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NewsNHSE national director steps down after 10 years
Dame Cally Palmer is to step down as NHS England’s national cancer director, it has been announced.
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Daily InsightHSJ Weekly Catch-up: Reforms, reviews and recoveries
Your essential update on health for the week.
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NewsICB and three trusts put in ‘recovery support’
An integrated care board and its three main acute providers have been placed under “recovery support” by NHS England due to large deficits.
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NewsNew push to stop sending patients ‘out of area’ after homicides
NHS England has told trust, system and regional leaders to push ahead with plans to eliminate out-of-area placements within three years, in response to an independent review into the care of a man who killed three people while being treated by a Nottinghamshire mental health trust.
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PodcastHSJ Podcast: Unpacking the planning guidance
NHS England published the 2025-26 planning guidance last week, so HSJ Health Check breaks down what it means for the service.
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News400-metre ambulance journey prompts trust to change rules
A community trust has lifted restrictions on its district nurses visiting one of its own wards, to prevent the unit calling ambulances to transport patients 400 metres.
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News‘Basic’ gaps left trusts exposed to cyber attacks
Two recent cyber attacks that cost the NHS millions of pounds and led to patients’ data being published online could have been mitigated with basic security measures, an integrated care board has found.
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Daily InsightDaily Insight: On the chopping block
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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Expert BriefingRecovery Watch: The trusts with the biggest challenge under new elective targets
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. This week by bureau chief James Illman.
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CommentNHSE has taken a step backwards in the care of people with a learning disability
“Back to basics” is the phrase being used to explain the NHS’s new priorities – but for the 1.3 million people with a learning disability, the strategy may do much damage
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NewsICBs missing checks on vulnerable children
Integrated care boards are warning they are failing to carry out health checks for vulnerable children in care because of a lack of paediatricians and rising demand, HSJ has found.
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NewsReview uncovers ‘chaos’ at trust caring for man who killed three
A wide range of corporate failings contributed towards the climate in which a mental health patient killed three people in Nottingham in 2023, a review commissioned by NHS England has concluded.
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HSJ PartnersReimagining rehabilitation for people with cardio-kidney-metabolic conditions could save the NHS hundreds of millions
Cardiovascular-kidney-metabolic (CKM) disease – where heart disease, kidney disease, diabetes, and obesity co-exist and exacerbate each other – is rising at an alarming rate in the UK. CKM conditions impose a major burden on the NHS and have a significant impact on the quality of life for people living with ...
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HSJ InteractiveHow technology is overhauling NHS recruitment
Digital technology has a big part to play in helping the NHS deliver the ambitions of the forthcoming 10-year plan and address immediate operational pressures, such as the need to reduce waiting times to access elective care. The 3 December HSJ summit, in association with IBM, looked at how this ...
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NewsInefficient block contracts reviewed by ICBs
NHS England has asked commissioners to review how much they are paying for non-elective care, to tackle the widely varying rates which have developed under block contracts.
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NewsChair to leave specialist trust after 16 months
The chair of a leading specialist cancer trust is stepping down after 16 months in the role.
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Daily InsightDaily Insight: Holding the pen
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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NewsJournalist joins DHSC board
A peer who said the NHS needs a “classic management turnaround” has been appointed to the board of the Department of Health and Social Care, alongside two other new directors.
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NewsRevealed: Dozens of safety probes kept secret by trusts
Trusts are still keeping reports that reveal serious patient safety concerns secret, HSJ has discovered.
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NewsRegion loses three ICB CEOs in two weeks
An integrated care board chief executive is to retire after 28 years as an NHS CEO — and becomes the third in the Midlands to announce their departure in the space of two weeks.