NHS reform
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Jason Killens: “We’ve got to diversify, invest and get smarter”
After a year leading the UK’s largest paramedic service, London Ambulance chief Jason Killens is convinced…
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Centralising, costly and distracting: this bill isn’t what the NHS needs
The government’s Health Bill, finally in front of MPs, provides a statutory framework for the chaotic…
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NHS England: Overseas staff face dismissal over Whitehall nationality rules
Up to 500 NHS England staff could be fired without compensation when the body is merged…
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Precious few and far between: how the NHS job cuts are starting to bite
As well as bringing job losses, NHS restructuring puts more pressure on staff who stay, with…
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In a £180 billion service, management is not an optional overhead
Managers are crucial to reshaping the NHS, but were completely ignored in the last government’s workforce…
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Plug us back in: why AI transformation is a people business
In the first part of our new series on AI in the NHS, we explore the…
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Jon Restell’s Leading Edge | Let’s change the story and start taking management seriously
Constant NHS restructuring is the product of a political class that doesn’t take management seriously. We…
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Robin Porter: “If we don’t improve people’s health, I’ll resign.”
Former council chief Robin Porter has endured a baptism of fire since joining the NHS last…
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Government must “come clean” about NHS shake-up, says MiP
A year after it ordered tens of thousands of job cuts in the NHS in England,…
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Co-production: say it like you mean it
The NHS talks a good game on co-production, but many patients and carers still feel service…
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Holyrood elections: Back from the brink—for more of the same?
After a big scare last year, the SNP are now clear favourites to extend their rule…
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Senedd elections: Tough choices, empty promises
As we enter 2026, the NHS in Wales faces some stark choices and a likely change…
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NHS job cuts: you’ll never walk alone
As the NHS redundancies in England loom, Rhys McKenzie explains how MiP will back you, and…
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Jon Restell’s Leading Edge | Ministers and the top brass have forgotten why they need managers
I don’t believe this is where Wes Streeting wanted to end up when he became health…
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Rushing headlong into the dark
Despite the upbeat speeches from Wes Streeting and Jim Mackey at this month’s NHS Providers conference,…
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Unions refuse to back “grossly unfair” voluntary exit scheme for ICB and NHS England staff
NHS trade unions, including MiP, have refused to endorse NHS England’s national voluntary redundancy (VR) scheme,…
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Daniel Elkeles: “There’s a lot of green shoots here—the NHS is in a much better place”
As NHS Providers annual conference gets underway in Manchester, we speak to chief executive Daniel Elkeles…
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Professional regulation: still more questions than answers
After the government unveiled a new barring scheme for board-level executives this summer, plans for regulating…
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What now? Seven expert takes on the Ten-Year Plan
The government’s Ten-Year Plan for the NHS in England has met with enthusiasm and exasperation in…
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Angela Hillery: “Nobody can do this on their own”
Angela Hillery, chief executive of community trusts in Northamptonshire and Leicestershire, is one of England most…
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NHS job cuts: what are your options?
When politicians start reforming the NHS, there is only one certainty: some people will lose their…
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Jon Restell’s Leading Edge | This isn’t the way to deliver the Ten-Year Plan
For all its obvious faults, the Ten-Year Plan is the only plan in town. With fresh…
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Confusion and lack of cash delays ICB job cuts
At least a dozen Integrated Care Boards have paused or postponed redundancy programmes because of a…
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We get knocked down. We get up again.
With its brutal NHS cuts and chaotic reform plans, the government is moving fast and breaking…
