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Podcast
HSJ Podcast: The never-ending care scandal
After another damning coroner’s report following the preventable death of a baby at a Lancashire hospital, we take a closer look at why the NHS is beset with so many maternity scandals.
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News
ICBs will have to merge, says ex-NHSE chief
Some integrated care boards will need to merge in order to cut their running costs in half, according to Sir David Nicholson — leaving trust groups such as the one he now chairs well placed to organise local services.
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Leader
Streeting is Lansley reborn
The government’s abandonment of its stricture against a top-down reorganisation would be breathtaking if it was not so tragic.
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News
CQC needs to pay inspectors more, says chair
The Care Quality Commission’s incoming chair says it needs to pay more to recruit experienced inspectors.
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Podcast
HSJ Podcast: The week that changed everything
As the dust begins to settle, we unpick one of the busiest weeks ever for NHS news.
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News
Exclusive: Streeting brings in adviser for neighbourhood health
Wes Streeting has hired a former GP who led a review into integrated care for Labour while the party was in opposition to advise on neighbourhood health and primary care.
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News
‘Brutal’ cuts to ICBs and NHSE slammed by ex-health secretary
Dame Patricia Hewitt has raised “deep concerns” about the major restructure of the NHS’s central bodies – and criticised the “appalling” treatment of staff and the “absolutely brutal” manner in which the cuts are being managed.
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News
NHSE to be formally abolished
Government will legislate to abolish NHS England and make it “fully integrated” into the Department of Health and Social Care.
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News
NHSE chief operating officer quits
Two more NHS England board members are stepping down, as much of the organisation’s senior leadership team is overhauled following the appointment of transition CEO Sir Jim Mackey.
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News
Central staff to be cut by 50%
NHS England and the Department of Health and Social Care are planning a huge cut of around 50 per cent in central staffing, NHSE has announced.
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Expert Briefing
Patient Safety Watch: Familiar faces take up new roles at NHSE and CQC
HSJ hosts the Patient Safety Watch newsletter, written by Patient Safety Watch chair Jeremy Hunt
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Podcast
HSJ Podcast: The decline and fall of NHS England
Amanda Pritchard is stepping down as NHS England’s CEO at the end of next month, while Wes Streeting embarks on a massive reorganisation of the centre.
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News
Streeting’s new delivery unit ‘to hold NHSE to account’
The government is hiring a director for a new delivery unit which is being set up by Wes Streeting “to hold NHS England and other partners to account” on performance.
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News
Boards need ‘much greater focus’ on quality and productivity, says new NHSE chair
The prospective new chair of NHS England wants to see “much greater focus” by local NHS boards on quality and productivity, while integrated care boards need greater “skills and capabilities in strategic commissioning”.
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News
Streeting backs ‘compelling’ cancer restructure
Wes Streeting has backed a contested move by NHS England to restructure children’s cancer services that fall short of quality standards, despite local objections.
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Podcast
HSJ 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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News
Revealed: 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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News
Exclusive: NHS England chair named
The Department of Health and Social Care has confirmed its preferred candidate to be the new chair of NHS England.
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Podcast
HSJ 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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Expert Briefing
Following the Money: Streeting’s deficit rhetoric won’t match reality
HSJ’s expert briefing on NHS finances, savings and efforts to get back in the black. By finance correspondent Henry Anderson.