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HSJ PartnersThe future of cancer diagnosis will be proactive, not reactive
The NHS is entering a defining moment in cancer care. Rising demand, workforce pressures, diagnostic backlogs and widening inequalities are forcing healthcare systems to rethink how cancer is identified and managed.
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CommentThe persistent need to re-enter info into EPRs is draining NHS resources
One of the most persistent drains on NHS clinical capacity is the repeated re-entry of information across EPRs. The main barrier to reducing this burden is no longer capability, but prioritisation
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NewsInfluential DHSC panel leader resigns
The chair of a panel responsible for advising ministers on contested NHS service changes has resigned after six years in the job.
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NewsExclusive: NHSE pays three trusts £1m each to remove patients from waiting lists
Three trusts were paid more than one million pounds for removing patients from their waiting lists through “validation” exercises last year, HSJ can reveal.
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Daily InsightDaily Insight: The waiting service
The must-read stories and debates in health policy and leadership.
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LeaderStuck in the politician’s waiting room
Once again, the NHS is waiting. Waiting to see if there will be a new prime minister, waiting to see if they will appoint a new health secretary, waiting to see who that health secretary will appoint as Sir Jim Mackey’s successor. Waiting to see if the new leadership will ...
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Expert BriefingThe Integrator: NHSE takes aim at ‘cost shifting’
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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NewsDeaths inquiry left trust unprepared for CQC inspection
A trust has claimed it was left unprepared for an unannounced Care Quality Commission inspection because of the demands of an inquiry into historic care failures.
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CommentThe benefits of slow leadership
Under relentless NHS pressure, speed is replacing judgement. Leaders risk losing reflection, moral clarity, and safe decision-making in this constant acceleration
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NewsGovernment accused of ‘disconnect’ in policy over new ICB role
The government’s decision to give integrated care boards partial responsibility for delivering a new £1.8bn special needs programme is creating “real tension” with their plans to cut staffing and focus on commissioning, system leaders have warned.