is over-managed.
NewsLansley urges NHS to 'regain momentum' following reform debate
Andrew Lansley has urged the health service to “regain the momentum” lost in the “flux” sparked by the government’s reform plans.
NewsEleven acute trusts failed dignity and nutrition inspections - CQC
At least 11 hospital trusts have failed to meet essential standards for dignity and nutrition in a Care Quality Commission investigation, it has been revealed.
NewsWarner: DH resisting Dilnot reforms
The Department of Health is resisting reforms required to implement the fairer system of social care funding demanded by the Dilnot commission, one of the commission’s architects has claimed.
NewsNo requirement to include doctors and nurses on boards
Commissioning consortia should not be required to formally include doctors and nurses on their boards, the NHS Future Forum has recommended.
NewsLINks voice not being heard at PCT board meetings
A quarter of local involvement networks do not attend primary care trust board meetings.
NewsAcute trusts could pay for post discharge care
The Conservatives would give acute trusts financial responsibility for home care following discharge as a way of incentivising the prevention of emergency readmissions.