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NewsFinance directors told to ‘be realistic’ in 2025-26 planning
NHS England’s chief financial officer Julian Kelly has called for greater realism from local leaders in next year’s financial planning round, warning they must urgently make “difficult” choices about what they can deliver with what will “feel like a real terms cut”.
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HSJ PartnersCould cross-sector insights be the key to NHS transformation?
Sponsored and written by As the NHS faces sweeping reforms, drawing on expertise from other sectors could offer fresh perspectives, boost innovation, and enhance service delivery. Overcoming cultural and recruitment barriers may be key to unlocking this potential.
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Daily InsightThe mythbuster: The dangers of simplistic assumptions
The idea that isolated comparisons of the service with its international peers tell us something useful about NHS problems is weak, especially when the metrics are chosen for the wrong reasons writes Steve Black
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NewsNew leaders bring ‘energy, focus and grit’ to troubled trusts, says NHSE
Changing chairs, CEOs and finance chiefs has helped turn around several poorly performing trusts and systems, NHS England has said, but it plans to do more to “strengthen” leadership at troubled organisations.
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Daily InsightHSJ Weekly Catch-up: Unsustainable solutions, winter warnings and profitable partings
Your essential update on health for the week.
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NewsEx-brewery boss to chair hospital
A trust with one of England’s largest cost-improvement programmes has appointed a new interim chair and interim finance director.
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Expert BriefingPatient Safety Watch: Managers’ regulation long overdue but watch out for unintended consequences
HSJ hosts the Patient Safety Watch newsletter, written by Patient Safety Watch chief executive James Titcombe
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News‘Don’t buy Epic’ unless it integrates with NHS App, says government adviser
The NHS should no longer do business with leading tech supplier Epic unless future iterations of its technology work with the NHS App, a senior government adviser has warned.
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HSJ InteractiveHSJ webinar discussed if better technology was really the key to ‘fixing’ the NHS
In association with On-demand now available The UK healthcare sector — perhaps more than any other sector in the country — has an especially complex technology infrastructure. And it is in urgent need of attention. Lord Darzi’s recent investigation into the state of the NHS ...
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NewsPlan for first ambulance group revealed
Two ambulance trusts are planning to form a group next year.
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PodcastHSJ Podcast: Targets and terror and tech
This week’s podcast looks at whose job it is to oversee England’s over-mighty provider sector, plus the new world coming into view on technology.
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NewsTrust ‘support and admin staff’ targeted for cuts in 2025-26 by NHSE
NHS England will hold discussions with every trust about the potential for cutting of its non-clinical workforce early next year.
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Daily InsightDaily Insight: Not the only game in town
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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NewsExclusive: Government steps back from pledge to hit A&E target
The government has refused to reaffirm its pledge to return the NHS to hitting the four-hour A&E standard by the end of this parliament after a spokesman admitted to HSJ “we cannot do everything at once”.
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NewsDiscrimination against gay and trans staff is undermining productivity, claims CEO
Tackling increased discrimination faced by gay and trans staff must be a priority for the NHS if it wants to maximise workforce productivity, according to the CEO of one of the service’s largest providers.
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NewsStarmer rejects the need for trade-offs to hit elective care target
Making the recovery of elective care a priority does not give the NHS “permission” to allow “everything else [to] suffer”, prime minister Sir Keir Starmer has warned.
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NewsNHS enters winter with ambulance delays almost double those in 2023
The time spent by ambulances stuck outside A&Es waiting to hand over patients has nearly doubled since last year, the first NHS “winter situation report” has revealed.
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CommentThe NHS has to rewire its decision making
Empowering NHS staff voices through insight pathways can tackle inefficiencies, boost morale, and drive productivity, offering a sustainable solution to the health service’s pressing challenges of reform, resource allocation, and workforce engagement, writes Annie Williamson
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NewsRegulation ‘chilling effect’ could ‘increase fear’ for NHS managers
Regulating managers could have a “chilling effect” dissuading people from taking up challenging roles, and cause risk aversion to difficult decisions, the government has acknowledged.
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Daily InsightDaily Insight: Unsustainable solutions
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.