All Health Service Journal articles in August 2025 – Page 6
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NewsRoyal college defends NHS treatment of Palestinian children
A royal college has defended the use of NHS facilities to treat Palestinian children evacuated from Gaza.
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NewsExclusive: ‘Unjust’ NHS ethnic pay gap to be reviewed
A long-awaited review into “unjust and unfair” pay disparities between white and minority ethnic staff across the NHS has been launched.
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Daily InsightDaily Insight: Saving more money to save money
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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Expert BriefingFollowing the Money: Freedom in theory, not in practice
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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NewsWe will no longer tolerate ‘negative behaviours’, pledges ICB
An integrated care board has apologised to staff and pledged to no longer tolerate a range of “negative behaviours” identified by a report into the organisation’s culture.
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NewsICB predicts 400 staff will get £100k redundancy payouts
Greater Manchester Integrated Care Board has proposed shedding up to 400 posts via a voluntary redundancy scheme costing more than £40m.
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Daily InsightDaily Insight: The NHS offer that’s shrinking fast
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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NewsIVF postcode lottery intensifies as ICBs cut costs
At least four more integrated care boards are planning to cut IVF services in a move that would further shrink access to NHS fertility treatment across the country.
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NewsPrivate provider’s NHS income up 16%
Spire Healthcare’s NHS revenue surged by 16 per cent in the six months to June, driven by an increase in “high complexity” orthopaedic work, according to its accounts.
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NewsICBs’ bill for post-discharge care rockets to £900m
Integrated care boards’ spend on post-discharge care for patients detained under the Mental Health Act has rocketed by 42 per cent in two years to total nearly £1bn, according to figures obtained by HSJ.
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Daily InsightThe mythbuster: The forgotten lessons of success
At a time when the public is losing faith in the NHS it is worth celebrating the fact that the system often manages to get something right. London’s major trauma service is one such example
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NewsAnnual bill for NHS’s most costly drug set to be slashed
The annual cost of NHS diabetes care could fall by £300m after the Supreme Court refused to consider blocking the introduction of a generic alternative to a widely used drug.
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Expert BriefingThe Integrator: The Mackey bounce
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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CommentBME staff are sick of being told lack of career progression is nothing to do with race
The Taskforce for Diversity in NHS Communications has uncovered systemic issues affecting BME staff progression, but these can be overcome by concerted action, writes Edna Boampong
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NewsNHSE escalates intervention in four trusts in ‘exceptional’ move
NHS England has moved four trusts into its most challenged category for elective performance in an ‘exceptional’ move outside of the normal schedule, HSJ has learnt.
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Daily InsightHSJ Weekly Catch-up: NICE departure, strike anger and sexist culture
Your essential update on health for the week
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NewsNeighbourhood health ‘can’t be line managed’
A government neighbourhood health lead has warned the service “can’t line manage organisations outside the NHS into change”, which will instead rely on “frontline involvement” organised in relatively small patches.
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NewsICBs can scrap chief nurse and medic, says NHSE
Integrated care boards can now scrap the roles of chief nurse and chief medical officer – despite previous guidance saying they are required – NHS England has indicated.
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HSJ InteractiveRoundtable: Can the NHS tackle its ‘productivity paradox’ with digital technology?
An HSJ roundtable – in partnership with IBM – explored how existing and emerging technologies could deliver both immediate efficiencies and long-term transformation