All Policy articles – Page 9
-
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.
-
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.
-
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
-
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.
-
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.
-
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.
-
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.
-
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
-
CommentReal-time patient feedback should drive service improvement
Annie Williamson explores why past NHS reforms have failed, and why empowering staff, patients, and local systems is essential if the health service is to survive and thrive
-
Comment‘Double running’ of prevention and healthcare services cannot be avoided
The government should use the comprehensive spending review to allocate dedicated funding to support prevention and address health inequalities, exhorts Saffron Cordery
-
Expert BriefingThe Download: What next for frontline digitisation?
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.
-
NewsICBs to impose ‘minimum waiting times’ for services
NHS England has proposed introducing “minimum waiting times” for certain elective specialties as system leaders grapple with how to balance clinical needs and a real terms funding cut for local services.
-
NewsTarget date for NHSE abolition revealed
National leaders are targeting October 2026 for the abolition of NHS England and consolidation of its functions into the Department of Health and Social Care, HSJ understands.
-
NewsNHSE chiefs think A&E recovery plan ‘lacks ambition’
NHS England’s new leadership has criticised near-completed drafts of the long-awaited national recovery plan for urgent and emergency care, with senior figures concerned it “lacks ambition”, HSJ has learned.
-
Expert BriefingRecovery Watch: Out of the frying pan and under the microscope
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.
-
CommentThe NHS may get less money after the NHSE is abolished
Ed Jones examines the potential changes that the health service can expect after the abolition of NHS England
-
Expert BriefingImPatient: 15% more hopeful
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.
-
NewsProvider’s board clearout sparks ‘real shock’
One of the NHS’s largest private hospital providers has cleared out its board, with its CEO, finance chief and other key figures all leaving the business in recent weeks.
-
NewsCap on elective care funding to be scrapped
NHS England is scrapping plans to cap how much trusts can earn from elective work in 2025-26.
-
CommentAvoiding the three icebergs that could sink the NHS
The NHS should start to use programme budgeting and marginal analysis to help decision-makers gauge the effect of reallocating resources across healthcare services, thus optimising resource allocation to improve outcomes