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CommentThe FDP’s murky accountability arrangements need clarifying
As the NHS prepares to make a billion-pound decision on its Federated Data Platform, questions about security accountability, failed assurances, and the absence of a tested exit plan demand answers before the February 2027 break clause arrives
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CommentTrusts should think carefully before taking new stance on antisemitism
Health Workers 4 Palestine argues NHS trusts adopting the IHRA definition of antisemitism could face significant legal and equality law risks
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NewsTrusts that stop staff criticising Israel face legal risk
Trust chief executives have been warned they could face “significant legal exposure” if they adopt a definition of antisemitism recommended by a government-commissioned review.
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NewsICB reorganisation leads to legal battle with supplier
The cancellation of a contract awarded amid the confusion of the government’s hastily announced overhaul of integrated care boards last year has resulted in a supplier taking the NHS to the High Court.
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Daily InsightDaily Insight: Neighbourhood pace challenged
The must-read stories and debates in health policy and leadership.
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NewsNew health secretary appointed
Yvette Cooper has been appointed secretary of state for health and social care by incoming prime minister Andy Burnham.
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NewsMake us feel ‘safe’ while we drive reform, ICBs tell NHSE
Greater “air cover” from NHS England and “assurance” that commissioning leaders will not suffer from making difficult decisions has been demanded by integrated care boards.
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Expert BriefingThe Integrator: Can ICBs still deliver SEND?
Insider tales and must-read analysis on how integration is reshaping health and care systems, NHS providers, primary care, and commissioning. This week, by correspondent Mimi Launder.
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HSJ PartnersManchester stroke pathway shows pharmacogenetics can move from ambition to routine care
Stroke services are built around speed. Assessment, imaging, treatment and discharge planning can all happen within a compressed window, yet one critical decision may still depend on information that arrives too late: whether clopidogrel is likely to work for an individual patient.
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Daily InsightThe mythbuster: The claims of professional lobby groups need careful scrutiny
A claim that NHS surgery is being held back by a shortage of anaesthetists should be taken with a pinch of salt
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PodcastHSJ Download Podcast: How to win friends and influence tech deployments
With ambient voice technology being rolled out at a rapid pace, The Download Podcast is joined by a trust chief clinical information officer who shares her experiences of getting people onboard and overcoming resistance to change.
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HSJ LocalI was told to close down 4,000 safety reports, claims manager
A senior NHS manager told an inquiry into more than 2,000 deaths he was asked to remove thousands of outstanding safety incident reports while his trust was in the middle of the probe.
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NewsSlow down shift to neighbourhoods, says GP leader
Plans to introduce neighbourhood provider contracts next year should be “reconsidered”, the Royal College of GPs’ president has told HSJ.
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Expert BriefingRecovery Watch: How many beds are enough?
Addressing urgent and emergency care recovery, including reducing A&E wait times and corridor care, remain top operational priorities for the NHS. This week’s Recovery Watch newsletter, by deputy bureau chief Matt Discombe, reports on progress towards these goals.
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CommentNHS management consultants need recognition and support
New research offers the first systematic mapping of internal consulting teams operating across the NHS - and argues that, with greater visibility and investment, they could form a genuine alternative to expensive external advisers
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NewsFirst trusts win IHO status
Two trusts have become the first to win national approval to hold an integrated health organisation (IHO) contract.
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Daily InsightHSJ Weekly Catch-up: Maternity, mergers and the NHSE exodus
Your essential update on health for the week
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NewsMaternity ‘sidelined by boards and poorly understood by medical directors’
Maternity services, despite numerous scathing reviews, are still sidelined by trust boards and often poorly understood by medical directors, who view them as being outside the mainstream and delivered by “slightly odd folk”, a leading expert has told HSJ.
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PodcastHSJ Podcast: The doctor who’s fought maternity scandals for a decade
Now the dust has settled on two major maternity reviews, HSJ Health Check is joined by Bill Kirkup to discuss what happens next.
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NewsNeighbourhood providers to gradually replace PCNs
Integrated care boards will be expected to offer GP practices additional services and funding to drive them to form new “neighbourhood providers” – but will get no new national money to do so.