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PodcastHSJ Podcast: The Right to Choose rip-off?
This week we discuss the final report of a major government review into prevalence and support for mental health conditions, ADHD and autism, including its criticism of the quality and cost of assessments done by independent providers.
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NewsICBs in the dark about quality of private care, warns government review
A government-commissioned review has expressed “strong concerns” over the consistency and quality of ADHD and autism assessments carried out by private providers.
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NewsAt least 20% of baby deaths ‘potentially avoidable’
At least a fifth of baby deaths last year may have been preventable, with this estimate considered “a minimum”, an analysis of thousands of care reviews has concluded.
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NewsTrust CEOs to join NHSE top team
Northumbria Healthcare Foundation Trust CEO Birju Bartoli is to join NHSE as lead for urgent and emergency care.
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NewsHospital performance on the slide across the board
NHS secondary care performance deteriorated in almost every area during the past two months.
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NewsNHSE: Boards must ‘account for progress’ on staff vaccination
Trust boards must be prepared to “account for progress” on their staff flu vaccination rates, NHS England has warned, after only one in 10 providers hit the national ambition last winter.
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NewsHospitals seek ‘pause’ on ambulance handover rule
An ambulance trust is “not assured” the 45-minute limit on hospital handovers can be consistently delivered this winter, after repeated requests from hospitals to “pause” it.
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NewsNHS bosses admit defeat on 18-week pledge
NHS chiefs have told ministers that their top health manifesto pledge - to restore the 18-week elective target by 2029 - is “not going to happen”, as a new analysis confirms the service is significantly off track.
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NewsICB mergers suspended due to ‘devolution discussions’
Twenty clustered integrated care boards that had expected to merge next year must wait until at least 2028 while government considers the implications of the prime minister’s devolution agenda, they have been told.
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NewsGovernment alert sounded over EPR cyber security risk
The “concentration” of electronic patient record systems under a relatively small number of suppliers has increased the risk of highly damaging cyber attack, a government review has concluded.
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LeaderThe stubborn insanity of NHS finances
“No one tells the truth about their financial position” – so a respected chief executive of a trust with an income north of £1bn informed HSJ last week.
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NewsRevealed: NHSE plan to ‘grip’ GP performance
NHS England intends to “improve operational grip” on GP performance and has warned it may lead to “contractual action”.
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PodcastHSJ Podcast: Labour joins in the manager bashing
This week we bring you the health highlights from the Labour Party Conference, including an ex-minister who said he would sack half of the NHS managers he has met “in a heartbeat” for not being good enough.
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NewsNHSE ‘bringing in staff without due process’
NHS England’s internal whistleblowing champions raised concerns that the organisation is bringing in staff “without due process”.
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News‘Disjointed’ tech projects must be accelerated, says NHSE board
NHS England’s technology committee has warned that “disjointed” key national tech programmes are “falling short of our ambitions” amid a “slow pace of delivery”.
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NewsCEO drafted in to lead trust out of hospital group
A new chief executive has been appointed to oversee Northern Lincolnshire and Goole Foundation Trust’s departure from its troubled group with Hull University Teaching Hospitals Trust.
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Expert BriefingThe Download: The give and the get
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 Ben Clover and Joe Talora. Contact HSJ in confidence here.
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NewsEight stillbirths may have been avoided at hospitals with longstanding maternity concerns
An independent review has found better care might have prevented eight stillbirths at a trust which was at the centre of a maternity scandal four years ago.
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NewsRevealed: The ICBs closest to hitting new access target
More than one in five clinically urgent GP appointments were not seen on the same day – but some areas are coming close to delivering the NHS England access requirement in 90 per cent of cases – new data reveals.
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Best Practice
SCRIPT e-learning programme helps strengthen prescribing competence
Entrant: University of Birmingham and NHS England
Category: Patient Safety Awards 2026/Patient Safety Education and Training Award
Award: Shortlisted