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PodcastHSJ Podcast: Planning guidance explained – with NHS Providers’ CEO
Now that NHS England has published its planning guidance – rechristened the “medium-term planning framework” – we look at what it will mean for the service, with guest Daniel Elkeles, CEO of NHS Providers.
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NewsConfed and Providers agree merger
The boards of NHS Providers and the NHS Confederation have agreed “provisionally” to merge in April next year.
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NewsMinisters pressed for promised ‘independent workforce plan’
Government must deliver on its manifesto commitment to “regular, independent workforce planning” for health and social care, royal colleges and others warned Wes Streeting today.
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NewsConfed boss to leave next year
The head of the NHS Confederation will step down next year, he has announced, as the organisation considers a merger with NHS Providers.
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CommentManagers want to be as accountable as doctors
As the NHS prepares for sweeping reform, regulation and development of its managers must be central to lasting, effective change
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CommentAs a hospital group chair, it’s obvious we should invest in the social determinants of health
Targeting poverty and debt through advice services could transform NHS outcomes and cut health costs, writes Matthew Swindells
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NewsNo private finance for hospitals, says Treasury
Private finance will only be used to fund public sector infrastructure in “very limited circumstances”, the Treasury has confirmed.
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PodcastHSJ Podcast: Who’s really in charge of neighbourhood health?
The HSJ Health Check podcast explores the evolving concept of neighbourhood health, the question marks over who will lead in each area, and why integrated care boards still have an important role to play.
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PodcastHSJ Podcast: How the government should deal with another doctors’ strike
HSJ editor Alastair McLellan sits down with NHS Confederation chief executive Matthew Taylor during this year’s ConfedExpo conference, which has been happening at the same time as the chancellor’s spending review.
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NewsConfed and Providers set to merge
NHS Confederation chief Matthew Taylor has signalled moves towards a merger with NHS Providers.
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News‘Tear up’ outpatient model, Mackey tells NHS
The NHS needs to “tear up” the model of providing outpatients, Sir Jim Mackey has said.
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NewsICB chiefs ‘not sulking’ despite feeling ‘systematically undervalued’
Imposing drastic management cuts has revealed to other NHS leaders that integrated care boards “actually have an incredibly important function”, according to the NHS Confederation chief executive.
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NewsMackey’s men dominate the 2025 Top 50 CEO rankings
When Sir Jim Mackey took over as NHS England’s last chief executive, he picked four fellow acute trust CEOs to help him lead the service over the next two years.
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NewsMental health sidelined in key waiting list policy
GPs should be incentivised to get advice and guidance from specialist mental health teams to help “drive down waiting lists”, the new director of the NHS Confederation’s mental health network has said.
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NewsRevealed: ICBs divided on ‘neighbourhood teams’
HSJ analysis reveals a major split across England on the right size and shape for neighbourhood teams, which are a key part of government’s reform ambitions.
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News‘Reform standstill’ threatened over ICB cuts
Service reform and “strategic commissioning” may be “brought to a standstill” by steep cuts to integrated care boards, leaders have warned.
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NewsNHSE ‘ignoring trusts’ pleas for fair funding’
Mental health and community trust bosses have warned they could be forced to cut services because they may lose out under the formula used to distribute pay rise funding.
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NewsCare home companies complain NHS is freezing them out
Two of the UK’s largest care providers have said the NHS has commissioned just a fraction of the “winter pressures” beds from them than in previous years, despite the NHS facing similar levels of seasonal delays.
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NewsDiscrimination against gay and trans staff is undermining productivity, claims CEO
Tackling increased discrimination faced by gay and trans staff must be a priority for the NHS if it wants to maximise workforce productivity, according to the CEO of one of the service’s largest providers.
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NewsTackling racism ‘must be core’ to 10-year health plan
The government’s 10-year plan will fail if it does not tackle racism in the health service, the chair of the NHS Confederation has said.