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Expert BriefingImPatient: 10 tips for Wes
Patient (Lived Experience) Leadership is about those affected by life-changing illness, injury or disability who want to influence change through being equal partners in decision making. In this monthly expert briefing, patient leadership champion David Gilbert picks out the most significant developments in a field of increasing relevance to the ...
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CommentWhy prevention keeps losing out
NHS leaders believe in prevention, but system design drives focus on waiting lists and activity, not long-term health 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.
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Expert BriefingThe Download: Shadow AI
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 Ben Clover. Contact HSJ in confidence here.
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NewsEx-NHSE director joins NICE top team
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence has appointed a GP, and former NHS England national clinical director, as its new chief medical officer.
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NewsGPs to withhold patient data in contract dispute
GP practices should take “collective action” in protest against their contract by cutting back on sharing patient data, the British Medical Association’s GP committee has said.
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News3,000 staff exiting NHSE
More than 700 staff have left NHS England this year through voluntary exit and redundancy schemes and another 2,300 are due to depart by next April, national leaders have said.
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CommentMental health reform is becoming urgent
Demand for mental health support is rising, particularly among young people. The next phase of NHS reform must prioritise prevention, early intervention and services that are accessible when people need them
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CommentGovernment must back ICBs or its reforms will fail
ICBs are ready to prove themselves as strategic commissioners. Now the government needs to hold up its end of the bargain
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NewsDHSC hires firm to help with wave of private finance deals
The Department of Health and Social Care has commissioned a “technical adviser” to develop the public-private partnership model for neighbourhood health centres.
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CommentPatient power payments risk driving defensive medicine in the NHS
Giving patients greater influence over provider payment could improve accountability, but clinicians warn it may encourage defensive practice and place further strain on NHS services
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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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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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NewsNHSE rows back on controversial target
NHS England has rowed back on what was widely understood to be a new target for the proportion of patients it wanted “diverted” away from waiting lists, after accusations it was rationing care.
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NewsGP upgrades ‘stuck in layers of approval’
A string of bureaucratic barriers are still holding up development of buildings for primary and community care, multiple NHS and industry organisations have warned.
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Expert BriefingThe Download: Streeting’s abominables
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 Ben Clover. Contact HSJ in confidence here.
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NewsDHSC ran nine-day recruitment for national role
The Department of Health and Social Care left an application window of just nine days to recruit a co-chair who will oversee delivery of its national cancer plan.
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HSJ PartnersA prevention policy without a delivery plan is a promise the NHS cannot keep
Across the NHS, clinicians have been calling for progress on osteoporosis for years. Yet nearly two years on from a clear national commitment, there is still no plan for delivery – and no progress.
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CommentYear-end elective ‘sprint’ off to a slow start
Sensible things are happening, but too slowly for 18 weeks recovery