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PodcastHSJ Podcast: Why this year's planning round is going to be bloody
This week, the HSJ team look at money and what is coming for what is expected to be the toughest financial year for the NHS in a generation.
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CommentPatient safety must be at the heart of the 10-year plan
The NHS faces a critical moment in reform, with patient safety as a key priority. Improving safety could save thousands of lives, reduce costs, and reshape care delivery, writes Jeremy Hunt
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LeaderPlanning round could be a ‘bloodbath’ without a change of course
Daniel Elkeles is to be congratulated on his appointment as the chief executive of NHS Providers. He has proved himself not only a successful CEO, but one who is prepared to speak truth to power and challenge conventional thinking. He is the right person for the job ahead.
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Expert BriefingThe Integrator: Redistributing the NHS wealth
Insider tales and must-read analysis on how integration is reshaping health and care systems, NHS providers, primary care, and commissioning. This week by deputy editor Dave West.
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PodcastHSJ Podcast: Tough talk on deficits
This week we take a closer look at Wes Streeting’s tough talk on NHS deficits – the health and social care secretary has told the NHS there can be no overspending without consequences.
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CommentTrust and ICB leaders must resist the temptation to blame others for the NHS’s woes
As NHS leaders navigate the new planning guidance, they must balance urgent recovery efforts with long-term reform to ensure sustainable healthcare services, writes Kathy McLean
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Expert BriefingThe Integrator: ACOs are back
Insider tales and must-read analysis on how integration is reshaping health and care systems, NHS providers, primary care, and commissioning. This week by integrated care system correspondent Mimi Launder and deputy editor Dave West
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NewsNew health minister appointed
Ashley Dalton has been appointed as a health minister following Andrew Gwynne’s sacking at the weekend.
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PodcastHSJ Podcast: Unpacking the planning guidance
NHS England published the 2025-26 planning guidance last week, so HSJ Health Check breaks down what it means for the service.
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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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CommentThe government needs to explain to the public how care is going to change
The government’s forthcoming 10-Year Health Plan aims to address pressing challenges in health and care, focusing on recovery and reform. Key to its success will be empowering integrated care systems to lead change, aligning policy across sectors, and engaging the public in designing services, writes Annie Bliss
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PodcastHSJ Podcast: Penny Dash and David Nicholson on the 10-year plan
HSJ Health Check is joined by two of the most influential and experienced NHS leaders to talk about lessons for the government’s 10-year plan from their systems, and from the past.
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NewsTop-rated ICS downgraded by NHS England
The only integrated care system in the top tier of NHS England’s oversight framework has been downgraded, it has emerged.
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Expert BriefingThe Integrator: A ‘rigid mandate’ threatens neighbourhood health
Insider tales and must-read analysis on how integration is reshaping health and care systems, NHS providers, primary care, and commissioning. This week by deputy editor Dave West.
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PodcastHSJ Podcast: Delay and disappointment for the ‘new hospitals’
This week government finally revealed its new - and mostly delayed - target dates for the building of the promised “new hospitals”.
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NewsRegulator names fourth CEO in seven months
The Nursing and Midwifery Council has appointed its fourth chief executive in just over six months.
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NewsNHSE’s leadership standards ‘wordy and woolly’
The new framework which is meant to set national standards for NHS leaders has been criticised as “too wordy” and “woolly”.
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PodcastHSJ Podcast: The fall of an NHS giant
On this episode, we unpick the ongoing tensions between leaders and senior doctors at one of the biggest trusts in England.
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News500 CQC reports ‘stuck in IT system’
Around 500 draft inspection reports are “stuck” in the Care Quality Commission’s IT system and cannot currently be retrieved, its leaders admitted today.
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NewsExclusive: Elective recovery scheme ‘wide open to gaming’
Plans to pay trusts to validate and sometimes remove patients from their waiting lists could be “wide open to gaming” and create a public perception problem, senior NHS figures have told HSJ.