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Expert BriefingRecovery Watch: How many beds are enough?
Addressing urgent and emergency care recovery, including reducing A&E wait times and corridor care, remain top operational priorities for the NHS. This week’s Recovery Watch newsletter, by deputy bureau chief Matt Discombe, reports on progress towards these goals.
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HSJ Local‘Lives destroyed for speaking up’ at top hospital, claim doctors
Nearly 200 doctors at a major teaching hospital have told a “listening exercise” prompted by a major care scandal that they feared raising patient safety concerns.
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CommentWithout better data, the NHS will squander the opportunities offered by AI
AI promises to transform healthcare, but fragmented data systems and inconsistent governance remain the biggest barriers to safe, effective, and trustworthy implementation across the NHS
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NewsBaby safety concern trust gets national help
A maternity service which has had elevated neonatal mortality for several years has joined an NHS England programme for extra “support”, it has confirmed to HSJ.
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News‘Systemic failures’ contributed to teenager’s death
Longstanding issues with leadership and clinical oversight across two trusts contributed to failures surrounding the death of a teenager, two independent reviews have found.
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NewsThree dead after hospital failed to stop rogue consultant
Patients with lung disease suffered harm or died after treatment was repeatedly delayed or replaced with alternatives which had no evidence base, an independent review has found.
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CommentThe unrecognised profession with a national shortage
Sonographers have spent more than a decade on the NHS shortage occupation list, yet remain one of the few clinical workforces without statutory regulation, a protected title, or mandatory qualification standards
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NewsTrust appoints substantive CEO five weeks after hiring interim
A mental health trust has once again recruited its chief executive from its neighbouring provider.
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NewsNHSE orders ‘stocktake’ of patient communications
Trusts will be assessed on how they communicate with their patients as part of a “national stocktake” designed to ensure the NHS delivers “five-star customer service”, NHS England has announced.
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NewsMinisters remove adviser from national taskforce over ‘conflict of interest’
A medical adviser to the national maternity and neonatal taskforce has been asked to leave by ministers after they recognised “the depth of family concern” about his appointment.
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Expert BriefingPatient Safety Watch: ‘The wrong voices’
HSJ hosts the Patient Safety Watch newsletter, written by Patient Safety Watch chief executive James Titcombe
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NewsLeague tables ‘obscuring’ trust performance
Government’s trust league tables are “actively obscuring” patients’ understanding of their local services and should be scrapped, a think tank has recommended.
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Expert BriefingRecovery Watch: This year’s validation trick
Elective recovery and returning the NHS to meeting the 18-week standard by 2029 is the government’s main performance priority. The Recovery Watch newsletter tracks prospects and progress against this goal. This week, by bureau chief James Illman.
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CommentA national diagnostic strategy is needed to maximise productivity
Rapidly evolving diagnostic services are outgrowing the governance structures designed to support them. Variation, duplication, and pathway drift are growing problems
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CommentWe need a NICE for operational excellence
Operational decisions directly affect patient outcomes, yet lack the scientific infrastructure supporting clinical care. From theatre scheduling to risk stratification tools, the NHS has adopted interventions without the rigorous evaluation expected of clinical treatments
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NewsRegulator launches statutory inquiry into private provider
The Charity Commission has launched an inquiry into one of the largest private mental health providers over safeguarding and financial concerns.
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NewsArrests made at maternity inquiry trust
Two men have been arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office in connection with operating practices at Nottingham University Hospitals Trust’s mortuary service, police have revealed.
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HSJ PartnersSkilled managers: The key to psychological safety
As pressures on the NHS workforce intensify, the quality of management has become one of the most important determinants of patient safety, staff experience, and organisational performance.
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Expert BriefingPatient Safety Watch: Fears mount over corridor care, HSSIB reform and ‘never events’
HSJ hosts the Patient Safety Watch newsletter, written by Patient Safety Watch chair Jeremy Hunt
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CommentGet services right for neurodiverse patients and they’ll work for everyone
Neurodivergent patients expose hidden burdens in NHS pathways, revealing how fragmented services often rely on patients to coordinate care