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NewsMinisters considering scrapping national NHS CEO
Ministers are considering abolishing the post of NHS chief executive to fully merge the management of the service with the health department, HSJ understands.
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CommentThe NHS is getting better thanks to its leaders
NHS improvement depends less on restructuring and more on courageous leadership tackling inequality, workforce pressures, and service performance
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CommentPolitical whim should not drive NHS restructures
As Parliament debates the Health Bill, the focus should be on not only new structures, but on whether repeated NHS reorganisations deliver meaningful change
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LeaderStuck in the politician’s waiting room
Once again, the NHS is waiting. Waiting to see if there will be a new prime minister, waiting to see if they will appoint a new health secretary, waiting to see who that health secretary will appoint as Sir Jim Mackey’s successor. Waiting to see if the new leadership will ...
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NewsExclusive: CQC’s ‘ridiculous’ inspections without clinical input
The Care Quality Commission has been accused of undertaking “ridiculous” inspections without clinical input which have put patients at risk, HSJ can reveal.
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CommentHow the UK’s housing shortage is undermining NHS care
Mental health trusts are spending millions keeping clinically ready patients in hospital beds – not because they need treatment, but because the supported housing market that should receive them has been shrinking for 15 years
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NewsRetail exec to lead NHS digital trust
A senior retail sector executive has been appointed the first chair of NHS Online, the digital-only trust which was formally launched today.
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CommentThe government’s new cyber bill has forgotten the NHS
Two bills announced in the King’s Speech deal with issues of vital importance to the NHS and its use of new technology. The fact that neither mentions the other is a huge missed opportunity
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NewsRegulators demand answers on advice and guidance
Answers are needed from NHS England and others on 11 issues to make sure its controversial expansion of advice and guidance is safe, the Care Quality Commission has declared.
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NewsRegulator ‘missing many AI incidents’
Safety concerns linked to AI voice tech are not being properly reported because many providers are unaware of the regulation system or too busy to use it, experts have told HSJ.
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NewsGrowing private services creating ‘regulatory gap’, claims watchdog
There is a growing “regulatory gap” around several NHS services where private provision has grown rapidly, the Parliamentary watchdog has told HSJ.
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NewsCQC warns Health Bill could leave it fighting itself in court
The Care Quality Commission has warned that government plans for it to absorb the national patient safety investigations body could leave it arguing against itself in the High Court.
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NewsSix ICBs chosen to lead specialised commissioning
Just one of the seven NHS England regions has yet to decide which organisation will host the patch’s joint commissioning of specialised and some other services.
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Expert BriefingThe Integrator: NHS reform after Streeting
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
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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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NewsNHSE lead to stand in as CQC chief inspector
NHS England’s first medical director for mental health and neurodiversity is being seconded to the Care Quality Commission for six months.
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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
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Expert BriefingMental Health Matters: How one borough is rewiring care
HSJ’s briefing covering safety, quality, performance, and finances in the mental health sector, by deputy bureau chief Annabelle Collins — contact me in confidence.
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CommentToo much NHS mental healthcare is outdated
Outdated treatments and underfunded research are holding back mental health care, leaving NHS services struggling to deliver effective, sustainable outcomes
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NewsExclusive: No 10 sets new GP access target
A new target for improving patients’ experience of making GP appointments is among three top NHS priorities identified by the prime minister for this year, HSJ has learned.