All Health Service Journal articles in June 2026 – Page 4
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HSJ LocalLong-serving deputy appointed acute trust’s CEO
An acute trust’s deputy chief executive has been appointed its next CEO, following a decade serving on the board.
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News‘Innovation freeze’ threatening NHSE AI plans
NHS England has warned that it may be unable to lawfully deploy AI features on the NHS App from next year, due to incoming medical device regulation changes.
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NewsDigital chief: NHS AI ban is ‘criminal’
No NHS staff are allowed to use common AI tools – which is “criminal” and encouraging “shadow” workarounds, a senior digital chief has said.
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Daily InsightDaily Insight: England’s 24-hour problem
The must-read stories and debates in health policy and leadership.
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NewsRevealed: The trusts sharing £86m prize for March A&E sprint
NHS England has revealed the trusts which will share an £86m prize pot for delivering improvements to A&E waiting times in March.
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NewsCorridor care cases hit 90k in May
More than 90,000 cases of corridor care were recorded in English NHS hospitals in May – an average of 3,000 per day – according to the first official stats on the scale of the problem.
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NewsICB exec steps back from consultancy firm founded with former CEO
An integrated care board executive has stepped back from a management consultancy firm she helped to found with the former chief executive of the ICB, just days after its launch.
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NewsTake more risks with new technology urges health secretary
The new health secretary has promised to “back” NHS leaders who take risks by increasing the use of new technology, in his first major speech in the role
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Daily InsightDaily Insight: The scale of hallway hospitals
The must-read stories and debates in health policy and leadership.
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PodcastHSJ Podcast: How racism hurts NHS services
We talk staff, racism, the funding squeeze and trust groups on this week’s HSJ Health Check, live from NHS ConfedExpo in Manchester.
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NewsBiggest climbers and fallers in trust league table
Sharply divergent performance in the last quarter of 2025-26 saw dramatic movement within NHS England’s league table for acute trusts, with six providers moving up or down rankings by 30 places or more.
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NewsTrust labelled ‘inadequate’ amid ‘serious safety concerns’
A trust has had its leadership rating downgraded from “good” to “inadequate”, and been told it has “significant and serious safety concerns” in surgical services.
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NewsVirtual hospital ‘won’t drain staff from other providers’
NHS Online will implement “safeguards” to prevent it from “draining the resources” of the wider NHS workforce.
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News‘Vital’ NHS research centres face funding cut
Nationally funded research centres hosted by major teaching trusts are facing a cut of up to £187m from 2028.
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CommentWait list growth in April cancels out March ‘sprint’
The trajectory for “18 weeks” recovery was missed by a record margin
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NewsMapped: RTT waiting times
An interactive map of local NHS waits around England in April 2026, showing the pressures, with links to all the details by organisation and specialty.
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Daily InsightHSJ Weekly Catch-up: Waiting games, quality oversights and hallway hospitals
Your essential update on health for the week
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Expert BriefingThe Download: The foot in the door
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 and Joe Talora. Contact HSJ in confidence here.
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NewsKnighthood for hospital chief
A trust group CEO currently working as NHS England’s deputy chief executive has been awarded a knighthood in this year’s King’s birthday honours, for services to the NHS.
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Daily InsightThe mythbuster: Pessimism on NHS productivity is a result of ignorance of its causes
If the NHS focused on removing ‘failure activity’, it could transform its productivity