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.

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 ...

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.

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.

Analytics becomes valuable when it identifies something leaders were not already looking for, reveals hidden patterns, and connects those insights to clear actions and accountable owners. During ...

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

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 ...

Two NHS trusts are facing “six-figure claims” in the High Court in a dispute over alleged late payment to suppliers, HSJ can reveal.

A second hospital in Liverpool has suspended two staff members while it investigates whether they viewed the medical records of the Southport attack victims without legitimate reason.

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