All Health Service Journal articles in September 2025 – Page 2
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CommentICB cuts are endangering patient safety
Reforms to integrated care boards could lead to thousands of registered nurses being made redundant and a downgrading of nursing leadership, writes Patricia Marquis
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NewsSecond national tech director to step down
An NHS England national tech director has announced he is stepping down, marking the second major departure in the space of a fortnight.
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Daily InsightDaily Insight: Five years later
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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NewsRecord-low turnover ‘will derail savings plans’
The rate of NHS staff leaving their jobs has fallen to the lowest level in more than a decade, as many organisations seek to cut their paybill, analysis reveals.
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NewsUnspent hospital IT funding used to ‘support NHSE position’
NHS England retained more than £40m of unspent electronic patient record funding in 2024-25 to “support [its] overall position” and to invest in other areas such as the NHS App, HSJ can reveal.
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News‘Growing cultural tension’ could turn hospital’s staff against leaders
A hospital has uncovered concerns about “toxic behaviours” and racism, and been warned that “growing cultural tension” could turn “staff against each other or against leadership”.
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Daily InsightHSJ Weekly Catch-up: Diet pangs, culture flaws and cluster chairs
Your essential update on health for the week
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NewsTrusts handed target to boost staff vaccination rate
NHS England has said low flu vaccination rates among NHS staff are “neither inevitable nor irreversible” and told trusts to significantly improve their uptake this winter.
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NewsGap in crisis services risks future deaths
Only 10 integrated care boards have set up a mental health crisis text service, leaving a “gap” in service provision that could risk future deaths, a coroner has warned.
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NewsExclusive: Spending freeze imposed after NHSE identifies £300m budget hole
The government has ordered a spending freeze and told the NHS to absorb the £300m cost of the most recent resident doctors’ strikes from existing budgets, HSJ has learned.
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HSJ PartnersCybersecurity must be treated as a clinical priority by the NHS
From remote patient monitoring to the NHS App, the health service is embracing digital innovation like never before.
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CommentHow politicians took back control of the NHS, Part 1
In its first year in charge of the NHS after more than a decade on the sidelines, Labour triggered a revolution in how the service is run. Dave West asked insiders what drove the new government’s thinking, and what comes next. Part one of two.
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News‘Concerning’ discrepancies in avoidable deaths revealed
People with a learning disability from a non-white background are more likely to die from avoidable causes, a new report has found.
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CommentImprovements in cancer care are benefitting some more than others
England’s cancer plan must amplify patient voices, address inequalities and improve support, ensuring person-centred care across pathways from diagnosis to survivorship, says Olli Potter
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HSJ LocalTrust boss urges directors to experience private sector
A trust leader has urged executives to learn from the private sector as he noted the NHS can “occasionally [be] inward-looking”.
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NewsSurgeon appointed as health minister
The government has appointed a surgeon as a junior minister in the Department of Health and Social Care.
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NewsReview finds nine infant deaths at trust ‘potentially avoidable’
A trust has apologised after an external review into maternity failures concluded that nine neonatal deaths may have been avoidable.
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NewsTrusts’ ‘league table’ rankings revealed
NHS England has revealed its new “league table” rankings for every NHS trust, with hospitals in London scoring best and East of England the worst.
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Daily InsightDaily Insight: Mackey’s £300m mission
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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HSJ InteractiveHow charities can help support the 10-Year Health Plan
This HSJ immersive feature discusses how charities can contribute to Lord Darzi’s three shifts and the difficulties in shaping long-term relationships between the NHS and the third sector