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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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NewsNHSE staff could be kept out of DHSC
Ministers and officials are considering whether to keep some NHS England functions and staff separate from the Department of Health and Social Care when the organisation is abolished next year, HSJ has learned.
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NewsNHS ends 12 years of staffing growth
The number of NHS staff in England is in year-on-year decline for the first time since 2013, as cuts to support and back-office roles combine with a sharp slowdown in clinical recruitment.
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CommentThe NHS is dismantling AHP leadership
As ICBs slash senior allied health professional roles to save costs, the NHS risks losing the very leadership needed to deliver its shift toward community care and long-term prevention
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NewsHow serial fraudster secured nine senior managerial roles
A fraudster secured 13 management and administrative jobs over 10 years, despite extensive pre- and post-recruitment checks by trusts, commissioners, national bodies, and recruitment agencies, HSJ has discovered.
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CommentThe best trained surgeon is not always the right medic for the job
The NHS should commission surgery from those doctors most appropriate to perform it. This does not always happen
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NewsPM should remember ‘the North isn’t just Manchester’, says trust CEO
Andy Burnham should recognise that areas in the North of England other than Greater Manchester require more investment, the chief executive of a Tyneside trust has told HSJ.
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Expert BriefingThe Download: NHS digital safety is built on sand
The weekly newsletter that unpacks system leaders’ priorities for digital technology and the impact they are having on delivering health services. This week, written by Ella Devereux. Contact HSJ in confidence here.
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NewsSenior managers’ pay rise on hold as ministers review rules for struggling trusts
Directors and other “very senior managers” at trusts and integrated care boards are still waiting for their agreed pay rise for 2026-27, despite the financial year being nearly half over.
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NewsTrusts face £900m bill to end zero-hours contracts, employers warn
Government attempts to crack down on “exploitative” zero-hours contracts could adversely affect bank staff and cost the NHS £900m a year, the body representing NHS workforce leaders has claimed.
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NewsIn-house EPRs can avoid ‘phenomenal’ costs, says top CEO
A leading hospital chief executive has championed in-house NHS technology that costs “a fraction” of major commercial systems – and said she does not use the federated data platform.
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News£2.8bn trust group unravels
Three Midlands hospital trusts are unravelling their shared chair and CEO arrangement.
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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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NewsFour hospitals hit by strike in overtime dispute
Hundreds of operating theatre staff are to strike at four hospitals in Greater Manchester due to a dispute around overtime payments.
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CommentWhat role for mayors in Burnham’s NHS?
Devolution could bring health policy closer to communities, but ministers must resolve competing lines of accountability before giving mayors and strategic authorities greater control over NHS resources
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NewsTrusts cancel joint staff service with neighbours
Three trusts have cancelled a joint occupational health service after a row over standards.
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NewsTrust must pay sacked director £120k
A trust director who was sacked after a “deeply flawed” investigation will receive an award of nearly £120,000 from his former employer.
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CommentA true test of NHS leadership?
Tackling racism in the NHS requires more than standards and compliance. It needs leaders with the courage to stand up for staff and act when discrimination occurs
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NewsCoroner warns of staff shortage after inpatient death
A coroner has warned that more people could die because of a shortage of dietitians for psychiatric inpatients, after the death of a woman whose nutritional needs went unmet.
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CommentWe’re overlooking clinicians who could benefit patients
Recognising the talent already within our communities is an opportunity we should not overlook, says Karen Bonner