All Policy and regulation articles – Page 6
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Expert BriefingThe Integrator: Abolishing NHSE is the easy part
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 global lessons on how to shift care closer to home
Global evidence shows primary care reforms often face political resistance, requiring deliberate strategies to sustain change and avoid stalled or collapsed implementation
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NewsTrusts could face ‘AI readiness’ test
Trusts passing an “AI readiness” test before being allowed to use the technology is one of the ideas being considered by an influential government commission.
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CommentSaying ‘no’ to referrals is the morally right thing to do
The NHS cannot meet rising elective demand within its current resources. Introducing referral thresholds is no longer a theoretical option, but a practical necessity to protect patients with the most serious conditions
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NewsCQC seeks CEO with ‘clear political licence’
The Care Quality Commission’s next chief executive will need to operate with “clear political licence” and be a ”visible national leader”, according to the troubled regulator’s job description for the role.
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NewsFourteen trusts rated red for ‘capability’
NHS England has rated 14 trusts “red” for “capability” – meaning their management has been unable to “grip” long-running problems.
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CommentNational targets protect low-profile services
Devolution without accountability risks worsening NHS inequalities, leaving osteoporosis patients underserved, and the need for national mandates to ensure equitable care
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Expert BriefingThe Integrator: Commissioning’s ‘last role of the dice’
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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CommentHow to ensure ‘advice and guidance’ works for patients
Transparency will be critical to evaluate whether increased use of advice and guidance leads to better experiences and outcomes, says William Pett
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CommentTurning the CQC into the regulator health and social care deserves
New draft frameworks signal the CQC’s shift back to sector-based regulation and a renewed focus on clarity, proportionality and improvement, says its interim chief executive
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News‘We have to prove’ ICBs have value, says Mackey
Integrated care boards have to prove they can deliver major improvements if questions over their future are to stop, NHS England chief executive Sir Jim Mackey has told HSJ.
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NewsUpdated: Trust halts launch of AI tool that lacked NHSE-required sign-off
An NHS trust has abandoned plans to trial a major US supplier’s ambient voice technology after concerns were raised about its compliance with NHS England accreditation requirements, HSJ can reveal.
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CommentBoth government and trusts are to blame for failing MND patients
The programme designed to give early access to an innovative new drug for motor neurone disease is not operating properly
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Comment‘Cheapest is best’ is still dominating NHS procurement
When buying things, the NHS has focused too much on lowest price, rather than best value. Ministers must not miss the opportunity to put this right
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CommentThe NHS’s approach to treating anxiety urgently needs an overhaul
NICE’s anxiety guideline has not been meaningfully updated in more than a decade. It is showing its age, with major implications for service users and clinicians alike
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CommentAI is reading and repurposing NHS info and that’s a problem
AI systems now sit between NHS guidance and patients, introducing a powerful but ungoverned layer that challenges existing accountability frameworks
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CommentThe NHS’s racism problem is being deliberately downplayed by government
NHS leaders risk undermining progress on race equality by weakening transparency and accountability, despite persistent evidence of discrimination across the workforce
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CommentCQC must speed up its efforts to improve or lose further credibility
A year into the Care Quality Commission’s major turnaround programme, a difficult job just became even harder
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Expert BriefingThe Integrator: Making ‘advice and guidance’ mandatory
Insider tales and must-read analysis on how integration is reshaping health and care systems, NHS providers, primary care, and commissioning. This week by primary care correspondent Caitlin Tilley.
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CommentThe silent drift towards increased cyber risk in the NHS
The NHS is in the middle of a quiet but consequential shift in how cyber risk is assessed