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HSJ PartnersHow consultants can integrate at-home cancer care into private pathways
For private consultants, integrating cancer treatment at home is not about relinquishing control – it is about extending the reach of clinical practice. It offers a way to deliver systemic anticancer therapies (SACT) and supportive care in patients’ homes under strict governance frameworks, keeping the consultant as the primary decision-maker.
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CommentCQC must speed up its efforts to improve or lose further credibility
A year into the Care Quality Commission’s major turnaround programme, a difficult job just became even harder
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Expert BriefingThe Download: Is it safe?
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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NewsTrust-commissioned maternity review cancelled by Streeting
A review commissioned by Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust to investigate its perinatal mortality rate has been cancelled following an intervention by the health secretary, HSJ understands.
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CommentThe silent drift towards increased cyber risk in the NHS
The NHS is in the middle of a quiet but consequential shift in how cyber risk is assessed
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Expert BriefingPatient Safety Watch: Baroness Amos’ interim report sparks a sense of déjà vu
HSJ hosts the Patient Safety Watch newsletter, written by Patient Safety Watch chair Jeremy Hunt
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NewsHospitals exit special measures after seven years
An acute trust has come out of NHS England’s “recovery support” regime, more than seven years after it was placed in special measures.
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NewsEx-CQC chief to lead charity
The recently departed boss of the Care Quality Commission has been named chief executive of an anti-poverty charity and housing trust.
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CommentThe safety gap in NHS cancer care
Hereditary cancer risk often goes unreviewed in NHS care, exposing patients to avoidable harm without clear accountability structures in place
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CommentUnder-pressure boards abandon curiosity for grip at their peril
When under strain, boards signal what truly matters, and those signals decide whether learning thrives, stalls, or disappears when needed most
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Expert BriefingPatient Safety Watch: New data spotlights uncomfortable truth but is not enough by itself
HSJ hosts the Patient Safety Watch newsletter, written by Patient Safety Watch chief executive James Titcombe
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CommentThe NHS’s digital accountability gap
NHS England’s digital drive risks hollowing accountability: outsourcing and AI can expand assurance capacity, but cannot absorb clinical risk, reputational exposure or the state’s ultimate responsibility
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NewsICB gives in without a fight over private sector procurement complaint
A private supplier has forced an integrated care board to row back on its decision to award a £25m contract to an NHS trust, in the first case of its kind.
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Expert BriefingImPatient: From having a voice to being put on mute
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 ...
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News‘Inappropriate behaviours’ persist despite ‘substantial progress’ on trust’s board
Cultural issues persist at a large teaching trust, despite “substantial progress” at board level, according to an external review it commissioned.
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CommentSlow NHS decision-making makes it vulnerable to cyber attacks
When time-critical risks escalate, NHS governance that treats delay as neutral can unintentionally amplify harm and undermine patient safety
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CommentBlaming individuals for care failures is sometimes the right response
The Great Ormond Street scandal exposes a growing imbalance in NHS patient safety policy. In moving away from blame, the system has also lost sight of individual competence, leadership responsibility, and the non-negotiables needed to prevent serious harm
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Expert BriefingPatient Safety Watch: Jeremy Hunt’s sobering realisation about bureaucracy and box ticking
HSJ hosts the Patient Safety Watch newsletter, written by Patient Safety Watch chair Jeremy Hunt
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CommentThe plan to regulate managers is well-intentioned but dangerous
Chief nurses are not opposed to accountability for managers and leaders – but they think the government has designed the wrong system
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NewsICB breached rules during £42m contract award
An integrated care board has been advised to review a successful bid for a £42m dermatology contract after being found in breach of procurement rules.