All Health Service Journal articles in August 2025 – Page 5
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NewsNHS manager facing bribery charge found dead
An NHS manager at a prestigious London teaching hospital was found dead by police after bribery charges were brought against him.
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NewsAcute trust CEO to lead GP-owned provider
A retiring acute trust chief executive has been appointed the CEO of a community provider seen as a frontrunner to pioneer the government’s vision of a neighbourhood health service.
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Expert BriefingThe Integrator: The ghosts of covid still haunt NHS policymakers
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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News‘Extra appointments’ celebrated by govt deliver ‘modest impact’ on waiting lists
The “4.6 million extra NHS appointments” championed by the prime minister and health secretary have only had a “modest impact” on reducing waiting list clock stops, a vital part of cutting the NHS’s elective care backlog, according to new analysis shared exclusively with HSJ.
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Daily InsightThe mythbuster: Social insurance will not save the NHS
The latest set of NHS reform proposals are based on flawed assumptions, ignore the evidence, and fail to tackle the real issues facing the service
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NewsFirst ICB ‘pauses’ redundancy plans over funding concerns
An integrated care board says it will not progress a redundancy scheme needed to halve its operating costs in the current financial year because it cannot be sure how it will be paid for.
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Daily InsightHSJ Weekly Catch-up: Redundancy schemes, culture concerns and CEO moves
Your essential update on health for the week
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NewsTroubled trust sees CEO and deputy announce departure within two weeks
One of the NHS’s largest teaching trusts has announced its deputy chief executive is moving on, just two weeks after its CEO revealed he was retiring.
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CommentThe hidden risks within community services are being ignored
Steph Lawrence, CEO of the Queen’s Institute of Community Nursing, warns that insufficient staffing is leading to care being missed and patient deaths
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HSJ LocalTrust faces five-year backpay bill
A trust fears it has underpaid some of its resident doctors for nearly five years, HSJ has learned.
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NewsLetby trust issued ‘warning notice’ after failure to improve
Countess of Chester Hospital Foundation Trust has been issued a “warning notice” by the Care Quality Commission for failing to improve its urgent and emergency services.
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Daily InsightDaily Insight: Not quite working in harmony
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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NewsExclusive: Epic set to earn £3m a year from NHS use of its app
US IT giant Epic is on course to earn more than £3m a year from downloads of its MyChart app, which is included in the suite of products offered by its increasingly popular electronic patient record, HSJ research has discovered.
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CommentEnsuring public money serves the public good
A bold initiative in Birmingham and Solihull is linking supplier partnerships to social impact, transforming outcomes for children and families
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NewsOut of court settlement in £4.4bn procurement challenge
The NHS has settled a £4.4bn procurement challenge out of court, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsNHS must be seen as just one part of health ‘ecosystem’, says Milburn
The “big change” ushered in by the 10-Year Health Plan will be to shift the view that healthcare in England is synonymous with “a single institution we happen to call the National Health Service”, according to government adviser and former health secretary Alan Milburn.
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Daily InsightDaily Insight: CEO musical chairs
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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Expert BriefingThe Download: Shared Blair record
The weekly newsletter that unpacks system leaders’ priorities for digital technology and the impact they are having on delivering health services. This week written by Ben Clover and Joe Talora. Contact HSJ in confidence here.
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CommentGovernment must be even bolder with its plans for the NHS App
Dr Charlotte Refsum outlines how to deliver the NHS App as a world-class patient portal
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NewsInterim CEO appointment latest in regional chain of secondments
A north east trust has seconded a chief operating officer from a neighbouring provider to be its interim CEO after the incumbent was transferred to temporarily run a third provider, following the move of its chief executive to a fourth trust, also on an interim basis.