All Policy articles – Page 4
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Expert BriefingPatient Safety Watch: Dash Review opens a crucial door
HSJ hosts the Patient Safety Watch newsletter, written by Patient Safety Watch chair Jeremy Hunt
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News10-Year Plan director to lead care reform
The lead civil servant for the 10-Year Health Plan has been named the government’s interim director general of adult social care.
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Expert BriefingThe Download: Write back at you
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 Joe Talora. Contact HSJ in confidence here.
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CommentPoliticians must stop their unthinking defence of hospital care
To fulfil the 10-Year Health Plan’s vision of a community-centric service, politicians and local leaders will need to align their actions and engage collectively with the communities for whom this matters, writes Helen Buckingham
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CommentFT governors should not be abolished
The 10-Year Plan shows little understanding of the role of governors of foundation trusts, writes Ken Jarrold
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CommentList cleaning keeps elective recovery on track
Validation exercises kept waiting list recovery on track in May… but the outlook is poor for June and July’s figures.
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CommentThe heavy lifting on NHS financial reform is still to come
The 10-Year Health Plan sets out a compelling vision, but its success will depend on overhauling financial systems to truly transform care, writes Anita Charlesworth
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NewsHospital boards not ready to run population health, says government adviser
Hospital trust boards are not currently in a position to run population health and “very few” acute chief executives “truly understand” primary care, government’s neighbourhood health adviser has told HSJ.
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NewsForty-two areas to pioneer neighbourhood health
The government and NHS England will select 42 places to lead the rollout of neighbourhood health and shape how it will be operationalised.
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Expert BriefingThe Download: Does the NHS need a national remote monitoring platform?
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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Expert BriefingThe Integrator: IHOs should be a small minority
Insider tales and must-read analysis on how integration is reshaping health and care systems, NHS providers, primary care, and commissioning. This week by correspondent Mimi Launder.
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NewsEx-No 10 and NHSE advisers join same firm
One of the country’s leading decision-makers on cancer drugs and a former Downing Street health adviser have taken up new roles at a consultancy firm.
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Expert BriefingPatient Safety Watch: NHS plan sets out bold new patient safety agenda
HSJ hosts the Patient Safety Watch newsletter, written by Patient Safety Watch chief executive James Titcombe
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NewsThe local services praised in the 10-Year Plan
The 10-Year Health Plan highlights more than a dozen local examples of work showing where government wants to take the NHS, and eight from overseas.
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Expert BriefingThe Download: It’s not the tech plan, but there’s a lot of tech in it
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 Ben Clover. Contact HSJ in confidence here.
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CommentPhilanthropy will help the NHS close its investment gap
Jon Spiers, CEO of the Royal Free Charity, makes the case for a strategic, government-backed approach to philanthropy – similar to the Blair-era matched funding scheme for universities – in health to complement and bolster state funding
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CommentSupporting the NHS’s non-clinical workforce in the wake of immigration curbs
A new Labour Market Evidence Group could help align NHS workforce planning with immigration and skills policy, but risks remain around execution, non-clinical staffing, and quality standards, writes Jon Freegard
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Expert BriefingThe Download: Not in the Plan
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 Ben Clover. Contact HSJ in confidence here.
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HSJ PartnersPowering progress through standards: reflections from the GS1 UK Healthcare Conference 2025
The 2025 GS1 UK Healthcare Conference brought together senior NHS leaders, clinicians and policymakers at a pivotal moment for the health service
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Expert BriefingOn Call: Cuts now, claims later
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.