All Health Service Journal articles in January 2026 – Page 5
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CommentNHS reform is having a disproportionate impact on female staff
NHS reform is accelerating. How leaders support and retain diverse women during change will determine delivery, capacity, and long-term success
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NewsEx-NHSE director to lead transformation at top trust
NHS England’s previous chief financial officer is joining his former boss on the top team of a major London trust.
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Daily InsightDaily Insight: Difficult home truths
The must-read stories and debates in health policy and leadership.
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HSJ LocalChief steps down after decade at hospital trust
A hospital trust CEO is stepping down after nearly six years in post.
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NewsTwo trusts scrap faxes following Streeting pressure
All trusts in England except one will stop using fax machines this month, HSJ has learned.
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CommentThe real cause of NHS leadership burnout
Pressure is visible; disorientation is not. Until the NHS names the quiet drift pulling leaders off course, burnout will continue to be misread and mismanaged
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NewsSubco profits driven by pension savings, report claims
NHS subsidiary companies’ profits are being driven by significant pensions savings and below-inflation wage growth, according to analysis for Unison.
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NewsNHSE launches ‘sprint’ in bid to hit waiting list target
NHS England has told trusts to begin a “sprint” exercise in a bid to hit its politically critical waiting list target by March.
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News‘Online hospital’ trust seeks first chair
The new national “online hospital” dubbed NHS Online is to be formally established as an NHS trust in June with the appointment of its inaugural chair.
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CommentWhy so many acute oncology services are unsafe by design
Despite their central role in cancer care, Acute Oncology Services remain underdesigned and overreliant on professional goodwill. Workforce redesign, not resilience, is now the critical safety issue
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Expert BriefingThe Download: When the patient brings the scribe
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 Ella Devereux. Contact HSJ in confidence here.
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Daily InsightDaily Insight: It’s a sprint (then a marathon)
The must-read stories and debates in health policy and leadership.
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NewsCentre spends 2,500 hours a day approving requests, admits DHSC chief
Around 2,500 hours of staff time are spent every day on “clearance processes” across the Department of Health and Social Care and NHS England, it has been claimed.
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NewsRevealed: The trusts with the highest savings targets
A dozen trusts have set efficiency plans worth 8 per cent of their allocations this year as the average savings target rose compared to 2024-25, HSJ research reveals.
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News£50m gap declared after EPR and A&E knock trust off plan
A trust has declared it will end the year with a deficit of at least £48m, admitting its breakeven plan “carried too much risk”.
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NewsICB suspends access to private provider
A private provider of assessment and treatment for neurodevelopmental disorders has been suspended from NHS work, it has emerged.
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CommentThe AI risks that NHS boards are missing
The risk for boards is not that AI will fail loudly, but that it will work efficiently while quietly missing harm. Governance that cannot see false negatives is not governance at all
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Daily InsightDaily Insight: Savings targets gone wild
The must-read stories and debates in health policy and leadership.
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PodcastHSJ Podcast: The trust CEO who became a very expensive whistleblower
On this episode, we cover one of the most expensive employment tribunals in the NHS and why a trust must pay its former chief executive £1.4m in damages.
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NewsNational maternity review will not ‘sideline’ Nottingham probe, pledges chair
The high-profile chair of a major maternity review into care failures in Nottingham has pledged to ensure its results “will not be sidelined” by the government’s national investigation.