Will Hazell
| Will Hazell is a correspondent for HSJ, reporting on regulation, quality, specialised services and the South West. He has closely reported the implementation of the Care Quality Commission’s new inspection regime in the wake of the Francis report. In 2015 he won the Medical Journalists’ Association young journalist of the year award. Before joining HSJ he worked for a government services company, working across a number of sectors including health. |
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HSJ LocalDeputy given trust chief role after original choice quit
The Royal Devon and Exeter Foundation Trust has chosen a new chief executive – less than two weeks after the previous appointee declined to take up the post.
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Clinical commissioning groups in London have said funding for fetal medicine services is “insufficient”, and warn that unless current arrangements are improved it could “impact on equitable provision”.
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HSJ LocalSomerset STP plots 'accountable care system'
Somerset’s sustainability and transformation plan sets the goal of implementing an “accountable care system” by April 2019.
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Delayed transfers of care have continued to worsen and have almost hit 200,000 delayed days in a month, new figures shows.
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NHS England has lost its appeal against a High Court judgment that it has the power to commission a preventative HIV drug.
HSJ LocalSuspended CCG chief resigns after critical investigations
The suspended managing director of Kernow Clinical Commissioning Group has stood down, it has been confirmed.
HSJ LocalTrust chief executive quits before taking up post
The incoming chief executive of Royal Devon and Exeter Foundation Trust has decided not to take up her post at the organisation.
NewsExclusive: Regulator's list reveals trusts slated for takeover or franchise
Several NHS trusts which were slated by officials for takeover or management franchise are revealed in a list obtained by HSJ, which regulators sought to keep secret for 18 months.
Expert BriefingDeep South: What's good for the goose...
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HSJ LocalNew chief executive for South West trust
Salisbury Foundation Trust has appointed Cara Charles-Barks as its new chief executive.
Expert BriefingFollowing the Money: NHS England moves its tanks
HSJ’s weekly email briefing on NHS finances, savings and efforts to get the health service back in the black
HSJ Local'Shared leadership' plan for South West trusts
Bristol’s two acute trusts are developing “shared leadership arrangements”, NHS Improvement has announced.
NewsDrugs to face new NHS affordability test
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence and NHS England have launched a consultation on introducing an affordability test into the process for authorising new treatments.
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The national guardian for the freedom to speak up has said her office will not be an “investigation body”, instead issuing “recommendations rather than judgments” to trusts on how they can improve whistleblowing processes.
HSJ LocalKatrina Percy resigns from Southern Health advisory role
Katrina Percy has resigned from her role as a strategic adviser at Southern Health Foundation Trust after less than six weeks in the role.
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NewsTheresa May: Conservatives are the 'party of the NHS'
The Conservatives are now the “party of the NHS” because Labour have “abandoned the centre ground” of British politics, Theresa May has said.
NewsPathology and back office savings 'won't all be achieved this year'
The health service will not be able to fully realise savings from planned back office and pathology consolidation in 2016-17, NHS Improvement’s productivity director has told HSJ.
HSJ LocalBoard upheaval at governance failure trust
Two non-executive directors are departing from Gloucestershire Hospitals Foundation Trust just weeks after it revealed it was heading for a large unexpected deficit.