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Expert BriefingRecovery Watch: How trusts drove near-record improvements
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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NewsTroubleshooter joins trust as interim CEO
A mental health trust has appointed an interim chief with a reputation for taking on challenged organisations while it begins a search for its next permanent leader.
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NewsTop trust ‘struggling’ with tariff reform
A top-performing trust’s CEO has said it is “struggling” with the impact of NHS England’s financial reforms – which it argues are “disproportionately” affecting organisations providing specialist care.
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CommentThe default model for complex care is no longer fit for purpose
Providers and GPs across North Central London tested a proactive neighbourhood model that improved coordination for patients with multiple long-term conditions
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CommentWe must shake up data sharing to deliver neighbourhood health
The success of neighbourhood health cannot depend on ambition alone. Governance, accountability, and digital coordination across fragmented NHS organisations are all required
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CommentStaff must be trained to use AVT properly
Supplier registries for AVT tools are all very well, but are they the best way to reduce risk for trusts adopting the new technology?
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News21 trusts ‘delivered year’s elective recovery in single month’
Twenty-one trusts delivered their entire 2025-26 elective improvement in March alone, analysis shows, prompting concerns about the “fragility and sustainability” of the NHS’s waiting list recovery.
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HSJ PartnersBreaking down barriers: Supporting early lung cancer detection in patients with mental health conditions
Lung cancer remains one of the UK’s most significant health challenges, yet not all patients face the same odds of early diagnosis.
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NewsNHS-owned consultancy faces closure
An NHS-owned consultancy is facing closure after reporting significant financial losses, HSJ can reveal.
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CommentThe growing management crisis risks undermining NHS reform
A new NHS workforce plan must finally address the overlooked management workforce needed to drive improvement, innovation, and reform
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NewsNeighbourhood plans ‘in danger’, says top five trust leader
The government’s neighbourhood health agenda is “in danger of not happening” amid a lack of clarity over governance structures and funding, the chair of England’s fourth-largest trust has claimed.
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CommentThere is growing unease about the future of stroke care
The government’s focus on stroke signals a welcome elevation of this critical policy and clinical area, but much hangs on the planned Modern Service Framework
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CommentThe NHS needs to learn to call patients by the right name
The CQC has just admitted that no one is checking NHS staff are calling patients by preferred names. That gap is fixable
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News‘Central pressure’ forcing ICBs to cut reform investment
Integrated care boards are struggling to protect funds to deliver neighbourhood health and other 10-Year Health Plan proposals this year – with one cluster forced to withdraw a £33m fund days after launching it.
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CommentTarget hit as unreported removals spike
Most but not all of the waiting list improvement was caused by validation
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HSJ PartnersDemystifying NHS-pharmaceutical industry collaboration: Unlocking value already within reach
This non-promotional article has been fully funded and written by Novartis Pharmaceuticals UK Limited. It is intended for healthcare professionals, other relevant decision makers and patient organisations. Please do not forward, share or post this content beyond the intended audience, including on publicly accessible websites or ...
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CommentThe three things boards can do to tackle the inequality harming children
Without changes to board accountability and system governance, the care provided by the NHS to children will not improve
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NewsIncrease in corridor care ‘haemorrhaging morale’, trust told
Governors at one of the largest trusts in the country have warned that moving patients from beds to chairs to free up space is a risk to staff and public morale.
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NewsElective target hit after spike in ‘unreported removals’
NHS England has hit its 65 per cent waiting list for 2025-26, but experts said the “majority of the improvement” in March was driven by a “record” spike in “unreported removals”.
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CommentUnfairly shifting the burden of care to GPs is a feature of NHS system design, not a bug
The 8am scramble to see a GP reflects capacity shortages, workforce mismatches, and system inefficiencies