All Health Service Journal articles in March 2025 – Page 2
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NewsNational medical director retires
The most senior medic in the NHS in England is stepping down.
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PodcastHSJ Podcast: The big patient choice row
This week, we discuss why private providers are threatening to refuse to treat NHS patients, and why hospital bosses are equally vexed.
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NewsWorst trusts for food, cleanliness and privacy revealed
The best and worst trusts for food, cleanliness and privacy – as judged by patients and staff – have been revealed.
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NewsTrusts overspending with ‘no consequence’, says senior MP
Reforms will be lost in the “black hole of the NHS” unless the health service fixes productivity and stops overspending with “no consequence”, senior MPs have said.
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NewsTrust bosses summoned to ‘get a grip’ on £7bn deficit
Amanda Pritchard and Sir Jim Mackey are calling in NHS local leaders to London for an urgent meeting after first-cut financial plans warned of a £7bn deficit for the coming year.
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Daily InsightDaily Insight: The good, the bad and the inedible
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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News‘Profound’ improvement takes trust out of ‘recovery’
An ambulance trust is set to be promoted from the bottom tier of NHS England’s performance regime after nearly three years.
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NewsEx-NHSE board member joins major private provider
A former NHS England board member has been appointed vice chair of private provider Spire Healthcare.
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Expert BriefingThe Integrator: Clues to the 10-Year Plan
Insider tales and must-read analysis on how integration is reshaping health and care systems, NHS providers, primary care, and commissioning. This week by correspondent Mimi Launder
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Daily InsightHSJ Weekly Catch-up: Powis quits, support fails and board implodes
Your essential update on health for the week.
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HSJ LocalAt least £200m needed to ‘bridge gap’ to delayed new hospital
At least £200m will be needed to maintain a London hospital’s existing estate after plans for a new site were delayed by a further five years, early estimates by the provider suggest.
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Daily InsightThe mythbuster: I come to bury NHSE
Steve Black asserts that NHSE’s persistent failures in emergency care, driven by flawed policies and refusal to embrace evidence-based solutions, highlight the need for a major organisational overhaul
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NewsCancer tests and virtual wards targeted for new cuts
Recently-opened cancer testing centres and virtual wards will be among the services cut back as the NHS seeks to eliminate a £6.6bn forecast deficit, senior leaders have told HSJ.
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HSJ PartnersCould medication adherence monitoring help bring together the NHS and social care sectors?
“The UK is experiencing increased demand for NHS and social care services. An increasing number of people are living longer with multiple long-term health conditions, and require support from a wide range of services at home, in the community and in hospitals.”
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NewsNew finance chief for region with biggest deficits
A trust leader in the North West has been appointed as the director of finance for one of the most financially challenged NHS regions.
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CommentA slash and burn approach to cutting manager numbers won’t work
As the NHS rebalances its workforce, cutting management roles may seem logical, but reducing non-clinical staff could burden overstretched clinicians and compromise efficient patient care, writes Jon Freegard
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NewsVirtual ward cost similar to inpatient care, says contentious study’s author
The cost of discharging patients to virtual wards becomes “equitable” with inpatient care over time, analysis suggests – despite initial findings that it was much more expensive.
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NewsExclusive: NHSE finance chief quits in top team overhaul
Julian Kelly, NHS England’s chief financial officer, is to step down in a matter of weeks as part of an overhaul to bring NHSE under closer government control, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsCentral staff to be cut by 50%
NHS England and the Department of Health and Social Care are planning a huge cut of around 50 per cent in central staffing, NHSE has announced.
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NewsNHSE chief operating officer quits
Two more NHS England board members are stepping down, as much of the organisation’s senior leadership team is overhauled following the appointment of transition CEO Sir Jim Mackey.