Henry Anderson

Insider tales and must-read analysis on how integration is reshaping health and care systems, NHS providers, primary care, and commissioning. This week, by senior correspondent Henry Anderson.

Northumbria Healthcare Foundation Trust CEO Birju Bartoli is to join NHSE as lead for urgent and emergency care.

A former NHS England chief executive has criticised the government's Health Bill for risking a US-style politicisation of local NHS appointments.

Around 1,000 commissioning support unit staff still have no clarity on whether their jobs will be moved to another part of the NHS or cut, less than six months from their employers being abolished, HSJ has learned.

The abolition of NHS England will have to be formally delayed beyond April 2027 unless decisions about future national structures are made within days, HSJ understands.

Two NHS staff may have accessed or tried to access medical information about a man killed by a tiger at a wildlife park "without a legitimate reason", a trust has said.

The government has U-turned on its plan to abolish an independent health service investigations body after opposition in the House of Lords, HSJ has learned.

A trust undergoing an independent inquiry into its maternity and neonatal services has appointed its interim chief executive to the role permanently.

This week, we take a look at how the government's plans to restructure NHS England and integrated care boards are going.

Alan Milburn has not attended a meeting in his capacity as joint chair of the committee overseeing the abolition of NHS England for more than a year, HSJ can reveal.