HSJ reporter covering NHS England and Dept of Health. Get in touch via DM or [email protected] DMs open for tip-offs & hellos. Previous work below:
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Will Compare the Market's CEO do a better job than former boss of M&S?
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BREAKING
Another hospital in Liverpool is investigating staff access to Southport attack victim records
Two staff have been suspended at Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital while probe continues
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NEW:
Budget confirms £1bn cut to DHSC budget over the next four years
Goes further than the £580m expected to fund extra investment in defence as per summer announcement
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NEW: NHS capital budgets have been subject to a £500m cut to fund defence spending, @zoetidman reports.
The Budget quietly doubled the amount being taken from capital budgets to fund Defence Investment Plan.
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The government's Health Bill has just begun its committee stage in the House of Lords.
Today is expected to cover amendments on preparations for the NHS England abolition, health inequalities and patient choice
Merron firmer on whether the govt intends to hit the April 2027 target date to close NHS England.
"Yes, that is our intention... [but is a] very demanding timetable... [and] subject to the parliamentary passage of this bill."
Chancellor announces prevention spending will be ringfenced in the same way as capital spending.
Could be significant for NHS but difficulty will lie in what counts as preventative spend
NEW: A former Labour council leader has been lined up as the first joint deputy health mayor and integrated care board chair
Appointment of Steve Houghton understood to have been held up by Yvette Cooper for months
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Not clear if Sir Steve - who was leader of Barnsley council for 30 years until May this year - will remain as a councillor
If confirmed, he will be the first elected politician to chair an integrated care board.
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Feeling very honoured to be on these lists for the British Journalism Awards this year - among amazing company!
For my reporting on NHS privacy breaches involving attack victims for @HSJnews - which sadly is a story that keeps on rumbling on
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unusual for a board to meet on the day of its abolition @NHSEngland ... doubts about enactment by April? 🤔
The government has completed its (very elongated) U-turn on Healthwatch.
Instead of being scrapped local branches will be "retained and the system strengthened"
