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CommentWill the NHS be held accountable for delivering its new CVD strategy?
The Modern Service Framework for CVD offers welcome ambition for stroke care, but its success depends on implementation, rehabilitation, workforce, and accountability to deliver consistent outcomes
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News1,000 CSU staff still in limbo
Around 1,000 commissioning support unit staff still have no clarity on whether their jobs will be moved to another part of the NHS or cut, less than six months from their employers being abolished, HSJ has learned.
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CommentThe single patient record must prioritise people at the end of life
A single patient record could improve end-of-life care by ensuring people’s wishes, decisions and critical information follow them across services
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NewsStevens: Health Bill risks Trumpian politicisation of appointments
A former NHS England chief executive has criticised the government’s Health Bill for risking a US-style politicisation of local NHS appointments.
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NewsWatchdog clashes with Palantir over threat to health data
The National Data Guardian has warned that public concern about the federated data platform may undermine the quality of health data – prompting Palantir to accuse her of being “captured by campaign groups”.
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CommentWhat if inquiries rehearsed their recommendations?
As the Thirlwall Inquiry highlights NHS patient safety, systems simulation can help test inquiry recommendations before they reach real wards and patients
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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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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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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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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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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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CommentAccessible comms are a duty not a courtesy
Accessible communication isn’t an administrative bonus – it is a core clinical duty that directly impacts patient safety, dignity, and NHS efficiency
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CommentBlame is not the same as accountability
The Thirlwall Inquiry exposes a fatal failure to investigate harm. Rebuilding patient safety requires truth, not scapegoating
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NewsKeeping FT governors is pure virtue signalling, claims chair
The chair of one of the country’s largest foundation trusts has dismissed pledges by other FTs to keep their councils of governors as “virtue signalling”.
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CommentNeighbourhood care should be a utility, not an empire
To make multi-neighbourhood providers work, general practice and hospitals must build a shared, non-profit utility they jointly control
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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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NewsStrategy director leaves NHSE
NHS England’s strategy director – a former special political adviser in the Treasury and health department – has left the role.