All articles by Annabelle Collins
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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.
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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.
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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”.
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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.
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PodcastHSJ Podcast: The big waiting list clean-up
The government made bringing down elective waits its key target for the NHS, and ministers often celebrate how much the list has fallen since Labour came to power.
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PodcastHSJ Podcast: The recipe for a new NHS CEO
Sir Jim Mackey is expected to end his tenure as “transition CEO” of NHS England next year, so we discuss what sort of candidate might be up for the “impossible” job of running the health service.
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Expert BriefingMental Health Matters: The floor falls away
HSJ’s briefing covering safety, quality, performance, and finances in the mental health sector, by deputy bureau chief Annabelle Collins — contact me in confidence.
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NewsCEO delays retirement to see through inquiry into killings by patient
The chief executive of a mental health trust at the centre of a statutory inquiry prompted by the killing of three people has announced plans to retire after its conclusion next summer.
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NewsLargest mental health trust appoints interim CEO
A large London mental health trust has appointed an interim chief executive following a “robust and competitive process”.
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PodcastHSJ Podcast: Wes almost says sorry
NHS England has finally launched its long-delayed voluntary redundancy scheme. In this episode, we break down everything we know so far – and the key questions that remain.
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NewsFirst ‘new FT’ and IHO candidates revealed
Eight trusts are being lined up to take on a new “advanced foundation trust” status, and potentially become integrated health organisations.
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NewsStreeting: ‘Uncomfortable’ redundancy delays are ‘on me’
The health secretary has said the uncertainty hanging over ICB staff has made him “uncomfortable” and that he has not resolved redundancies quickly enough.
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PodcastHSJ Podcast: Critical incident
This week the team look at what happens when the second most stressful thing that can happen to a trust coincides with winter pressures.
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News‘Urgently’ cut ADHD waits to match other services, NHS told
An NHS England-commissioned review says the service should “urgently reduce” ADHD wait times “and require the same standards… as those for physical health”.
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NewsTrust’s missing training contributed to death
A coroner has warned a trust over communication failures, leadership and a “lack of professional curiosity” in relation to a patient’s death, which appear to echo previous cases at the provider.
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NewsHigh-risk estates bill doubles in a year
The estimated cost of fixing urgent, high-risk problems for mental health and learning disabilities buildings has more than doubled in a year, new data reveals.
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NewsTrust chief to retire after 43 years in service
The longstanding chief executive of the biggest mental health trust in the country has announced his retirement after more than four decades in the NHS.
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PodcastHSJ Podcast: Planning guidance explained – with NHS Providers’ CEO
Now that NHS England has published its planning guidance – rechristened the “medium-term planning framework” – we look at what it will mean for the service, with guest Daniel Elkeles, CEO of NHS Providers.
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PodcastHSJ Podcast: How the Leeds Way went wrong
Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust, one of the biggest acute providers in Europe, was seen as an example of how a trust can turn things around, despite its size and complexity.
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NewsCQC chief quits with ‘immediate effect’
The chief executive of the Care Quality Commission has quit with “immediate effect”, the regulator has announced today.