All Health Service Journal articles in August 2026
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Daily InsightThe mythbuster: Boosting ‘frontline staff’ has weakened the NHS ‘chain’
Despite a 30 per cent increase in frontline staff since 2019, the NHS has failed to achieve their equivalent productivity gains – and a simple metaphor helps explain why
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NewsDirector unfairly sacked by CEO after ‘17 years unblemished service’
A former trust CEO “misled” one of his board executives who was sacked after a “deeply flawed” investigation, an employment tribunal has found.
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CommentBlocking referrals to private providers is a false economy
With more than a million people awaiting assessment, reform is needed to deliver faster, fairer neurodevelopmental care across England
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Expert BriefingThe Integrator: Restructuring all over again
Insider tales and must-read analysis on how integration is reshaping health and care systems, NHS providers, primary care, and commissioning. This week, by correspondent Mimi Launder.
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NewsTrusts failed to act on 9,000 lost patients for five years
Clinicians and managers knew of problems with an ear, nose, and throat waiting list five years before a backlog of nearly 9,000 patients came to light, an NHS England review has found.
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HSJ LocalExclusive: Blindsided NHSE bosses to launch snooping probe
Blindsided NHS England bosses have ordered a “thorough investigation” into the trust at the centre of a scandal involving staff inappropriately accessing patients’ records, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsLead provider role creating ‘potential conflicts of interest’, review finds
A lack of clarity around lead provider and commissioner roles at a mental health trust collaborative is creating “potential conflicts of interest”, a review has found.
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NewsShared execs may be ‘stretched and less effective’, NHSE admits
Sharing executives across struggling providers can lead to leadership teams becoming “stretched and therefore less effective”, NHS England has acknowledged.
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Comment‘Consultant clinician’ should no longer always mean doctor in today’s NHS
The word “consultant” has long been synonymous with medicine, but expert clinical practice now exists across the healthcare workforce. Failing to recognise it is holding the NHS back
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Daily InsightDaily Insight: Please stop surprising NHSE
The must-read stories and debates in health policy and leadership.
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NewsThreat to remove resident doctors after racist incidents
One of England’s most challenged trusts faces resident doctors being removed from two specialties due to racism from staff and patients, board papers have revealed.
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NewsCouncil privatises NHS-run care service
Private providers are set to take over the running of some adult social care services currently carried out by an NHS trust in the South West.
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CommentStick with IHOs to drive health and prosperity
Integrated health organisations – such as the one we are developing in Northumbria – can boost population health and employment, but we will require both sustained support and flexibility from the centre.
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Expert BriefingThe Download: Maternity versus digital
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. Contact HSJ in confidence here.
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NewsCEOs agree new targets to cut waits
A new set of targets has been agreed between NHS England and mental health chief executives in a bid to boost the sector’s reputation within government.
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Daily InsightDaily Insight: First test for national racism standards
The must-read stories and debates in health policy and leadership.
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NewsRegions roll out custom performance regimes
NHS England regions have begun introducing their own regional performance management regimes for providers, on top of the NHS Oversight Framework.
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News159 sites to get £343m for ‘A&Es’ and health centres
The government has named the 159 provisional sites for new mental health emergency departments and community centres, which will share £343m of capital.
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NewsProbe into hospital AI safety launched
AI tools that are already being rolled out across the NHS face an investigation by the national safety body.
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Daily InsightDaily Insight: Leaping without a safety net
The must-read stories and debates in health policy and leadership.