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CommentThe variable quality of senior doctors is harming patients and the NHS
Inconsistent consultant standards in the NHS risk inefficiency, higher costs, delayed discharges, and reduced patient flow – clearer national criteria is needed
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CommentThe global lessons on how to shift care closer to home
Global evidence shows primary care reforms often face political resistance, requiring deliberate strategies to sustain change and avoid stalled or collapsed implementation
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HSJ PartnersA prevention policy without a delivery plan is a promise the NHS cannot keep
Across the NHS, clinicians have been calling for progress on osteoporosis for years. Yet nearly two years on from a clear national commitment, there is still no plan for delivery – and no progress.
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NewsHospital launches overseas marketing drive to offset referral slump
A leading cancer hospital has mounted an international campaign to bring in more private patients after it saw a significant drop in the number of referrals from Kuwait.
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NewsMackey: Iran war threatens ‘huge shock’ for NHS finances
The NHS will need extra funding from government if the Iran war drives large price increases, which could amount to a “huge shock”, Sir Jim Mackey has warned.
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CommentThe £14bn debt the NHS owes to other nations
The NHS relies heavily on internationally trained staff, raising urgent questions about fairness, sustainability, and investment in global health systems
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NewsHospital closes beds due to Iran war
A children’s hospital is closing beds and theatres because the Iran war is stopping private patients travelling from the Middle East.
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CommentEnglish hospitals are outperforming those in Scotland and Wales
Despite ongoing pressures, England’s NHS is recovering faster than Wales and Scotland, with shorter waits and higher activity, despite similar funding increases
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CommentWhen safety does not sell
Despite decades of inquiries and warnings, the NHS continues to tolerate predictable medication harm, revealing a system better at analysing failure than preventing it
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Expert BriefingPatient Safety Watch: Jeremy Hunt’s sobering realisation about bureaucracy and box ticking
HSJ hosts the Patient Safety Watch newsletter, written by Patient Safety Watch chair Jeremy Hunt
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CommentNorway provides safer AND cheaper healthcare than the UK – we need to find out why
Jeremy Hunt argues that closing the UK’s patient safety gap must become a core national priority, with new data showing tens of thousands of deaths could be prevented by matching the performance of leading health systems
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CommentThe launch of ‘ChatGPT for health’ is both a threat and an opportunity
OpenAI’s entry into consumer health is not speculative innovation but a response to behaviour already happening at scale. For the NHS, it exposes a long-ignored gap in law, interoperability and patient agency that policy can no longer sidestep
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Expert BriefingImPatient: Patient-centred AI regulation – a call to action
Patient (Lived Experience) Leadership is about those affected by life-changing illness, injury or disability who want to influence change through being equal partners in decision making. In this monthly expert briefing, patient leadership champion David Gilbert picks out the most significant developments in a field of increasing relevance to the ...
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NewsMajor flaws discovered in trust training programme
An external review has uncovered multiple problems with fairness, finance and governance in a major trust’s scheme for taking on hundreds of overseas medical trainees.
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Expert BriefingImPatient: Holding hands together
Patient (Lived Experience) Leadership is about those affected by life-changing illness, injury or disability who want to influence change through being equal partners in decision making. In this monthly expert briefing, patient leadership champion David Gilbert picks out the most significant developments in a field of increasing relevance to the ...
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NewsTrump drug deal to leave NHS with unfunded bill
The NHS is seeking further funding from government to help it absorb extra costs arising from a new drug pricing deal, partly inspired by the threat of tariffs on UK medicines made by US president Donald Trump.
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HSJ PartnersPlant-rich diets: A prescription for patient health and NHS sustainability
Evidence of the health benefits of plant-rich diets is abundant, and the dangers of overconsuming meat are well-documented.
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HSJ LocalTrust targets £10m lost from overseas patients
A hospital trust is beginning a “concerted effort” to collect unpaid debts from overseas patients amid the current NHS “financial crisis”.
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CommentPolitical calls to cut immigration are a red flag for the NHS
The NHS relies on global talent. Restricting migration risks staff shortages, longer waits, and poorer care for patients across the UK, writes Ben Simms
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CommentSupporting the NHS’s non-clinical workforce in the wake of immigration curbs
A new Labour Market Evidence Group could help align NHS workforce planning with immigration and skills policy, but risks remain around execution, non-clinical staffing, and quality standards, writes Jon Freegard