All articles by Annabelle Collins – Page 2
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PodcastHSJ 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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PodcastHSJ 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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PodcastHSJ 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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NewsTrust fined £1.7m for maternity care failures
An acute trust has been fined £1.7m – one of the largest penalties to date – after multiple failings in connection with the deaths of three babies under its care.
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NewsNew push to stop sending patients ‘out of area’ after homicides
NHS England has told trust, system and regional leaders to push ahead with plans to eliminate out-of-area placements within three years, in response to an independent review into the care of a man who killed three people while being treated by a Nottinghamshire mental health trust.
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PodcastHSJ Podcast: Unpacking the planning guidance
NHS England published the 2025-26 planning guidance last week, so HSJ Health Check breaks down what it means for the service.
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NewsReview uncovers ‘chaos’ at trust caring for man who killed three
A wide range of corporate failings contributed towards the climate in which a mental health patient killed three people in Nottingham in 2023, a review commissioned by NHS England has concluded.
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NewsRegion loses three ICB CEOs in two weeks
An integrated care board chief executive is to retire after 28 years as an NHS CEO — and becomes the third in the Midlands to announce their departure in the space of two weeks.
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CEO InterviewCEO interview: Neil Carr, chief executive, Midlands Partnership Trust
This is the latest in a series of interviews with chief executives, which are available exclusively to HSJ Insight subscribers.
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NewsElective funding ring-fence to be axed
The ring-fence around elective funding will be axed in 2025-26, officials have revealed.
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PodcastHSJ Podcast: Delay and disappointment for the ‘new hospitals’
This week government finally revealed its new - and mostly delayed - target dates for the building of the promised “new hospitals”.
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NewsCEO and finance chief to leave £90m deficit ICB
The chief executive and chief financial officer of an integrated care board under financial strain have both announced their resignation.
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NewsICB to lose another leader
An integrated care board in the Midlands is facing more leadership churn as its interim chief executive has announced she will retire this summer.
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HSJ Local‘Fragile’ IT blamed for critical incidents and patient harm
Outdated clinical IT systems at a large Midlands hospital trust are harming patients and causing delayed diagnoses and cancelled appointments, its CEO has admitted.
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PodcastHSJ Podcast: The fall of an NHS giant
On this episode, we unpick the ongoing tensions between leaders and senior doctors at one of the biggest trusts in England.
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NewsCost and safety concerns hamper crisis care
Most integrated care boards report a lack of funding is hampering the NHS’s efforts to better respond to mental health crisis incidents, rather than requiring a police response.
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NewsMinisters risk ‘screwing’ mental health, warns Stevens
The former chief executive of NHS England has warned mental health services will be “screwed” if the government does not renew its commitment to the mental health investment standard.
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NewsNo pay rises for failing NHS leaders, pledges Streeting
Trust and system leaders who fail to meet performance or financial targets will not receive pay rises, Wes Streeting will tell the NHS Providers conference this week.
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CEO InterviewCEO interview: Ify Okocha, chief executive, Oxleas Foundation Trust
This is the latest in a series of interviews with chief executives, which are available exclusively to HSJ Insight subscribers.
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HSJ LocalICS admits ‘doubts’ it can fix decade-old deficit by 2026
A health system says its decade-old financial deficit is “hampering” its ability to tackle inequalities, after NHS England ordered it to sign legal “undertakings” to improve.