Henry Anderson
Henry covers financial policy and performance nationally, as well as local issues in Lincolnshire and South, East and North Yorkshire. He joined HSJ as a correspondent in 2022 after three years working as a lead reporter for healthandcare.scot – a news website covering the health and social care sectors in Scotland.
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NewsCSUs and swathe of patient watchdogs axed
Government is announcing the scrapping of several national patient watchdogs, commissioning support units, and 150 local Healthwatch organisations.
NewsTrusts announce shared chair and director
A South Yorkshire trust is to share a chair with its neighbour as part of a programme of “partnership working”.
NewsPatients to decide hospital payments under 10-year plan proposals
Patients will be able to decide whether hospitals get the full payment for their treatment under proposals in drafts of the 10-Year Health Plan, HSJ understands.
NewsDHSC staffing spend up under Labour
Spending on staff at the Department of Health and Social Care and seven other central agencies has increased by more than 10 per cent since Labour came to power, analysis shows.
NewsNo private finance for hospitals, says Treasury
Private finance will only be used to fund public sector infrastructure in “very limited circumstances”, the Treasury has confirmed.
NewsReform mayor objects to ICB merger
A recently elected mayor called for plans to merge their county’s integrated care board with its neighbours to be dropped, warning it is “inconsistent” with the mayoralty’s footprint.
News‘Widespread confusion’ over NHSE redundancy scheme
Unions are taking legal advice as they warn a voluntary redundancy scheme launched by NHS England is causing “widespread confusion” among staff.
NewsCEO retires after 25 years
A chief executive is to retire after six years leading a Yorkshire acute trust.
NewsCapital budgets held flat for three years
Health service capital budgets will be held flat in real terms until the end of the decade, the government has confirmed.
NewsMackey reveals PFI revival plan
NHS England has confirmed plans to introduce a mechanism to allow private finance investment into health service infrastructure within months.
NewsCEO announces departure after six months off
An integrated care board CEO and long-serving NHS leader has announced he is retiring after six months away from the organisation.
Expert BriefingFollowing the Money: ‘Uncomfortable truth’ ahead of spending review
HSJ’s expert briefing on NHS finances, savings and efforts to get back in the black. By finance correspondent Henry Anderson.
NewsRegional boss: Put US tech firms ‘on the hook’ for support
US tech firms should be “on the hook” for supporting NHS trusts implementing new systems, a senior NHS England official has said.
NewsNine systems get extra deficit funding
Nine integrated care systems have been allowed to set higher planned deficits than last year, new figures show.
NewsNHSE funding rule ‘deliberately unfair’ to non-acute trusts
Mental health, community and ambulance trusts have raised fresh concerns they are losing out under NHS funding rules – with one provider facing a £16m shortfall in recent years.
NewsTrust adopts neighbour’s EPR
One of the final seven trusts without an electronic patient record is set to partner with its neighbour to implement Oracle Health’s system.
NewsStreeting’s ‘agile’ delivery unit delayed
Plans for an “agile and high-performing” delivery unit in the Department of Health and Social Care have been delayed amid disagreements in the department, HSJ understands.
NewsTrust in row with BMA over senior doctor
A hospital trust is involved in a row with the British Medical Association amid concerns over a ’bullying culture’, it has emerged.
Expert BriefingFollowing the Money: Capital is flowing away from need
HSJ’s expert briefing on NHS finances, savings and efforts to get back in the black. By finance correspondent Henry Anderson.
NewsICS holds out against NHSE financial targets
A single system has refused to sign up to financial targets set by NHSE, HSJ has learned.