Delighted to announce I have been promoted to the role of Deputy Bureau Chief at HSJ! Wouldn't have been possible without the support of my Health Service Journal colleagues and comrades. And of course the wider NHS world...

Govt: We will publish league tables to help patients see best and worst hospitals Also govt: "Rankings should only be used as a guide...rather than a definitive judgement of whether one trust is considered to be “better” than another." hsj.co.uk/quality-and-pe…

NEW: Hospitals ‘turn off’ waiting list help for neighbours Royal Free London board meeting hears other trusts have scaled back mutual aid due to financial reasons. Story- hsj.co.uk/london/hospita…

An unintended consequence of NHS 'league tables' - Every trust for themselves?

Bonus fund led to ‘March madness’ and possible gaming in A&E. If trusts CAN fix long ED stays, you have to why they DON’T for most of the year app.hsj.co.uk/2025/09/18/bon…

August 2025 was the worst month since records began for patients enduring more than four hour waits in major Welsh Emergency Departments, according to the latest Welsh Government stats. Only around half (52%) of patients were seen within four hours that month, even though

NEW: NHS CEO urges trust leaders urged to 'step up visibility' and 'walk the floor of A&E' this winter. hsj.co.uk/leadership/ceo…

NEW: London NHS trusts lose £50m over two years in written-off debt from overseas patients. One major trust to begin 'concerted effort' to get more money back after losing £10m a year on the issue hsj.co.uk/london/trust-t…