All articles by Zoe Tidman
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News‘Serious risk of imminent breakdown’ for maternity units, admits NHSE
Many maternity and newborn units are at “serious risk of imminent breakdown”, regularly hit by leaks and floods, and too cramped to provide the necessary care, an official NHS England report admits.
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HSJ LocalTrust boss urges directors to experience private sector
A trust leader has urged executives to learn from the private sector as he noted the NHS can “occasionally [be] inward-looking”.
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NewsGovernment blocks release of data on new hospital projects
The government has refused to share the data used to decide in which order the projects included in the New Hospital Programme will be built.
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NewsICB cluster chairs revealed
All “clustered” integrated care boards have appointed a chair, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsConfed boss to leave next year
The head of the NHS Confederation will step down next year, he has announced, as the organisation considers a merger with NHS Providers.
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HSJ LocalInquiry delay ‘making CEOs look silly’
The lack of information given to trusts likely to be involved in a national maternity investigation due to complete this year is making leaders “look silly” in front of staff, a major trust chief executive has said.
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HSJ LocalHospital chief leaves national NHSE role
A trust chief is unexpectedly leaving his national NHS England role leading development of the NHS App.
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HSJ LocalTrust ‘concerned’ about rising C-sections
A trust rated “inadequate” for maternity services has reported what it describes as a “concerning” increase in caesarean sections to its board.
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Expert BriefingCarbon Copy: New green plans lay bare the steep challenge ahead
The ideas, policies and challenges at the heart of the NHS goal for net zero emissions, from HSJ sustainability correspondent Zoe Tidman.
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NewsRevealed: The areas where a quarter of primary care estate needs replacement
Five integrated care systems claim that more than a quarter of their primary care premises are not fit for purpose, HSJ research has revealed.
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NewsCampaigners against care failings at three trusts will help scope national investigation
Three large teaching trusts are highly likely to be included in a government-commissioned “investigation” of NHS maternity and neonatal care after those campaigning for improvements at the organisations were included in the group establishing its terms of reference.
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News‘40 new hospitals’ will not be delivered until 2046
The delivery of the “40 new hospitals” promised in 2019 by the incoming Conservative government will cost £60bn and take until 2046 to deliver, if pursued by the current administration and its successors.
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NewsIVF postcode lottery intensifies as ICBs cut costs
At least four more integrated care boards are planning to cut IVF services in a move that would further shrink access to NHS fertility treatment across the country.
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NewsTrusts accused of ‘lack of planning’ after strike exemption requests
The British Medical Association has accused several trusts of a “dangerous lack of planning” and flawed exemption requests, as they sought to maintain more planned care during the ongoing resident doctor strikes.
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NewsTrusts blaming cyber-attack risk for failing to share information
Four trusts have been warned by the UK’s information regulator over their failure to respond to freedom of information requests.
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HSJ LocalTrust leadership criticised for ‘nepotism’ and lack of interest in race discrimination
Staff at a struggling trust believe that executives do not take racial discrimination seriously enough and that “nepotism is rife”, according to an external review.
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NewsExclusive: ‘£3bn health security lab’ finally given the go-ahead
A major new research facility that will seek to combat the threat from dangerous pathogens has finally been given the green light, following years of uncertainty, HSJ can reveal.
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Expert BriefingCarbon Copy: The trusts fined for not being green enough
The ideas, policies and challenges at the heart of the NHS goal to reach net zero emissions by 2040, from HSJ sustainability correspondent Zoe Tidman.
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NewsNHS diversity initiatives are not 'deadweight', claims Streeting
The NHS must transform its approach to diversity and equality to concentrate on outcomes and not “workshops and posters” the health care secretary has told MPs.
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NewsNHSE advertises eight senior jobs despite workforce cuts
NHS England has launched a recruitment drive for eight senior positions for its delayed hospital building programme.