All Health Service Journal articles in February 2025 – Page 4
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NewsAmbulance services underprepared for ‘mass casualty incidents’
Ambulance services would still struggle to respond effectively to a mass-casualty event like the Manchester Arena bombing, HSJ has learned, as nearly all have been denied the funding needed to bolster preparedness.
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PodcastHSJ Podcast: Tough talk on deficits
This week we take a closer look at Wes Streeting’s tough talk on NHS deficits – the health and social care secretary has told the NHS there can be no overspending without consequences.
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NewsCEO announces new job after less than a year in post
A chief executive is to leave her first CEO role at a community trust to lead an acute provider in the capital.
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NewsExclusive: NHS England chair named
The Department of Health and Social Care has confirmed its preferred candidate to be the new chair of NHS England.
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Expert BriefingThe Integrator: Redistributing the NHS wealth
Insider tales and must-read analysis on how integration is reshaping health and care systems, NHS providers, primary care, and commissioning. This week by deputy editor Dave West.
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NewsLetby trust chair resigns after damning tribunal verdict
The chair of a foundation trust has resigned after a tribunal found he unfairly forced out its former CEO, because she raised concerns about his bullying behaviour.
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NewsMapped: RTT waiting times
An interactive map of local NHS waits around England in December 2024, showing the pressures, with links to all the details by organisation and specialty.
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Daily InsightHSJ Weekly Catch-up: Fresh faces, lost jobs and private matters
Your essential update on health for the week.
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NewsCompetition watchdog finds in favour of commissioner for first time
The Independent Patient Choice and Procurement Panel has ruled in favour of a public body for the first time after its three previous decisions went against NHS commissioners.
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CommentElective recovery remains stalled
The waiting list needs to be shrinking about 10 times faster
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NewsTrust leadership has ‘gone rogue’, claims MP
An MP has called for the chair of Bradford Teaching Hospitals Foundation Trust to resign.
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Daily InsightThe mythbuster: Two cheers for the planning guidance
The new NHS Mandate and the 2025-26 Planning Guidance show major improvements in focus and priorities, but lingering inconsistencies and flawed metrics still risk undermining meaningful progress
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NewsNHS must no longer rely on ‘free capital’, claims government adviser
The health service must accept that it can no longer expect to rely on “free capital” and will have to borrow private funding for investment in buildings and tech, a senior government adviser has said.
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NewsNHSE launches £37bn framework for ‘new hospitals’
NHS England has launched a £37bn framework for the largest hospital-building drive in decades, in a bid to bolster market capacity.
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Expert BriefingThe Download: Keeping the AI devil down in the hole
The fortnightly newsletter that unpacks system leaders’ priorities for digital technology and the impact they are having on delivering health services. This week written by bureau chief Ben Clover. Contact HSJ in confidence here.
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NewsNHS Providers appoints new CEO
NHS Providers has appointed an ambulance trust boss who also has extensive acute sector experience as its new chief executive.
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LeaderPlanning round could be a ‘bloodbath’ without a change of course
Daniel Elkeles is to be congratulated on his appointment as the chief executive of NHS Providers. He has proved himself not only a successful CEO, but one who is prepared to speak truth to power and challenge conventional thinking. He is the right person for the job ahead.
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NewsAnother ICS added to national financial intervention scheme
An integrated care system has been added to the national “investigation and intervention” regime, making it the 19th of 42 ICSs to require support over deteriorating finances.
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HSJ LocalTrust appoints primary care leader as chair
A mental health trust has named a primary care leader as its new chair after the previous appointee decided against taking up the role.
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CommentThe five tests the government’s neighbourhood health policy must pass
Duleep Allirajah, chief executive of The Richmond Group of Charities coalition, welcomes the neighbourhood health guidelines’ focus on those with complex health needs but asks how we’ll know if it’s really making a difference for patients