All Health Service Journal articles in December 2025 – Page 5
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NewsNHSE orders daily reporting on maternity pressures
NHS England is requiring hospitals to report to it every morning on the state of their maternity and neonatal services, in what some leaders say is an echo of the “command and control under covid”.
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NewsGovt advisers change stance on hospitals with risky concrete
Government advisers who previously said hospitals with RAAC panels needed to be replaced by 2030 have now recommended the unsafe concrete planks can “technically remain serviceable” until 2040.
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CommentLeaders must be realistic as well as compassionate
More than a decade of training leaders in compassionate behaviours is failing under NHS pressures. A new ‘realistic leadership’ model offers clarity, presence and resilience as the internal foundation that compassion needs to survive
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NewsFDP AI tool at centre of regulatory row
A federated data platform AI discharge tool hailed as “potentially transformational” by Wes Streeting is at the centre of a spiralling regulatory row, HSJ can reveal.
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HSJ LocalTrust cancels more than 1,400 ops after kit cleaning failings
A trust has been forced to cancel more than 1,400 elective operations due to problems with the cleaning of its surgical instruments.
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NewsStrike to go ahead after doctors reject latest plea
The resident doctors strike is set to go ahead from Wednesday, after they rejected the government’s latest offer, the British Medical Association has said today.
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NewsDoctor named CEO of £1.7bn hospital trust
A medical manager has been made CEO of one of England’s largest trusts, which is grappling with multiple performance and quality problems.
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Daily InsightDaily Insight: Rearranging Titanic’s deck chairs
The must-read stories and debates in health policy and leadership.
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HSJ LocalFormer MP leaves trust leadership role
A former Labour MP who became known for campaigning on NHS matters has stood down as chair of a mental health trust.
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NewsICB restricts autism, ADHD and weight loss services
An integrated care board has put new restrictions on referrals for several community services, arguing that “health benefits must be maximised from the resources available”.
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NewsDental contract gets ‘biggest tweak in its history’
The government is making significant changes to the dental contract, which it says will ensure dentists receive fairer payment for NHS work.
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NewsNICE names new CEO amid government ‘power grab’ plans
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence has named its new chief executive.
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CommentChristmas means cyber attacks
The NHS’s annual December stress test reveals a fundamental flaw in cyber governance: when competing pressures from security teams, IT departments, clinical services and boards collide, critical vulnerabilities are identified but cannot be addressed, creating a predictable pattern of unresolved risk
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Daily InsightDaily Insight: A matter of choice
The must-read stories and debates in health policy and leadership.
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NewsManagers ‘felt pressured and bullied’ in overcrowded ED
Managers in a major emergency department felt “pressured and bullied not to disclose difficulties” and were left to manage “extreme risk” including avoidable deaths, the Care Quality Commission has reported.
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News‘Don’t railroad GPs into neighbourhood health,’ says NHS London chief
The head of the NHS in London has warned against “railroading” GPs into providing more neighbourhood services.
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News‘High risk’ patients waiting years for struggling service
Several reviews are under way of a hospital’s struggling ophthalmology service, after it reported backlogs of hundreds of patients at high risk of harm.
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CommentHow further education can relieve pressure on the NHS
Further education colleges across England are already delivering successful preventive health initiatives but remain underutilised and underfunded, according to a new report that calls for better partnership working to ease NHS pressures
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Expert BriefingFollowing the Money: An ‘effective real-terms cut next year’
HSJ’s expert briefing on NHS finances, savings and efforts to get back in the black. By senior correspondent Zoe Tidman.
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NewsTwenty failing trusts need new ‘intervention’ approach, says Mackey
NHS England’s interventions for the trusts with the biggest problems “haven’t really worked” and will be reconsidered in the new year, Sir Jim Mackey has said.