Ambulance staff are being urged to conserve oxygen supplies because of a national shortage of small cylinders used both on ambulances and in some A&E departments.

A clinical commissioning group which is making redundancies has polled staff on whether they would prefer a thank you card from senior management or a "Graze-type snackbox" as recognition of their...

Covid vaccinations centres across the country are operating at around 30 per cent capacity as fewer young people are coming forward for their jab, according to a chief nursing officer.

The government removed a key section from Public Health England's review of the relative risk of covid-19 to specific groups, HSJ has discovered.

The BAME50 lists the black, Asian and minority ethnic figures who will exercise the most power and/or influence in the English NHS and health policy over the next 12 months

More than 800 consultants in London have signed a letter saying they will not cover the junior doctors' strike next week unless their trusts agree to pay a higher overtime rate set by the British...

The government removed a key section from Public Health England's review of the relative risk of covid-19 to specific groups, HSJ has discovered.

Since the UK's first lockdown in March, the government has had one (perhaps only one) consistent message - protect the NHS, write Alastair McLellan of HSJ and Fiona Godlee of The BMJ.

Every clinical commissioning group in the country will be required to increase the proportion of their budget spent on mental health services from next year.

Peter Homa captures leadership lessons he learnt in his nearly 40 years NHS leadership experience

Tributes have been paid after the death of a 'strong, fair and compassionate leader' who was chief executive of a North West acute trust for 12 years, and previously a director in the Department of...

London's largest acute provider is to come out of quality special measures after four years in the regime.

Researchers have found the cost impact of discharging patients to a virtual ward was almost double that of traditional inpatient care.

A dozen NHS trust chief executives came together to explore how leading a trust through the NHS' greatest emergency had affected them on a personal level. By Alastair McLellan

Three female CEOs lead this year's HSJ top 50 trust chief executives, while some big acute bosses slip down or out of the rankings.

Lack of skilled staff is already impacting access and quality of care, and without a shift in workforce policy the situation will worsen over the next decade, warn Anita Charlesworth, Candace Imison...

Only 41 per cent of covid positive patients in London hospitals are being primarily treated for the disease, according to official data released yesterday.

Baroness Dido Harding will step down from her remaining NHS role in October, she has informed the government.

Senior healthcare leaders have called on ministers to scrap their financial and efficiency targets as they scramble services to respond to the coronavirus outbreak.

The primary care director of NHS England was kept in the dark about the relaxation of the shielding guidance, HSJ has learnt, despite the changes having a significant impact on GP workload and the...

The NHS will rollout twice-weekly asymptomatic testing for all patient-facing staff by the end of next week, according to a letter from NHS medical director Stephen Powis.

A 'black swan' event is defined as an "extremely rare event with severe consequences" which is rarely predicted and whose impact is heightened by its sheer unexpectedness.

There is no "silver bullet" to improve failing trusts, the chief executive of the latest NHS trust to jump from an "inadequate" to "good" Care Quality Commission rating has said.

Rob Webster is to leave his post as chief executive of South West Yorkshire Partnership Foundation Trust to become the full-time lead of the West Yorkshire and Harrogate integrated care system.

NHS leaders and former colleagues have paid emotional tributes to Clifford Mann, the national clinical adviser for accident and emergency care, who passed away on Saturday.

Investigators have begun a further review of how a major trust handles disciplinary and professional standards cases, including allegations leaders had targeted some doctors with referrals to the...

Suzie Bailey gives her response to Matt Hancock's comments on the right leadership culture in the NHS

The NHS' current plan for the covid vaccine rollout - dependent on the arrival of supplies - would see the whole adult population able to begin receiving it before the end of January, according to...

Just over half of senior ethnic minority leaders have considered leaving the NHS due to experiencing workplace racism, a survey shared with HSJ suggests.

More than half of £2.7bn awarded to NHS organisations for capital projects in 2017 and 2018 has yet to be delivered, research by HSJ has discovered.

Amanda Pritchard has been appointed as the next NHS England chief executive.

Disadvantaged groups may be excluded from the government's online coronavirus test and trace system because it requires a credit reference database check to decide whether to deliver a home test, HSJ...

NHS England has asked local leaders to 'ensure' processes are in place to properly protect whistleblowers, and to block directors who have been deemed unfit, following Lucy Letby's conviction for...

All ambulance services are now understood to be on the highest level of alert due to 'extreme pressures' caused by the hot weather and covid absences among staff.

The advice external consultants provide can be beneficial in some cases, as it can help to combat the 'not invented here syndrome' by introducing new expertise and innovative thinking, but in general...

The Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Integrated Care System has appointed medical director Andy Haynes as its executive lead.

Investing more in community care could save integrated care systems millions of pounds and significantly reduce acute demand, according to a report.

NHS leaders have thanked and commended Muslim staff and key healthcare workers for serving on the frontline and in supporting roles whilst fasting during the month of Ramadan. Sponsored by The...

NHS England has asked local leaders to 'ensure' processes are in place to properly protect whistleblowers, and to block directors who have been deemed unfit, following Lucy Letby's conviction for...

Tracie Jolliff on how it is time for a new conversation about inclusion in the NHS

The HSJ80 lists the figures who will exercise the most power and/or influence in the English NHS and health policy over the next 12 months

Integrated care boards have been told to cut their running costs - most of which is their staff - by 30 per cent.

The significantly longer waiting times suffered by patients from minority ethnic groups and in more deprived areas for a range of elective procedures have been laid bare in NHS analysis shared with...

The definitions of success and the things we value in chief executives in the NHS need to be rethought, writes Sarah-Jane Marsh

Baroness Dido Harding has said if NHS boards took culture and staff management as seriously as finance, the service would "shift from a bullying and rotten culture quite quickly", while stating she...

Simon Stevens made a significant intervention ahead of the budget

The North East and Yorkshire region has been told its covid-19 vaccine supply via primary care will be halved next week, largely because it is ahead of other areas in vaccinating its eligible...

A foundation trust has halved its multimillion-pound agency staff spend after introducing a series of workforce benefits.

Senior figures running the covid vaccine programme locally are calling for more flexibility, and for a big shift away from GP-run sites in the next phase.

A single senior nursing officer will be appointed across three national NHS bodies for the first time, HSJ has learned.

Covid-19 vaccinations should now be "immediately" rolled out to front line staff, NHS England has told trust leaders.

Trusts and integrated care systems are being told by NHS England to take urgent action to 'immediately stop all delays' to ambulance handovers, which will require 'difficult choices'.

NHS England has hired a retiring trust chief as national director for learning disability and autism.