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PodcastHSJ Podcast: Will the CQC’s problems ever end?
Two years on from a critical review into its effectiveness, the Care Quality Commission is still struggling to persuade NHS leaders that it’s up to the job.
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NewsCancer surgery waits hit six weeks at 15 trusts
The number of trusts where breast cancer patients typically wait six weeks or more between diagnosis and surgery has risen from two to 15 since before the pandemic, according to new figures.
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NewsConsultants strike ‘paused’
Strikes planned by medical consultants for later this month have been “paused”, with their union saying government has agreed to open negotiations.
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CommentI’ve just left the DHSC – ministers still do not know how the NHS will be run next year
The government’s plan to establish temporary NHS regions by April 2027 is looking increasingly uncertain, with key decisions on its structure, leadership and functions still unresolved
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Expert BriefingThe Download: You can’t spell ‘AI’ without ‘EPR’
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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NewsNHSE blocking redundant staff from being rehired
NHS England has blocked staff who have been made redundant from returning to work at the organisation – a move employees say is “moving the goalposts” on their departure terms.
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NewsFraudster secretly held DHSC and trust jobs
A civil servant who secretly held eight public sector jobs on full-time salaries, including roles at an NHS trust, the Department of Health and Social Care and the UK Health Security Agency, has been convicted of fraud.
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Expert BriefingThe Integrator: You’ve been quango’d
Insider tales and must-read analysis on how integration is reshaping health and care systems, NHS providers, primary care, and commissioning. This week, by senior correspondent Henry Anderson.
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News‘Temporary’ quango has no end date, staff told
The government has no plan for when or how it will shut down the new quango that will employ thousands of NHS England regional teams, staff have been told – a day after ministers stressed the organisation would be “temporary”.
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PodcastHSJ Podcast: NHS England’s final chapter
This week, the government finally confirmed the fate of NHS England, announcing plans for a new quango to employ thousands of staff in NHS regional teams.
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NewsManagers’ pay rise blocked at 28 trusts, but ICBs spared
Very senior managers at 28 struggling trusts will not receive this year’s 3 per cent pay rise, ministers have confirmed.
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News‘Shocking’ rise in maternal readmissions revealed
The rate of women readmitted to hospital within six weeks of giving birth has risen by more than a third in less than three years, HSJ analysis of unpublished data suggests.
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NewsVictims demand tougher restrictions on snooping
Victims of the Southport and Nottingham attacks have told ministers and NHS leaders that far stricter, more robust processes are needed to stop staff snooping on patient records – and that actions outlined so far are not enough.
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NewsMackey: ‘Let’s stop directors sitting on multiple boards’
Directors sitting on multiple hospital trust boards without a clear purpose have “shrunk the pool” and are creating “too much of a closed mentality”, Sir Jim Mackey has told MPs.
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NewsExclusive: New agency to host thousands of NHSE staff
The government is today confirming it will create a new national agency to employ thousands of staff in NHS regional teams, while pressing on with abolishing NHS England by April next year.
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NewsDHSC and NHSE consultancy bill surges 60%
Consultancy spending by the Department of Health and Social Care and NHS England leapt by almost 60 per cent last year – despite a government pledge to halve such expenditure.
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NewsEx-minister with breast cancer to advise on national plan
A former health minister living with incurable breast cancer has been appointed as the government’s “Cancer Adviser”.
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PodcastHSJ Podcast: Constitutional reform for the NHS – with Sir Ciarán Devane
NHS Alliance CEO Sir Ciarán Devane and HSJ finance lead Zoe Tidman discuss the consequences of this week’s Budget, and why Sir Ciarán wants to talk about changing the NHS’s targets.
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NewsMinisters drop plans to axe patient champion
The government has confirmed it is dropping plans to abolish local and national Healthwatch organisations, instead pledging to strengthen their role.
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NewsNHSE abolition group chair hasn’t attended meetings for a year
Alan Milburn has not attended a meeting in his capacity as joint chair of the committee overseeing the abolition of NHS England for more than a year, HSJ can reveal.