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NewsAt least 20% of baby deaths ‘potentially avoidable’
At least a fifth of baby deaths last year may have been preventable, with this estimate considered “a minimum”, an analysis of thousands of care reviews has concluded.
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NewsNHS bosses admit defeat on 18-week pledge
NHS chiefs have told ministers that their top health manifesto pledge - to restore the 18-week elective target by 2029 - is “not going to happen”, as a new analysis confirms the service is significantly off track.
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Expert BriefingThe Download: ‘Perv glasses’ in the consultation room
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 and Ben Clover. Contact HSJ in confidence here.
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CommentPrescribing how to improve productivity does not work
The NHS needs fewer targets and more stability if local leaders are to make the decisions that improve productivity
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NewsICB mergers suspended due to ‘devolution discussions’
Twenty clustered integrated care boards that had expected to merge next year must wait until at least 2028 while government considers the implications of the prime minister’s devolution agenda, they have been told.
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NewsICB faces potential legal battle over funding row
Three GP practices are threatening to sue their integrated care board over its plans to cut premises funding.
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Expert BriefingMental Health Matters: Axing the blocks
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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NewsRevealed: NHSE plan to ‘grip’ GP performance
NHS England intends to “improve operational grip” on GP performance and has warned it may lead to “contractual action”.
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CommentComing clean about dental rationing
NHS dentistry requires a shift from repeated contract tinkering towards explicit choices about rationing, equity and capacity, supported by a carefully sequenced package of reforms
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NewsNHSE ‘bringing in staff without due process’
NHS England’s internal whistleblowing champions raised concerns that the organisation is bringing in staff “without due process”.
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NewsCEO drafted in to lead trust out of hospital group
A new chief executive has been appointed to oversee Northern Lincolnshire and Goole Foundation Trust’s departure from its troubled group with Hull University Teaching Hospitals Trust.
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CommentThirlwall can help NHS management reclaim its soul
The author of the NHS’s first management code of conduct calls for its renewal to be supported
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NewsEx-minister would sack half of managers he has met ‘in a heartbeat’
An ex-health minister has said he would sack half of the NHS managers he has met “in a heartbeat” for not being good enough.
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Expert BriefingThe Integrator: Will ICBs escape the league tables?
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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Expert BriefingPatient Safety Watch: The appearance of action without improving safety
HSJ hosts the Patient Safety Watch newsletter, written by Patient Safety Watch chief executive James Titcombe
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NewsLetby trust criticised over fetus storage
The trust where Lucy Letby worked has been heavily criticised for how it looks after the bodies of fetuses.
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NewsICB orders all GPs to use ‘distrusted’ IT system
An integrated care board has ordered all of its 337 GP practices to use a single digital access system and is switching off five rival products to save money.
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NewsRegions ‘should penalise trusts for poor tech’
Advanced foundation trust status should be dependent on meeting digital maturity targets with “consequences” for non-compliance, an influential new report advises.
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Expert BriefingRecovery Watch: Will government abandon 18 weeks?
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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NewsAlarm raised over impact of management cuts on NHS productivity
“Politically attractive” cuts to managers could harm the NHS’s productivity, a major NHS commission has warned.