All Health Service Journal articles in November 2025
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NewsStreeting makes fresh bid to avert doctors’ strikes
Wes Streeting made further non-pay offers to resident doctors on Wednesday night, but said they must rapidly cancel planned strikes or risk the government withdrawing its proposals.
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NewsICBs told: Be ‘bold’ and ‘go beyond traditional providers’
Integrated care boards must be “bold” in their new role as “strategic commissioners”, including decommissioning services and “look[ing] beyond traditional providers”, new NHS England guidance says.
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Expert BriefingThe Download: Following Estonia’s lead
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 Ella Devereux. Contact HSJ in confidence here.
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NewsCritical incident declared after EPR launch
A hospital trust has declared a critical incident following the launch of its new electronic patient record system.
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NewsStreeting’s maternity review delayed ‘by doctors strikes’
The “rapid national investigation” into maternity and neonatal services will no longer publish its interim findings this year, claiming its work has been delayed by this month’s resident doctors strike.
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NewsTrust’s missing training contributed to death
A coroner has warned a trust over communication failures, leadership and a “lack of professional curiosity” in relation to a patient’s death, which appear to echo previous cases at the provider.
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HSJ Local‘Serious leadership failures’ found at major trust
A major trust has been accused of presiding over “serious and systemic failures in leadership” and rated inadequate in the well led domain by the Care Quality Commission.
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Daily InsightDaily Insight: Tip of the iceberg
The must-read stories and debates in health policy and leadership.
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Expert BriefingFollowing the Money: CEOs told to get a grip on finance
HSJ’s expert briefing on NHS finances, savings and efforts to get back in the black. By finance correspondent Henry Anderson.
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NewsRevealed: Hundreds of lung cancer patients harmed after long waits
Hundreds of lung cancer patients are coming to harm while waiting longer than the 62-day benchmark for starting treatment, according to unpublished data collated by HSJ which ministers have called “shocking”.
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NewsRestructure a bigger problem than funding, say ICB leaders
Structural reorganisation is a bigger barrier to improving services than lack of funding or growing demand, according to senior integrated care system leaders.
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HSJ PartnersSmarter resource management: Why visibility is the NHS’s hidden superpower
With financial pressures mounting, NHS trusts are turning to smarter resource management to improve care and reduce waste. In this HSJ webinar, Royal Papworth and Idox explore how asset tracking and digital visibility are driving trust-wide transformation
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Daily InsightDaily Insight: Personal abuse of CEOs set to ratchet up
The must-read stories and debates in health policy and leadership.
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NewsDirector who raised alarm about racism receives apology
A Black chief nursing officer has returned to work after her employer admitted it failed to address her concerns about race discrimination and equity.
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NewsConcerns after ICB contracted part-time director from external firm
An integrated care board paid around £400,000 in a single year for a part-time board director and services provided by their company, HSJ has learned.
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NewsTrusts ‘need help to cut through AI noise’
NHS Providers and IBM have set up an AI productivity centre to help trusts save money when adopting new technology.
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NewsPrepare for ‘very unpleasant abuse’ if you want to be a CEO, warns retiring boss
Aspiring hospital leaders should be prepared for “very unpleasant, personal abuse”, especially when they take the “courageous decisions” to cut spending, according to a trust boss retiring after 15 years as a chief executive.
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Daily InsightThe mythbuster: This year’s planning guidance is better but still deeply flawed
Steve Black assesses the NHS planning guidance for 2026-27 to 2028-29 – aka the “medium term planning framework”.
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Expert BriefingThe Integrator: What’s the ambition for IHOs and neighbourhoods?
Insider tales and must-read analysis on how integration is reshaping health and care systems, NHS providers, primary care, and commissioning. This week by deputy editor Dave West.