All Health Service Journal articles in May 2026
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Daily InsightDaily Insight: Who’s steering this trust?
The must-read stories and debates in health policy and leadership.
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PodcastHSJ Podcast: Chatbot turned therapist
Millions of people are turning to AI chatbots to manage their mental health, driven by a combination of long waiting lists and not meeting clinical thresholds for treatment.
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HSJ LocalNew CEO role for ex-crisis trust boss
Oxford Health Foundation Trust has appointed its next chief executive, who joins from a recently dissolved mental health trust.
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News3,000 staff exiting NHSE
More than 700 staff have left NHS England this year through voluntary exit and redundancy schemes and another 2,300 are due to depart by next April, national leaders have said.
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NewsAdvice and guidance ‘adding to backlogs’, say consultants
Many medical consultants report a “mixed” experience with the advice and guidance model, saying it is “under-resourced and adding to existing backlogs”, according to research by an integrated care board.
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HSJ PartnersWorking in partnership to achieve hepatitis C elimination
An unprecedented partnership approach with Gilead Sciences has helped put the UK on track to be one of the first countries to eliminate hepatitis C
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Expert BriefingPatient Safety Watch: Maternity safety stays in the spotlight
HSJ hosts the Patient Safety Watch newsletter, written by Patient Safety Watch chief executive James Titcombe
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News‘Influential’ CEO quits leading provider to head new trust
A chief executive who lost accountable officer status when her trust adopted a group model last month is set to leave to run another acute provider.
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NewsTrusts ‘really poor’ at IT rollouts, Mackey warns
The rollout of IT systems has created a “degree of turmoil” until recently, the chief executive of NHS England has admitted.
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Daily InsightHSJ Weekly Catch-up: Uneven job cuts, faulty tenders, and rudderless trusts
Your essential update on health for the week
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NewsTrust criticised over child death
The care of a five-year-old boy who died at a specialist hospital “did not meet the standards expected”, an external review has said.
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NewsGPs to withhold patient data in contract dispute
GP practices should take “collective action” in protest against their contract by cutting back on sharing patient data, the British Medical Association’s GP committee has said.
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NewsEx-NHSE director joins NICE top team
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence has appointed a GP, and former NHS England national clinical director, as its new chief medical officer.
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Daily InsightThe mythbuster: The great social insurance distraction
The comparison between the NHS and other health systems is dominated by arguments over funding, which is a profound mistake
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NewsTrusts see surge in AI-generated complaints
Trusts’ complaints teams are facing a wave of AI-generated complaints letters which can run to dozens of pages, deploying inaccurate legal arguments and containing hallucinated information, HSJ has learned.
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HSJ LocalEx-civil servant made trust CEO
Cambridge University Hospitals Foundation Trust has appointed Nicola Ayton as its new permanent chief executive, the provider has announced.
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NewsFrench tech giant seeks to crack GP IT duopoly
An insurgent NHS tech supplier is planning a major expansion after being bought out by a European company.
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Daily InsightDaily Insight: Prognosis negative
The must-read stories and debates in health policy and leadership.
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NewsMackey’s heir named number one trust CEO
The top two trust chief executives in the 12th edition of HSJ’s annual ranking of the most respected provider CEOs have taken very different routes to the summit.
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HSJ InteractiveJudging HSJ’s top chief executives
HSJ’s top chief executives was compiled with the input of leading figures in and around the NHS