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Podcast
HSJ Podcast: Scandal at ‘the safest trust in England’
This week, we discuss the implications of a long-awaited independent review into a patient safety scandal at Salford Royal Hospital, where former head of the spinal division John Williamson harmed multiple patients.
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News
Exclusive: Australian AI firm set to win key NHS AI contracts
An Australian tech firm, which is partly backed by one of China’s richest people, is set to win the majority of contracts to deploy new AI diagnosis tools across the NHS, HSJ has learned.
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News
New NHSE director to lead £1.5bn savings programme
NHS England has appointed a senior director to lead an “ambitious” £1.5bn efficiencies programme.
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News
Equipment supplier blamed for trust’s serious incident
Two NHS organisations on opposite sides of a region have blamed a new equipment supplier for recent problems with hospital discharges and pressure ulcers, the latter of which prompted a serious incident.
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Expert Briefing
The Download: Fifth trust joins the tech elite club
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 senior correspondent Nicholas Carding. Contact HSJ in confidence here.
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News
NHSE sued after incomplete video clip led to framework exclusion
A technology company is suing NHS England after the firm’s omission of a 17-second video clip from a tender meant it was excluded from a pivotal procurement framework, High Court documents have revealed.
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News
Staffing agency sues trust in framework row
A staffing agency is suing the NHS after it was denied a place on a major procurement framework.
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HSJ Interactive
Webinar: How can the NHS manage the tsunami of patients seeking obesity treatment?
In association with Tuesday, 16 April 2024, 10:30am - 11:15am The arrival of highly effective new drugs to help patients with obesity lose weight has led to enormous media interest and many patients seeking help. But they may be disappointed: while NICE estimates that nearly 10 per ...
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News
NHSE approves 20 procurement framework hosts ahead of clampdown
A first set of organisations that set up and run procurement frameworks has been approved by NHS England as part of preparations to force trusts to buy services through accredited routes.
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HSJ Local
‘Oldest NHS IT system’ to be replaced
An acute/community trust is set to implement a “game-changing” electronic patient record which will replace one of the oldest IT systems in the NHS, according to its chief executive.
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HSJ Partners
The ghost in the machine – balancing the human and technology in digital transformation
Large-scale digital transformation is happening right across the NHS; however, this is often too focused on technological change and overlooks the human changes required to deliver the desired impact. An approach that balances the human and the digital will be key to ensuring sustainable, long-term change
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HSJ Partners
Improving the lives of the people through place-based procurement
Stuart Watkins, health business manager at Crown Commercial Service, explains the importance of place-based procurement and offers key considerations for developing successful policies
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News
NHSE appoints new director
NHS England has appointed a new director to implement its commercial strategy.
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News
NHSE forced to suspend £300m digital framework after ‘claim’ against it
NHS England has suspended a new framework to buy digital GP services — part of the national primary care recovery plan — after a “claim” was issued over the process, HSJ has learned.
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News
Trust seeks ‘dialogue’ to avert court row with ICB
Providers who are taking legal action against commissioners have called for a “dialogue” over the risks an underfunded tender would pose to local children and families.
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Expert Briefing
The Download: The rise of digital nurse leaders
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 senior correspondent Nicholas Carding. Contact HSJ in confidence here.
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News
ICB seeks new transport provider after discharge concerns
An integrated care board is procuring a new supplier of non-emergency patient transport services after its previous contract was cancelled early following a dispute.
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News
£100m pathology contract outsourced by London acute
A north London acute is outsourcing its pathology services to a public-private partnership in a deal worth £105m.
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Expert Briefing
The Download: Quarter of ICSs lack key tech strategies
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 senior correspondent Nicholas Carding. Contact HSJ in confidence here.
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News
NHSE ‘tiger teams’ deployed to support tech rollouts
NHS England has announced plans to procure expert “Tiger Teams” to support the delivery of electronic patient records in provider organisations in a contract worth £16m.