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News£370m capital announced to support urgent care recovery
The NHS will be given £370m of capital funding to help it improve “suboptimal” urgent and emergency care services by this winter, the government has announced.
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CommentEntrenched NHS systems are failing those with multiple long-term conditions
A new report from The King’s Fund looks at how primary and secondary care clinicians can better work together to improve outcomes for people with multiple long-term conditions. Cheryl Gowar discusses how this will be vital for future-proofing the NHS
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CommentWe need a national MSK strategy
A national MSK strategy is needed to address the current lack of strategic planning at system level, argues Sue Brown, chief executive of the Arthritis and Musculoskeletal Alliance
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CommentWe must not paste AI solutions over brittle IT infrastructure
With the 10-Year Health Plan due, Nicholas Appelbaum urges policymakers to follow the American example and ensure clinical interoperability becomes a must-have through legislation
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CommentThe answer to long ADHD waiting lists lies in the community
With a significant rise in demand for ADHD assessments and support, Healthwatch England’s head of policy and research William Pett says people with ADHD deserve to receive quicker support when they need it and those with unmet needs should be encouraged to seek help
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Expert BriefingImPatient: Chutzpah, hope and misplaced faith
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 NHS.
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Expert BriefingThe Download: Marching into No.10
The fortnightly newsletter that unpacks system leaders’ priorities for digital technology and the impact they are having on delivering health services. This week written by bureau chief Ben Clover. Contact HSJ in confidence here.
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Expert BriefingOn Call: Streeting’s plans for senior manager pay
Essential insights into the latest workforce challenges facing NHS staff. Analysis on the key questions around recruitment and retention, staff wellbeing, and equality, diversity and inclusion. By HSJ workforce correspondent Nick Kituno.
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CommentImproving care for women: what the 10-Year Plan needs to say
Ranee Thakar, president of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, sets out the nine questions the 10-Year Health Plan needs to address if it wants to help drive up the quality of care for women
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NewsNew NHSE strategy chief confirmed
NHS England has confirmed the appointment of a new strategy director.
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CommentWait list grows for first time in seven months
Seasonal growth has overwhelmed recent sluggish improvements, writes Rob Findlay
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NewsDHSC reshuffles team to get 10-Year Plan ‘over the line’
A former think tank lead has taken on the final drafting of the government’s 10-Year Health Plan, about a month ahead of publication, HSJ has learned.
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Expert BriefingThe Download: Market failure?
The fortnightly newsletter that unpacks system leaders’ priorities for digital technology and the impact they are having on delivering health services. This week written by bureau chief Ben Clover. Contact HSJ in confidence here.
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NewsMajor provider joins NHSE’s most challenged group
University Hospitals Birmingham Foundation Trust has joined four other trusts in NHS England’s most challenged category for all three of elective, diagnostic and cancer performance.
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CommentReforming the NHS and local government simultaneously is a big risk
Without stronger collaboration and investment in prevention, NHS changes could undermine place-based care and strain local systems that are already stretched, warns Tom Stannard
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Expert BriefingRecovery Watch: Are ‘unambitious’ targets here to stay?
Addressing urgent and emergency care recovery, including reducing A&E wait times and corridor care, remain top operational priorities for the NHS. This week’s Recovery Watch newsletter, by senior correspondent Matt Discombe, reports on progress towards these goals.
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NewsNHSE reorganisation plans delayed
The first draft of a “high-level plan” for merging NHS England into the Department of Health and Social Care has been delayed, officials have acknowledged.
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Expert BriefingThe Download: The FDP is an ‘empty box’ in many areas
The fortnightly newsletter that unpacks system leaders’ priorities for digital technology and the impact they are having on delivering health services. This week written by correspondent Joe Talora. Contact HSJ in confidence here.
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NewsICBs told to get tighter grip on GP referrals
Integrated care boards have been told to significantly strengthen the drive to ensure that potential GP referrals are first scrutinised by hospital consultants.
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CommentThe NHS must get more out of the EPRs it has purchased
Almost every trust now has an electronic patient record but unless they are used correctly, the promised productivity, prevention and AI benefits will remain beyond reach, argue The Health Foundation’s Holly Krelle and Alex Lawrence