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NewsSingle trust now has 10% of national MSK waiting list
A South East trust is responsible for nearly one in 10 people referred for community musculoskeletal services in England after its waiting quadrupled in a year.
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NewsICB breached rules during £42m contract award
An integrated care board has been advised to review a successful bid for a £42m dermatology contract after being found in breach of procurement rules.
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CommentHospice care faces a ‘cliff edge’ this spring
Hospices are facing more serious challenges than ever before: costs are rising, demand is growing due to an ageing population, and insufficient funding means at least two in five hospices are planning cuts
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NewsExclusive: NHS failing to honour £1bn funding deal
The NHS is rowing back on plans agreed with the Treasury, but never published, to boost community services spending, HSJ can reveal.
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CommentMSK drives England’s biggest health inequality gap
Analysis shows musculoskeletal conditions create England’s largest health inequality gap, with community physiotherapy offering the best route to tackling preventable ill health in deprived areas
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CommentEffective neighbourhood care relies on connecting community IT
Technology should make work easier for frontline clinicians and care staff, enabling better coordination between GPs, community nurses, social care workers and voluntary sector partners in neighbourhood settings, argues Dr Harpreet Sood
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NewsTwo trusts seek ‘united voice’ under shared chair
A community trust and its mental health counterpart are to share a chair from next year as they seek to provide “more joined-up services” and “speak with a clear, united voice”.
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NewsExclusive: Hospitals making hundreds of 999 calls to get patients to A&E
Ambulances are responding to hundreds of emergency calls to transport patients from hospital buildings to A&Es on the same site, HSJ has found.
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CommentOur simulation will share the ingredients for neighbourhood success
A simulation over two days at the NHS Providers conference will test new ways of delivering the shift to neighbourhood care
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CommentWe need a national end-of-life delivery plan
As leaders of the UK’s largest palliative care charities, the chief executives of Marie Curie and Sue Ryder set out how the hospice sector must evolve
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NewsStreeting accused of ignoring nurses’ safety warning
Wes Streeting has failed to respond to an “urgent” warning from a clinical group that safety is being compromised by gaps in community services, HSJ has been told.
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NewsCharity commits £10m to build ‘neighbourhood’ care with trusts
A charity will invest £10m in a new scheme that aims to shift care from hospitals into the community.
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HSJ PartnersDigital transformation in the NHS: Navigating strategic shifts through system-wide coordination
The NHS 10-Year Health Plan, released in July 2025, establishes three fundamental shifts: analogue to digital, treatment to prevention, and hospital to community care.
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NewsDHSC seeks £120m saving from 'unwarranted price variation'
The Department of Health and Social Care is recruiting expert advisers to help update the list of prescribable products in community settings in a bid to save up to £120m.
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NewsHalf of mental health and community trusts downgraded by NHSE
A third of mental health trusts have been given the lowest score in NHS England’s new rating regime, marking a significant reappraisal of the sector’s performance compared to previous assessments.
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CommentCompetition between GPs and pharmacies is hampering service integration
Community pharmacies are vital to NHS reforms, but funding, workforce, collaboration and digital barriers threaten their expanded role, write RAND Europe’s Robert J. Romanelli, Saoirse Moriarty and Maggie Bradford
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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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CommentPoliticians must stop their unthinking defence of hospital care
To fulfil the 10-Year Health Plan’s vision of a community-centric service, politicians and local leaders will need to align their actions and engage collectively with the communities for whom this matters, writes Helen Buckingham
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NewsProvider beset by governance failings gets new CEO
A community services provider in the South West has appointed a substantive chief executive following more than12 months of upheaval which saw several board resignations and an NHS England investigation.