Matt Discombe

Walthamstow

Senior Correspondent at Health Service Journal

Senior correspondent @hsjnews covering emergency care, and the South West. DM or email me in confidence: [email protected]

Articles

Revealed: Trusts that have not set maximum ambulance handover times

1 week ago | hsj.co.uk | Matt Discombe

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Revealed: Trusts that have not set minimum ambulance handover times

1 week ago | hsj.co.uk | Matt Discombe

Revealed: Trusts that have not set minimum ambulance handover times By Matt Discombe2025-04-17T10:00:00 Seven trusts among the poorest performers for ambulance handovers have yet to to implement the flagship NHS England policy designed to tackle the problem.
Streeting accused of prematurely hailing success of elective scheme

1 week ago | hsj.co.uk | Matt Discombe

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Crucial emergency care system to be scrapped by NHSE within months

1 week ago | hsj.co.uk | Alison Moore |Matt Discombe

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NHSE chiefs think A&E recovery plan ‘lacks ambition’

2 weeks ago | hsj.co.uk | Matt Discombe

NHSE chiefs think A&E recovery plan ‘lacks ambition’ By Matt Discombe2025-04-10T11:35:00 NHS England’s new leadership has criticised near-completed drafts of the long-awaited national recovery plan for urgent and emergency care, with senior figures concerned it “lacks ambition”, HSJ has learned.
Exclusive: Former hospital chief set to run DHSC

2 weeks ago | hsj.co.uk | Matt Discombe

Exclusive: Former hospital chief set to run DHSC By Matt Discombe2025-04-08T11:47:00 A former Downing Street official who has also run hospitals and worked for NHS England is due to be appointed permanent secretary of the Department of Health and Social Care, according to multiple senior sources.
Departing NHSE boss ‘calls out’ A&E variation

3 weeks ago | hsj.co.uk | Matt Discombe

Departing NHSE boss ‘calls out’ A&E variation By Matt Discombe2025-04-01T09:30:00 NHS England’s outgoing chief operating officer has claimed there is too much unwarranted variation in the service’s emergency care performance.
Mackey: I will stick up for the NHS

3 weeks ago | hsj.co.uk | Matt Discombe

Mackey: I will stick up for the NHS By Matt Discombe2025-04-01T06:57:00 The new chief of NHS England has said he will fight the service’s corner if he has policy disagreements with ministers, but that his organisation was a “complication” the government could no longer “justify” preserving.
Recovery Watch: In search of the urgent care plan

4 weeks ago | hsj.co.uk | Matt Discombe

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Trust ‘slow and bureaucratic’ in tackling deficit

1 month ago | hsj.co.uk | Matt Discombe

Trust ‘slow and bureaucratic’ in tackling deficit By Matt Discombe2025-03-20T12:00:00 A trust under NHS England’s highest level of scrutiny has been “slow and bureaucratic” in response to its poor financial position, and hampered by “diametrically opposed views” among staff, a report has found.