All Health Service Journal articles in January 2026 – Page 6
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HSJ PartnersWhat can ctDNA tell us about a patient’s cancer?
Circulating tumour DNA (ctDNA) is transforming how we diagnose and treat complex cancers, particularly when clinical pathways are constrained by the speed, safety, and limitations of tissue biopsy.
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Expert BriefingPatient Safety Watch: The deeply concerning state of home birth services
HSJ hosts the Patient Safety Watch newsletter, written by Patient Safety Watch chief executive James Titcombe
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NewsAnother ICB CEO announces departure
The leadership of another integrated care board has been thrown into doubt after its CEO unexpectedly announced he is leaving next week.
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CommentProfessional regulators make it too hard for patients to complain
Employers and regulators should support patients and colleagues who give evidence against registered professionals and embed lessons learnt, writes Emerita Professor Louise Wallace and Dr Annie Sorbie
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NewsHospitals face ‘catastrophic’ threat from losing resident doctors
A rural hospital trust is worried about a “catastrophic effect” on its staffing from the possibility of NHS England withdrawing its resident doctors.
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NewsHigh risk service paused dozens of times at ‘inadequate’ unit
A service offering elective caesarean sections for women considered “high risk” and unable to labour was paused 32 times, according to inspectors who have rated the department “inadequate” for the second time in a row.
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Daily InsightHSJ Weekly Catch-up: Savings squeeze, tech troubles and service strain
Your essential update on health for the week
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Daily InsightThe mythbuster: The dishonest metric that disguises the true extent of long A&E waits
Measuring ’trolley waits’ tells us little about the true and deeply worrying scale of delays in emergency care, argues Steve Black
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HSJ PartnersWe digitised decisions. Now we must digitise delivery.
The NHS holds more clinical data than ever, yet patient flow remains a daily struggle. Not because digital transformation has failed – but because we digitised decisions while leaving delivery analogue.
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NewsProviders ‘extending waiting times due to staffing cuts’
Eight in 10 NHS physiotherapists have reported they do not have enough staff to meet demand, up by 10 percentage points since 2024.
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CommentAs a trust CEO I found it hard to keep the focus on improvement
For more than two decades, the NHS has invested heavily in improvement. There have been new operating models, structures, and performance frameworks, as well as repeated waves of leadership development. Yet across much of the service, improvement remains episodic. Gains are made, often at pace – and then lost
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NewsExclusive: NHS failing to honour £1bn funding deal
The NHS is rowing back on plans agreed with the Treasury, but never published, to boost community services spending, HSJ can reveal.
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CommentReaching the 'vaccine ambivalent'
As flu strains NHS services, Gloucestershire’s experience shows that local delivery, targeted outreach and convenient access can significantly improve flu vaccination uptake
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NewsTrusts scramble to improve reviews of babies’ deaths
Trusts have been scrambling to make reviews of babies’ deaths more “fair and transparent”, after a new national requirement for independent input.
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Expert BriefingThe Integrator: Social care gets a taste of NHS targets and terror
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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NewsNHSE director joins central government
A national tech director is set to leave NHS England to lead the government’s work on developing digital ID.
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Daily InsightDaily Insight: We need to talk about resident doctors
The must-read stories and debates in health policy and leadership.
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NewsHospitals ‘overpaid’ by up to 18% under block contracts
Some hospital trusts may be receiving 18 per cent more than they should for providing emergency care, according to indications from a major national review whose findings have been kept under wraps.
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NewsFive trusts ‘high outliers’ for ‘largely preventable’ infections
Five trusts with unusually high levels of surgical infections, which experts called “largely preventable” harm, have been identified by the UK’s health security agency.
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NewsDHSC-NHSE merger timetable revealed
The Department of Health and Social Care and NHS England have revealed a full timetable for merging their functions.