All Health Service Journal articles in April 2025 – Page 2
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NewsSupplier suing trust after rival’s ‘lucrative proposal’
An acute provider is being sued after telling one of its suppliers its contract would not be extended due to a “lucrative proposal” from a rival.
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NewsGroup trust names two acting CEOs
Two interim chief executives have been appointed by a group of four trusts, as its substantive CEO takes up a “transition” role at NHS England.
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PodcastHSJ Podcast: The future of ICBs and NHSE
This week the team look at the continuing fallout from the ICB cuts and pending abolition of NHS England, following the first interview with new boss Sir Jim Mackey.
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NewsStreeting adviser to join NHSE as strategy chief
Wes Streeting’s adviser Tom Kibasi is due to be appointed as the lead strategy adviser at NHS England, HSJ understands.
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Expert BriefingThe Integrator: Commissioning’s unlikely saviour
Insider tales and must-read analysis on how integration is reshaping health and care systems, NHS providers, primary care, and commissioning. This week by deputy editor Dave West
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Daily InsightHSJ Weekly Catch-up: Cap scrapped, ICS rapped and lifeline tapped
Your essential update on health for the week.
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Daily InsightThe mythbuster: A management philosophy to help save the NHS
Steve Black explores how the NHS could benefit from adopting the military management philosophy of Mission Command, advocating for flexibility, decentralisation, and clarity of goals over rigid, detailed plans.
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HSJ PartnersHome alone: Remote medication monitoring improves adherence and patient safety
People with mental health issues living at home need constant medication management
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News£6bn underlying deficit ‘could derail 10-Year Plan’
The underlying deficit in the NHS provider sector has returned to pre-covid levels and could derail the government’s reform plans, HSJ analysis has found.
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NewsICB cuts could fund ‘neighbourhood development’
Savings from cutting integrated care board teams could be used to create a “neighbourhood development fund”, NHS England’s new chief executive has told HSJ.
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CommentThe tiny number of contract disputes reflects well on NHS commissioners
Andrew Taylor, head of the Independent Patient Choice and Procurement Panel, highlights the key lessons for the NHS and private providers from the first year of the Provider Selection Regime.
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NewsPush for national deal on doctors’ overtime pay
Trusts and senior medics are calling for a national deal on medical overtime pay rates and extra-contractual work, to avert local disputes.
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Daily InsightDaily Insight: Bouncing back to pre-covid highs
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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NewsStreeting greenlights eight reconfigurations
Wes Streeting has declined to intervene over eight NHS service reconfigurations since taking up his post last summer, HSJ can reveal.
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HSJ Local‘Hasty’ hospital closure plan criticised by ICB-commissioned report
A panel set up by an integrated care board to review its plans for closing a hospital has called the proposals “hasty” and “utterly inadequate”.
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NewsChris Hopson to leave NHSE
NHS England has confirmed Chris Hopson, its chief strategy officer, will leave at the end of June.
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NewsExclusive: Former hospital chief set to run DHSC
A former Downing Street official who has also run hospitals and worked for NHS England is due to be appointed permanent secretary of the Department of Health and Social Care, according to multiple senior sources.
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CommentThe NHS may get less money after the NHSE is abolished
Ed Jones examines the potential changes that the health service can expect after the abolition of NHS England
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Expert BriefingFollowing the Money: Inside the sausage factory
HSJ’s expert briefing on NHS finances, savings and efforts to get back in the black. By finance correspondent Henry Anderson.
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NewsSocial care must stay ‘distinct’ from NHS, says Streeting
Wes Streeting has rejected the notion of merging the delivery or funding of social care with the NHS, arguing it is better “delivered and commissioned through local government”.