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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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NewsRevealed: Biggest climbers and fallers on diagnostic waits
Eleven trusts recorded swings of more than 20 percentage points on the headline waiting target for diagnostic tests over the past year.
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CommentWaiting list grows again
The NHS missed its recovery trajectory by 89,000 patient pathways in May
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News16 trusts ‘streamlined’ towards advanced FT status
Sixteen trusts are entering a “streamlined” application process to become advanced foundation trusts, NHS England has announced.
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CommentPaying people to walk is not the simple solution the government thinks it is
A reward scheme for walking is welcome. But such programmes are far easier to launch than to make work
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NewsCEO warns against ‘top slicing’ acutes for ‘well meaning’ neighbourhood schemes
Large acute trusts are shouldering unreasonable risk because their funding has been “top sliced” to pay for “well meaning” but unproven “neighbourhood health” schemes, a leading London CEO has told HSJ.
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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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HSJ PartnersAssess, deploy, measure: an NHS CIO’s method for scalable AI upskilling
Lessons from The Dudley Group on finding your workforce’s data and artificial intelligence gaps, matching the right training to the right roles, and measuring what it delivers for staff and patients.
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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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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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News‘Failure to deliver reforms has cost NHS billions’, claims ex-DHSC adviser
NHS England’s failure to deliver recommended reforms to pathology services has cost the service billions of pounds in lost savings over the last decade, a senior peer who previously reviewed the sector has claimed.
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NewsPerformance dips after trusts earn bonus cash
Most trusts that earned capital funding for improved A&E waiting times in March saw their performance deteriorate in the months after, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsDash: Primary care has twice the space it needs
The NHS may have “twice as much” floor space for GP practices and associated services as it actually needs, the chair of NHS England has said.
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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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CommentDigitally strong trusts more likely to avoid NHSE intervention
Research matching NHS Oversight Framework segments with Digital Maturity Assessment scores across 58 trusts reveals a clear and consistent pattern: the higher a trust’s digital capability, the less likely it is to face regulatory intervention.
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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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CommentInvolving patients and charities is the key to making neighbourhood health work
Voluntary sector partnerships and patient involvement are essential to delivering preventive and effective neighbourhood care
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CommentReducing hospital demand is not the right test for neighbourhood care
The idea that neighbourhood care can reduce demand on hospitals is not the given many claim it to be. But is it even the right question to ask?
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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.