Twenty-one patients died after delayed responses from an ambulance service during June’s heatwave amid a huge spike in serious calls, board papers show.

Every year, patients in England die from structural heart diseases when earlier intervention could have saved them.

Closing two of three consultant-led maternity units run by a hospital group is the best option for safety and staffing, a review by senior local clinical leaders has concluded.

Three in 20 ambulances reaching patients with a life-threatening emergency have no paramedic as part of their crew in large parts of the country, an HSJ analysis of the latest data has discovered.

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The NHS maintenance backlog now stands at £17.3bn, up 9.1 per cent in a single year. It's usually quoted as evidence that estates budgets aren't keeping pace with the problem. That's true. But the ...

Insider tales and must-read analysis on how integration is reshaping health and care systems, NHS providers, primary care, and commissioning. This week, by deputy editor Dave West ...

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A trust has barred its board members from using public AI tools to assist with their board reports, warning that unapproved software poses "severe risks".

“We think that debate with the public needs to start happening,” he told the HSJ Health Check podcast, saying the NHS’s constitutional waiting standards need to be overhauled to reflect today’s needs ...

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