Good afternoon, and welcome to this fortnight’s edition of the Patient Safety Watch newsletter, this time from me, Jeremy.

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.

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.

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 ...

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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Every year, patients in England die from structural heart diseases when earlier intervention could have saved them. Treatments exist and are effective, and outcomes when patients are treated in time ...

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.

Clinical homecare has supported NHS patients for decades. Yet it can still be perceived predominantly as a medicines delivery service. This overlooks the specialist nursing, medicines management, ...

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