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NewsTrust spent £5m on patient death case
A trust spent nearly £5m as a result of a criminal prosecution over a patient’s death, a Freedom of Information request has revealed.
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NewsThe radical policies rejected for the 10YHP
Radical policies rejected during the development of the 10-Year Health Plan – including allowing staff to take pension contributions as pay – have been revealed.
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Expert BriefingThe Integrator: How the 10YHP got lost
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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NewsRevealed: The trusts forecast to miss the elective target
Only around a quarter of trusts are on track to hit their original elective target for 2025-26 if they continue on their current trajectories, according to analysis shared with HSJ.
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NewsProbert: We want NHS to be ‘world’s most transparent health service’
The NHS is striving to become the “most transparent health service in the world”, its deputy chief has said.
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PodcastHSJ Podcast: What’s in store for the NHS in 2026?
It’s time for the HSJ team to take stock and make their predictions for what the new year could bring for the NHS, from the survival of Healthwatch, to why the NHS App could be in for a tough year.
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NewsICBs pay trust £23m after contract dispute
Six integrated care boards in the West Midlands have reached a settlement with an ambulance trust to compensate for delays handing over patients to emergency departments.
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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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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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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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Expert BriefingThe Integrator: Is the government changing its mind on ICBs?
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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NewsPrevention shift ‘left behind’ as budgets are held flat
Public health allocations are due to be held flat in real terms for three years, despite the government’s intended “shift from treatment to prevention”.
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NewsMinisterial power grab ‘greatest threat’ to NICE existence
The government plans to take direct control of the cost effectiveness thresholds used by the National Institute of Health and Care Excellence are “the greatest threat yet to its existence,” according to one the agency’s founding directors.
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CommentMSK drives England’s biggest health inequality gap
Analysis shows musculoskeletal conditions create England’s largest health inequality gap, with community physiotherapy offering the best route to tackling preventable ill health in deprived areas
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NewsEx-health secretary buys NHS data firm
A former health secretary’s company has bought health data firm Dr Foster, with plans to return to its practice of highlighting poor quality care in the NHS.
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News‘Advanced FT’ benefits unclear, national director admits
It is “hard to see” how the NHS can provide real benefits for providers with “advanced foundation trust” status, NHS England’s interim chief financial officer has admitted.
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NewsNHSE director vows to ‘turn off’ funding for wasteful IT systems
NHS England will intensify its crackdown on wasteful technology spending next year as part of “radically different” approach to funding, a national director has said.
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NewsFinancial ‘game playing’ won’t be tolerated, says NHSE director
A senior NHS England director has warned “game playing” must be stopped for next year’s financial plans.
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CommentThe NHS must stop worshipping false idols if it wishes to improve
The NHS has clung to false hopes that interventions, prevention programmes and AI will unlock spare cash, but real change requires decommissioning services and moving money, not just reducing activity
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News‘Corridor care’ approaches 1m cases a year
About 1 million A&E patients have been placed in corridors or similar “temporary” spaces over the past year, information obtained by HSJ reveals.