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News21 trusts ‘delivered year’s elective recovery in single month’
Twenty-one trusts delivered their entire 2025-26 elective improvement in March alone, analysis shows, prompting concerns about the “fragility and sustainability” of the NHS’s waiting list recovery.
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CommentThe growing management crisis risks undermining NHS reform
A new NHS workforce plan must finally address the overlooked management workforce needed to drive improvement, innovation, and reform
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News‘Central pressure’ forcing ICBs to cut reform investment
Integrated care boards are struggling to protect funds to deliver neighbourhood health and other 10-Year Health Plan proposals this year – with one cluster forced to withdraw a £33m fund days after launching it.
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HSJ PartnersDemystifying NHS-pharmaceutical industry collaboration: Unlocking value already within reach
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NewsElective target hit after spike in ‘unreported removals’
NHS England has hit its 65 per cent waiting list for 2025-26, but experts said the “majority of the improvement” in March was driven by a “record” spike in “unreported removals”.
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NewsRevealed: Hospitals with the highest avoidable admissions
Around 15 per cent of emergency admissions at some trusts are potentially avoidable, according to new NHS England data.
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HSJ PartnersUnderstanding the impact of severe asthma to improve patient outcomes
As medical head, specialty at GSK, my work keeps me close to both the lived reality of severe asthma and the system pressures it creates.
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CommentWhy prevention keeps losing out
NHS leaders believe in prevention, but system design drives focus on waiting lists and activity, not long-term health outcomes
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NewsLeaked review warns CDCs a ‘burden’ on trusts
Community diagnostic centres could become a financial “burden” on providers without extra funding and changes to how tests are paid for, the programme’s architect has warned in an internal review obtained by HSJ.
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CommentThe variable quality of senior doctors is harming patients and the NHS
Inconsistent consultant standards in the NHS risk inefficiency, higher costs, delayed discharges, and reduced patient flow – clearer national criteria is needed
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HSJ PartnersDelivering proactive, preventive and community services – our evidence-based neighbourhood models
We all hope to prevent people from slipping into crisis. That starts with supporting individuals and communities to confidently navigate the complex social and health challenges shaping their lives.
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CommentPatient power payments risk driving defensive medicine in the NHS
Giving patients greater influence over provider payment could improve accountability, but clinicians warn it may encourage defensive practice and place further strain on NHS services
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HSJ PartnersA minimally invasive standard of care: from ambition to reality
The next step for robotic-assisted surgery
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HSJ PartnersA prevention policy without a delivery plan is a promise the NHS cannot keep
Across the NHS, clinicians have been calling for progress on osteoporosis for years. Yet nearly two years on from a clear national commitment, there is still no plan for delivery – and no progress.
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NewsNHS ‘a cat’s whisker’ from hitting headline targets
The NHS was within touching distance of its headline urgent and emergency care targets in March – falling just short of the key asks in A&E and ambulance wait times.
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CommentNational targets protect low-profile services
Devolution without accountability risks worsening NHS inequalities, leaving osteoporosis patients underserved, and the need for national mandates to ensure equitable care
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NewsExclusive: NHSE chair leading mental health services review
NHS England’s chair is leading a national review of mental health services and productivity, HSJ has learned.
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Expert BriefingMackey: ‘Contentious’ model can drive ‘hockey stick’ recovery
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. By bureau chief James Illman.
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CommentEPR promise risks fading without national action
EPRs can improve productivity and care, but poor usability, fragmented systems and inadequate training risk undermining the NHS’s digital transformation ambitions
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NewsMackey: Iran war threatens ‘huge shock’ for NHS finances
The NHS will need extra funding from government if the Iran war drives large price increases, which could amount to a “huge shock”, Sir Jim Mackey has warned.