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Expert BriefingThe Download: A snooper’s dream?
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 and Joe Talora. Contact HSJ in confidence here.
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Expert BriefingRecovery Watch: How trusts drove near-record improvements
Elective recovery and returning the NHS to meeting the 18-week standard by 2029 is the government’s main performance priority. The Recovery Watch newsletter tracks prospects and progress against this goal. This week, by bureau chief James Illman.
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CommentDon’t let strategic commissioning make inequality worse
Strategic commissioning has begun, but without proper allocative tools and co-design, the NHS risks cutting the services it needs to close the health inequalities gap, argues Andi Orlowski
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NewsTop trust ‘struggling’ with tariff reform
A top-performing trust’s CEO has said it is “struggling” with the impact of NHS England’s financial reforms – which it argues are “disproportionately” affecting organisations providing specialist care.
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News21 trusts ‘delivered year’s elective recovery in single month’
Twenty-one trusts delivered their entire 2025-26 elective improvement in March alone, analysis shows, prompting concerns about the “fragility and sustainability” of the NHS’s waiting list recovery.
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NewsGrowing private services creating ‘regulatory gap’, claims watchdog
There is a growing “regulatory gap” around several NHS services where private provision has grown rapidly, the Parliamentary watchdog has told HSJ.
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NewsNHS-owned consultancy faces closure
An NHS-owned consultancy is facing closure after reporting significant financial losses, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsNeighbourhood plans ‘in danger’, says top five trust leader
The government’s neighbourhood health agenda is “in danger of not happening” amid a lack of clarity over governance structures and funding, the chair of England’s fourth-largest trust has claimed.
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News‘Central pressure’ forcing ICBs to cut reform investment
Integrated care boards are struggling to protect funds to deliver neighbourhood health and other 10-Year Health Plan proposals this year – with one cluster forced to withdraw a £33m fund days after launching it.
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HSJ PartnersDemystifying NHS-pharmaceutical industry collaboration: Unlocking value already within reach
This non-promotional article has been fully funded and written by Novartis Pharmaceuticals UK Limited. It is intended for healthcare professionals, other relevant decision makers and patient organisations. Please do not forward, share or post this content beyond the intended audience, including on publicly accessible websites or ...
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NewsElective target hit after spike in ‘unreported removals’
NHS England has hit its 65 per cent waiting list for 2025-26, but experts said the “majority of the improvement” in March was driven by a “record” spike in “unreported removals”.
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CommentUnfairly shifting the burden of care to GPs is a feature of NHS system design, not a bug
The 8am scramble to see a GP reflects capacity shortages, workforce mismatches, and system inefficiencies
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Expert BriefingThe Download: RetrAIn
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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CommentA mathematical approach to solving real-world problems
Operational research helps NHS teams redesign services using data, improving ambulance efficiency and reducing missed appointments, while maintaining cost-effective patient care
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CommentToo much NHS mental healthcare is outdated
Outdated treatments and underfunded research are holding back mental health care, leaving NHS services struggling to deliver effective, sustainable outcomes
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NewsTrust’s £360k overtime bill for handful of staff ‘not sustainable’
A trust has said it paid £358,000 in overtime to just eight band 6 and 7 staff members to keep its pathology service running amid multiple strikes last year, in an arrangement the CEO warned was “not sustainable”.
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NewsCash bailouts hit £1.1bn despite falling deficit
Cash bailouts to keep trust services running have risen – despite NHS England bosses insisting provider finances have improved, HSJ has learned.
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NewsRegion declares bid to eliminate A&E mental health waits
London trusts are launching a “blueprint” for service change that they hope will stop people in mental health crisis needing to attend A&E.
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NewsNHSE tech funding priorities revealed
Regions are prioritising investing in ambient voice technology and cyber security over other technology this year, HSJ understands.
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HSJ PartnersUnderstanding the impact of severe asthma to improve patient outcomes
As medical head, specialty at GSK, my work keeps me close to both the lived reality of severe asthma and the system pressures it creates.