James Illman is a bureau chief at Health Service Journal. He specializes in health and wellness, focusing on NHS performance, particularly in relation to elective care and the recovery of acute services post-COVID. His investigative work has garnered recognition, including an "investigation of the year" award, and he has been featured in HSJ Local.
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James Illman's coverage is heavily focused on the UK healthcare system, particularly the National Health Service (NHS), waiting lists, and related government policies. He often cites data and covers government announcements in this sector. Therefore, he would likely be interested in pitches from experts who can provide informed insights into NHS operations, healthcare policy implications of government announcements or data trends within the UK’s healthcare system.
Pitches could include commentary on waiting list management strategies, challenges faced by NHS trusts, impact of governmental policies on healthcare delivery and patient care. Experts with a deep understanding of NHS operations and its interaction with government policies may find their insights valuable to James' reporting.
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NHS England has made three senior appointments as it readies itself for absorption by the Department of Health and Social Care, HSJ can reveal.
Trusts will be assessed on how they communicate with their patients as part of a "national stocktake" designed to ensure the NHS delivers "five-star customer service", NHS England has announced.
By: Alison Moore, James Illman
Nearly 200 doctors at a major teaching hospital have told a "listening exercise" prompted by a major care scandal that they feared raising patient safety concerns.
One of England's most challenged trusts faces resident doctors being removed from two specialties due to racism from staff and patients, board papers have revealed.
Concerns have been raised about NHS England watering down a key target for its controversial "advice and guidance" scheme, just weeks ahead of the October deadline.
Elective recovery and returning the NHS to meeting the 18-week standard by 2029 is the government's main performance priority. The Recovery Watch newsletter tracks prospects and progress against this goal. This week by bureau chief James Illman.
NHS chiefs have told ministers that their top health manifesto pledge - to restore the 18-week elective waiting time standard by 2029 - is "not going to happen", as new analysis confirms the service is significantly off track.
NHS secondary care performance deteriorated in almost every area during the past two months.
The CEO of one of the NHS's best-performing trusts has told HSJ he does not think "there's much space" for an integrated health organisation in his area.
A trust has apologised for a further delay to an independent review into potential harm to hundreds of patients, many of them children, treated by one of its surgeons.
