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CommentEnglish hospitals are outperforming those in Scotland and Wales
Despite ongoing pressures, England’s NHS is recovering faster than Wales and Scotland, with shorter waits and higher activity, despite similar funding increases
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CommentThe artificial slowdown in the use of private sector providers must end
NHS elective recovery targets risk being undermined by late-year activity caps and funding constraints, highlighting the need for stable, strategic partnerships with independent providers
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NewsMapped: RTT waiting times
An interactive map of local NHS waits around England in January 2026, showing the pressures, with links to all the details by organisation and specialty.
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CommentSmall improvement in RTT waiting times
The fig leaf of seasonal waiting list shrinkage is about to be ripped away
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CommentChanging the economics of outpatient care through technology
NHS productivity has stalled, not because digital investment failed, but because it was layered onto old ways of working. Ambient technology offers a chance to finally redesign them
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NewsNHSE expects to declare victory on number one target
NHS England bosses are predicting they will get close enough to hitting 65 per cent against the 18-week standard by March to declare victory against their main performance objective for this year, HSJ has learned.
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NewsNHSE bid to divert referrals falling well short of target
NHS England is set to fall “well short” of a key target to ramp up GPs’ use of “advice and guidance” from specialists – and the model is “unlikely to be the silver bullet ministers hoped for” to help cut waiting lists, experts have warned.
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NewsExclusive: £120m ‘sprint’ will drive last-ditch attempt to hit elective target
NHS England plans to spend around £120m on a “sprint” exercise in a bid to hit its main elective target for this year by March, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsNHSE warns against ‘resistance’ to huge expansion of private tests
NHS England is planning to significantly increase the use of the private sector for diagnostic services, which a senior figure warned was likely to be met with “resistance” from some in the NHS, HSJ has learned.
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NewsMapped: RTT waiting times
An interactive map of local NHS waits around England in December 2025, showing the pressures, with links to all the details by organisation and specialty.
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CommentWaiting list recovery stalls as admissions fall
England’s RTT waiting list returned to long-term growth in December
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NewsLong A&E waits worst on record
Long A&E waits last month hit their highest level since public records began, as NHS England warns it’s battling its “busiest winter on record”.
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NewsMinisters overclaimed impact of ‘crack’ elective teams
Elective activity has “barely increased” at the hospitals targeted with “crack teams” to cut waiting lists – contrary to ministers’ claims that the work has “turbocharged activity” – analysis reveals.
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NewsKey cancer target pushed back seven years
Ministers have pushed back the NHS’s objective to diagnose more cancers at an earlier stage by nearly seven years, in their new 10-year cancer plan.
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News‘Online hospital’ trust seeks first chair
The new national “online hospital” dubbed NHS Online is to be formally established as an NHS trust in June with the appointment of its inaugural chair.
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NewsNHSE launches ‘sprint’ in bid to hit waiting list target
NHS England has told trusts to begin a “sprint” exercise in a bid to hit its politically critical waiting list target by March.
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NewsMapped: RTT waiting times
An interactive map of local NHS waits around England in November 2025, showing the pressures, with links to all the details by organisation and specialty.
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CommentWaiting list falls but still not fast enough
The longest waiting specialties made the biggest improvements in waiting times in November, says Rob Findlay
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HSJ LocalTrust plans to miss elective target and cut beds to save money
A trust has publicly set out why its tight financial position will lead to bed closures and missed elective targets, with its chief executive saying “very serious decisions” needed to be taken.
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Expert BriefingRecovery Watch: Unsexy and painstaking – 2026 in elective care
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.