All Health Service Journal articles in December 2024
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HSJ InteractiveScaling up solutions: disseminating innovation in the NHS
An HSJ roundtable, in association with DXC Technology, explored how the NHS can better share innovations and good practices across organisations
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NewsMapped: RTT waiting times
An interactive map of local NHS waits around England in November 2024, showing the pressures, with links to all the details by organisation and specialty.
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HSJ InteractiveHow can secondary care use digital to support mental health care of patients?
Although digital tools for mental health are fast becoming commonplace in primary care, secondary care is yet to adopt them in the same way. An HSJ webinar, in association with SilverCloud® by Amwell®, looked at why this is and how one trust was making progress in this area
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News£200m consultancy bill for New Hospital Programme revealed
More than £200m has been paid to two consultancies for work on the New Hospital Programme to date, HSJ can reveal.
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CommentThreat to defund digital apprenticeships creates risk for NHS
Proposed reforms to the Apprenticeship Levy could unlock vital NHS training funds – but risks loom for key health sector apprenticeships, writes John Rogers, Skills For Health CEO
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NewsICB chairs made dames in New Year Honours
Two integrated care board chairs, one a former health secretary and the other a leading antiracism campaigner, have been made Dames in the 2025 New Year Honours.
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NewsHSJ’s most read technology stories of 2024
Discover HSJ’s 10 most read technology articles of 2024, covering the latest digital news in healthcare.
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NewsHSJ’s most read finance stories of 2024
Read on to discover the 10 finance stories that most captured HSJ’s readers’ attention in 2024.
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NewsHSJ’s most read integrated care stories of 2024
Discover HSJ’s 10 most read integrated care articles of 2024, highlighting the year’s key developments and insights
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NewsHSJ’s 10 most read stories of 2024
As another year draws to a close, we take a look back at HSJ’s 10 most read articles of 2024
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NewsTrusts’ pathology venture pays £25m profit to Australian co-owner
A public-private pathology partnership has paid £25m in profit to its majority share owner, and another £25m to two NHS trusts, accounts reveal.
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NewsThe NHS in 2024, told through 11 charts
From continuing strike action to long waits in emergency departments and the community, there’s been plenty to write about in the NHS in 2024. But sometimes words don’t tell the story quite as vividly as a picture. Here are 11 charts which visualise the year that was 2024 for the ...
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NewsStreeting seeks ‘unfiltered’ reform ideas from DHSC staff
The health and social care secretary has asked his department’s civil servants to submit innovative policy ideas, saying he will read them all and they will not be filtered by line managers.
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NewsC difficile rates rise 25%
Cases of C difficile caught in hospital are up a quarter on last year, according to recent figures seen by HSJ.
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Daily InsightDaily Insight: The ‘not so zero tolerance’ policy
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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News‘Further delays’ to new hospitals
The New Hospital Programme has formally told schemes to pause work while a major government review is ongoing, prompting warnings about fresh delays, HSJ has learnt.
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NewsTroubled trust fails to recruit chair for a year
A troubled trust has been without a permanent chair for a year and is likely to wait several more months, HSJ has learned.
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Expert BriefingImPatient: The emotional labour of the work
Patient (Lived Experience) Leadership is about those affected by life-changing illness, injury or disability who want to influence change through being equal partners in decision-making. In this monthly expert briefing, patient leadership champion David Gilbert picks out the most significant developments in a field of increasing relevance to the NHS.
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Comment'How' the NHS changes is just as important as 'what'
The NHS struggles with centralisation and devolution, leading to inefficiencies. Despite rhetoric, a clear theory of change is lacking, hindering progress and perpetuating ineffective cycles of structural reorganisation, writes Nigel Edwards
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Daily InsightThe mythbuster: Buying ‘innovative’ drugs is not the best use of NHS funds
Rising drug costs strain NHS budgets, yet many new medicines deliver fewer health benefits than alternative interventions. A Lancet study underscores the need to reassess spending priorities and tackle inefficiencies in resource allocation for better patient outcomes, writes Steve Black