Jack Serle
Jack is a correspondent covering public health, including health inequalities, and the NHS's work to improve outcomes. He also covers the NHS in north London. Jack has previously worked for five years at the Bureau of Investigative Journalism on its Covert War Project. He trained in science journalism, and has also worked for as a journalist with the World Health Organisation. He joined HSJ in summer 2018.
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NewsCardiac row trust replaces its acting medical director
A troubled teaching trust in south London has hired a permanent replacement for its acting medical director, while it tries to overhaul its dysfunctional heart surgery unit.
NewsRegulator reveals expert panel to oversee troubled London trust
NHS Improvement has announced the panel of experts to oversee a London teaching trust’s ongoing efforts to sort out its “dysfunctional” cardiac surgical service.
HSJ LocalLondon FT now 'outstanding'
A London trust specialising in cancer treatment has been rated as “outstanding” by the Care Quality Commission.
HSJ LocalHospital CEO calls for changes to London pay rates
The chief executive of a suburban trust has called for changes to the pay system in which inner London staff get a larger supplement to their pay than those in outer boroughs.
HSJ LocalSecond trust pulls out of community services tender
A second NHS trust has withdrawn its bid for a £450m community services contract in west London because it could not get under the cost cap.
NewsPHE calls for payment tariff on public health outcomes
The NHS must do more to stop people smoking and Duncan Selbie thinks the best way to do it is to implement a national tariff for smoking cessation.
NewsChildren's Commissioner calls for dramatic changes to CYP mental health service
The NHS should dramatically expand its mental health services for children and young people, as well as how the service as a whole interacts with under 18s, the Children’s Commissioner for England has told the HSJ.
HSJ LocalHospital trust pulls out of £450m community services tender
A London trust has pulled out of the bidding process for a £450m community services contract because it could not deliver the range and quality of services at a low enough cost.
NewsTrust loses complex surgery to fix 'dysfunctional' surgical unit
A south London trust is moving complex heart surgery cases to other hospitals in the capital while it tries to reform its “dysfunctional” cardiac surgical unit.
NewsExclusive: Leaked review reveals failings behind breast screening alert
Governance failures and a fundamental misunderstanding of how the national breast cancer screening programme works led to health agencies creating a national specification in 2013 that was different to how the programme’s systems actually worked.
NewsCQC backtracks on ‘normal’ births
The Care Quality Commission has admitted that it was mistaken in promoting the “normality agenda” in maternity services.
HSJ LocalNew chief executive for London trust
A London hospital trust has appointed a new chief executive.
NewsNational regulator called in over 'dysfunctional' surgical unit
A beleaguered London teaching trust has called in NHS Improvement to oversee its efforts to turn around its heart surgery unit.
HSJ LocalTrust climbs two ratings in latest CQC inspection
An acute trust in London has been rated “outstanding” by the Care Quality Commission, after previously being rated as “requires improvement”.
NewsHigh Court overturns 'whistleblower' surgeon's suspension
A leading heart surgeon who says she is a whistleblower is expected to return to work, after the High Court overturned her trust’s decision to suspend her.
NewsHeart surgeon ‘was posted dead animal and decapitated doll’
A major London teaching trust has had its suspension of a senior cardiac surgeon challenged in the High Court.
HSJ LocalPrivate emergency care centre in special measures
A privately run emergency and urgent care centre at an Essex hospital has been put into special measures by the Care Quality Commission after it rated the service inadequate.
HSJ LocalTender process launched to find screening provider
Commissioners are relaunching a stalled effort to find a single provider for the abdominal aortic aneurysm screening programme in south London and parts of Surrey.
HSJ LocalPatients suffer 'severe harm' after waiting list failures
Fifteen patients have come to severe harm after a London trust with long standing record keeping problems lost track of their appointments.
HSJ LocalCCG tenders £450m community services contract
Commissioners have tendered a £450m contract for community services in west London, which has sparked apparent interest from at least two NHS trusts and private provider Virgin Care.