All articles by Annabelle Collins – Page 8
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PodcastHSJ Podcast: The never-ending care scandal
After another damning coroner’s report following the preventable death of a baby at a Lancashire hospital, we take a closer look at why the NHS is beset with so many maternity scandals.
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NewsExclusive: Government admits cutting mental health spend share
The proportion of the NHS budget spent on mental health services is being cut for the first time in several years, the government will admit to Parliament, HSJ has learned.
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NewsNHSE ‘ignoring trusts’ pleas for fair funding’
Mental health and community trust bosses have warned they could be forced to cut services because they may lose out under the formula used to distribute pay rise funding.
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PodcastHSJ Podcast: The week that changed everything
As the dust begins to settle, we unpick one of the busiest weeks ever for NHS news.
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NewsPatients routinely smoking in hospitals, despite ban
Mental health patients are routinely smoking on trust premises, and do not have enough support to stop, despite the threat of tightening rules.
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NewsExclusive: Pritchard takes top trust CEO role
Amanda Pritchard is to set to return as chief executive of Guy’s and St Thomas’ Foundation Trust.
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HSJ LocalTwo more directors exit trust where ‘poor behaviour was tolerated’
Two non-executive directors have left the board of a mental health trust just a few months after the early departure of its chair.
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PodcastHSJ Podcast: The ups and downs of the NHS Staff Survey
This week we take a closer look at the trends in this year’s NHS Staff Survey, published yesterday.
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NewsPoor support ‘driving rise in deaths after discharge’
The rate of patients dying by suicide shortly after discharge from mental health units has increased in recent years, with researchers calling for better post-discharge support.
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NewsHospital trusts name first joint chair
The chair of an acute trust in the Midlands is to leave after seven years in the role to take up a joint chair position in the North West.
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PodcastHSJ Podcast: The big patient choice row
This week, we discuss why private providers are threatening to refuse to treat NHS patients, and why hospital bosses are equally vexed.
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NewsExclusive: Fall in A&Es with proper crisis support
The share of acute hospitals which have proper mental health crisis support has fallen to less than two-thirds, according to new findings for NHS England, seen by HSJ.
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NewsPayment plan could make accessing care ‘as hard as getting an Oasis ticket’
Patients’ right to choose the provider of mental health services where waits can stretch into years could soon become an “illusion”, companies and patient groups have warned.
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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.