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Comment18 weeks: If not this Parliament, then maybe the next
Moving the deadline would make restoring 18 weeks more realistic, but still a challenge
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NewsHospital performance on the slide across the board
NHS secondary care performance deteriorated in almost every area during the past two months.
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NewsNHS bosses admit defeat on 18-week pledge
NHS chiefs have told ministers that their top health manifesto pledge - to restore the 18-week elective target by 2029 - is “not going to happen”, as a new analysis confirms the service is significantly off track.
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CommentPrescribing how to improve productivity does not work
The NHS needs fewer targets and more stability if local leaders are to make the decisions that improve productivity
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NewsStaff exodus to private rivals forces trust to restrict service
A mental health and community trust has been forced to restrict its children’s ADHD service after a string of staff left for private providers.
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HSJ PartnersAutism diagnosis: Understanding the person, not just the condition
Across health and care systems, rising demand for autism assessments has brought increasing attention to waiting times, pathway capacity, and diagnostic thresholds. These are important challenges, but there is a risk that operational pressures can overshadow the fundamental purpose of diagnosis itself.
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CommentReplace poor NHS trusts with better private providers to get elective recovery back on track
The NHS is falling behind its 2029 waiting list target, prompting calls to shift activity, use independent capacity, and expand patient choice
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Expert BriefingRecovery Watch: Will government abandon 18 weeks?
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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NewsMinisters hire economist to scrutinise cancer performance
Health economist Anita Charlesworth will independently co-chair a “reformed” National Cancer Board, seven months after the government’s cancer plan promised a body “accountable for delivery” of its commitments.
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NewsTech problem delays elective reform target
Concerns have been raised about NHS England watering down a key target for its controversial “advice and guidance” scheme, just weeks ahead of the October deadline.
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CommentNo elective recovery this year
The waiting list has grown this financial year, when it should have shrunk decisively
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NewsMapped: RTT waiting times
An interactive map of local referral-to-treatment waiting times around England, updated with the latest data for July 2026.
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PodcastHSJ Podcast: Decisions that must be made this autumn
This week we talk about some of the big decisions that need to be made this autumn, at a time when the NHS is slipping down the government’s list of priorities.
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NewsRecognise negative impact mutual aid can have on performance, pleads trust CEO
The chief executive of a trust that has fallen 34 places in NHS England’s provider performance league table has complained that the ranking fails to take into account its efforts to help neighbours.
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NewsExclusive: Trust admits to harming 200 patients
Almost 200 patients suffered harm after a major teaching trust failed to manage its neurological waiting lists effectively, HSJ has discovered.
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PodcastHSJ Podcast: Putting advice and guidance on ice
This week the national safety watchdog effectively called for a pause in NHS England’s “advice and guidance” rollout after linking it to two deaths.
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NewsExclusive: Watchdog links patient deaths to controversial NHSE policy
A watchdog has called for a pause in the rollout of NHS England’s “advice and guidance” policy to protect safety, and linked it to two patient deaths, HSJ can reveal.
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CommentValidations restrain the growing waiting list
The waiting list shrank slightly in June as unreported removals surged
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NewsTrusts failed to act on 9,000 lost patients for five years
Clinicians and managers knew of problems with an ear, nose, and throat waiting list five years before a backlog of nearly 9,000 patients came to light, an NHS England review has found.
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CommentBlocking referrals to private providers is a false economy
With more than a million people awaiting assessment, reform is needed to deliver faster, fairer neurodevelopmental care across England