Annabelle Collins
Annabelle has been writing about healthcare for 10 years and is a deputy bureau chief covering mental health as well as issues concerning the NHS in the Midlands. She also runs HSJ's Health Check podcast.
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- 020 3812 5314
- Email:
- annabelle.collins@hsj.co.uk
PodcastHSJ Podcast: Has Baroness Amos been set up to fail?
NHS maternity care continues to be under the spotlight, so on this week’s episode, we unpick the web of different national reviews and how trusts could be asked to improve services.
NewsDHSC admits ‘substantial treatment gap’ over Nottingham killings
The trust that was responsible for caring for a man who went on to kill three people in Nottingham has warned that mental health teams’ caseloads have increased sharply in recent years.
NewsEx-regulator CEO to chair hospital
A former professional regulator CEO has been appointed chair of a Midlands hospital trust.
NewsHospital group to enter failure regime
A hospital group with major finance and governance problems is about to be put into the new national failure regime for trusts.
PodcastHSJ Podcast: A&Es brace for ‘mad March’
Hospitals are being told by NHS England to focus on easy wins to hit this financial year’s A&E targets, so on this episode we unpick what trusts are being asked to do and whether this will get them over the line by the end of March.
NewsTrusts to review ‘role and pay’ of 180,000 nurses
The government has said trusts will review the “role and pay” of every band five nurse, and promised there will be “additional funding” to cover any changes.
PodcastHSJ Podcast: The secret plan for ICBs, and other restructure woes
This week, we cover a mysterious update to the “model ICB” blueprint that hasn’t been formally published or endorsed by NHS England, but instead passed in whispers.
NewsExclusive: New national mental health director revealed
An integrated care board chief and former mental health trust leader is set to be appointed as the new national director for mental health and learning disabilities.
NewsStreeting: ‘Failing’ CQC to absorb safety body with ‘enormous care’
The health secretary has said the government will approach integrating the NHS’s “successful” safety watchdog into the “failing” Care Quality Commission with “enormous care”.
NewsHealth Bill won’t survive the Lords intact, says ex-minister
A former Labour minister has predicted government will have to retreat on its planned abolition of Healthwatch, and described its approach to the NHS as “command and control from the Department of Health and Social Care”.
PodcastHSJ Podcast: Lord Hunt on the Health Bill clashes to come
On this episode we’re joined by Lord Philip Hunt of King’s Heath, a minister in the Labour government until last year, and someone who has played a huge role in NHS leadership.
NewsFlagship 10YHP policy ‘won’t solve long A&E waits’
A flagship 10-Year Health Plan policy will have “limited ability” to cut emergency care pressures, one of its main objectives, according to research shared with HSJ.
PodcastHSJ Podcast: The trust CEO who became a very expensive whistleblower
On this episode, we cover one of the most expensive employment tribunals in the NHS and why a trust must pay its former chief executive £1.4m in damages.
News‘Whims’ of commissioners have undermined national investment, says leading clinician
National mental health investment has failed to improve services in many areas because implementation depends on “the whims and fancies” of local commissioners, a royal college president has told HSJ.
PodcastHSJ Podcast: Wes’ waiting list wobble
On this episode, we’re talking about the tricky balancing act between cutting waiting lists and keeping finances under control, after Wes Streeting warned this week that some trusts have tried to cut deficits too sharply.
NewsSystem criticised after death of ‘fit and well’ 23-year-old
Urgent and emergency care services in the East Midlands are letting down people with ”serious but not immediately life-threatening” conditions, a coroner has warned after the death of a “fit and well young man”.
NewsTrust must pay £500,000 to director it victimised
An employment tribunal has increased the compensation a trust must pay its former research director to total almost £500,000.
PodcastHSJ Podcast: What’s in store for the NHS in 2026?
It’s time for the HSJ team to take stock and make their predictions for what the new year could bring for the NHS, from the survival of Healthwatch, to why the NHS App could be in for a tough year.
NewsICB restricts autism, ADHD and weight loss services
An integrated care board has put new restrictions on referrals for several community services, arguing that “health benefits must be maximised from the resources available”.
PodcastHSJ Podcast: How to abolish NHS England
This week we bring you the latest in our series of HSJ Health Check podcasts tracking the development of the government’s planned Health Bill.