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At the opening of new @NLMHP_nhs Highgate East hospital - plaque unveiled by ALASTAIR CAMPBELL & Jeremy Corybn in the "spirit of post election unity". The new inpatient building, provides patients with 78 single ensuite rooms, outdoor space from each ward and modern therapy spaces.

“At a minimum, ICBs should ensure that less than 10% of community mental health waits are over 104 weeks” Good story from Annabelle Collins but where do you start with this kind of ambition... ? hsj.co.uk/mental-health/…

.Leicester's Hospitals used to have one of the longest elective waiting lists in the NHS but its now one of the most improved & has exited NHSE's highest level of performance oversight. Impressive stuff! hsj.co.uk/quality-and-pe…

I see the Labour revolution at DHSC doesn't amount to issuing reports at the time they are promoted.... rather than PRing it the night before then sitting on the report for, so far, 18 hours gov.uk/government/new…

On this week's podcast Caitlin Tilley unpicks the ongoing row between new leadership & drs at one of the biggest trusts and more from Dave West on the 10 year health plan hsj.co.uk/hsj-health-che…

Good to chat to Annabelle Collins & Ben Clover about what further delays means for the 40 'new hospitals' On Health Service Journal podcast this week hsj.co.uk/hsj-health-che…

I spoke to Penny Dash and david nicholson about development of the 10-year health plan, for this week's HSJ podcast hsj.co.uk/integrated-car…

The public bit of ICB board meetings is a v small bit of a chair's job but FWIW I saw a lot more challenge of social care, trusts, and others from PD in North West London than I've seen from any other chair

This year's NHS financial planning round is going to be a bloody affair. Listen to Ben Clover and I discuss it on our weekly podcast hsj.co.uk/hsj-health-che…

New: Warnings from patient groups and providers that the right to choose the provider of ADHD & autism assessments - where waits can stretch into years - could soon become an “illusion” ADHD UK hsj.co.uk/finance-and-ef…

NHSE ‘ignoring trusts’ pleas for fair funding’ ift.tt/qL9rhwB

Money for nothing hsj.co.uk/quality-and-pe…

Exclusive: Govt to admit to cutting mental health spend share hsj.co.uk/mental-health/…

Mental health trusts spent more than £2m on “bed and breakfast” accommodation in order to discharge patients last year, Claire Murdoch told HSJ sending people to B&Bs was the least worst option and again raised concerns about a lack of housing

This week we recorded our first podcast in a series all about the making of the Health Bill. Dave West & I were joined by Bill Morgan and Sharon Brennan soundcloud.com/hsj-health-che…

Was fun to join the Health Service Journal podcast, thanks for inviting me Given in their wisdom HMG's decided to do a legislative reorganisation of the NHS and we'll all be talking about this for years we have to start somewhere...

Particularly chuffed the Health Check podcast has been shortlisted this year

Very sorry to read of the untimely death of Andrew Norfolk. His relentless reporting, refusal to back down in the face of intimidation & quietly just being extremely good at his job as been very inspiring from afar. thetimes.com/article/828cb2…

This week's podcast is all about AI and what's stopping it from being more widely used in the NHS, with me Ben Clover & Joe Talora & an impressive extended metaphor Farmer's Weekly would be proud of soundcloud.com/hsj-health-che…

This week's podcast was another health bill special soundcloud.com/hsj-health-che… where Helen Buckingham Dave West and Siva Anandaciva .. the first and last time Takeshi's Castle is mentioned in this context!