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James Illman

@jamesillman.bsky.social
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Bureau chief at Health Service Journal. Interested in all things NHS.

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Henry Anderson @henryanderson1.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Follows reporting from @jamesillman.bsky.social that last year's waiting list target (hit by a whisker) was met after a "record" spike in "unreported removals" - people taken off the waiting list without having had treatment www.hsj.co.uk/quality-and-...
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Elective target hit after spike in ‘unreported removals’
NHS England has hit its 65 per cent waiting list for 2025-26, but experts said the "majority of the improvement" in March was driven by a "record" spike in "unreported removals".
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Henry Anderson @henryanderson1.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Conservative shadow health secretary Stuart Andrew calls for clarity on unreported removals from the waiting list. "Patients deserve to know whether waiting list are falling because people receive treatment they need or ... if it's a sleight of hand"
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James Illman @jamesillman.bsky.social · 13/08/2025
Great thread by @charlestallack.bsky.social unpicking why the “4.6 million extra NHS appointments” championed by the prime minister & health secretary have only had a “modest impact” on reducing waiting list clock stops
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James Illman @jamesillman.bsky.social · 13/08/2025
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Leonora Merry @leonoramerry.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
You might be interested in this @hbuckingham.bsky.social @hpiandycowper.bsky.social @nigel-edwards.bsky.social @jamesillman.bsky.social @davewwest.bsky.social
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Dr Lisa McNally @lisamcnally.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
The benefits to Local Authorities of supporting their local parkrun. My latest ramblings in The MJ... www.themj.co.uk/transforming...
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Transforming the world one run at a time
On 2 October 2004, a man went down to his local park in London with some friends.  What they did there would change the world.  Although they didn't realise it at...
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Neil Pettinger @kurtstat.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
I'm so going to steal that phrase "dips a smidge" next time I need to point out a small decrease on a graph!
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James Illman @jamesillman.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
NEW NHS DATA: NHS performance on main waiting list target (improving % waiting <18 weeks for treatment) stays flat at 59% between Nov & December (overall target 92% - but a 65% target to hit by March 2026). Overall list dips a smidge from 7.48m to 7.46m cases england.nhs.uk/statistics/s...
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Statistics » Consultant-led Referral to Treatment Waiting Times Data 2024-25
Click here to return to main RTT page If you are interested in England level or regional waiting times please use the “Commissioner Data” files. If you are interested in waiting times at provider trus...
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James Illman @jamesillman.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
*Important announcement for local NHS leaders & finance types* The amount of extra waiting list funding trusts can earn is to be capped in the remaining months of the financial year, @henryanderson1.bsky.social has learned £ www.hsj.co.uk/finance-and-...
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James Illman @jamesillman.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
Plans to pay trusts to validate and sometimes remove patients from their waiting lists could be “wide open to gaming” and create a public perception problem, senior NHS figures have told HSJ £ www.hsj.co.uk/policy-and-r...
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Henry Anderson @henryanderson1.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
The last Labour government came under heavy criticism for its use Private Finance Initiatives, with examples of hospitals being charged £100s ton change a lightbulb. But now many NHS leaders are desperate for it to return. Read my column to find out why... www.hsj.co.uk/expert-brief...
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Following the Money: PFI is overdue a comeback
HSJ's expert briefing on NHS finances, savings and efforts to get back in the black. By finance correspondent Henry Anderson.
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Honey de G @girlnextshore.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
ICYMI, some of the @hsj.co.uk editorial folks are now here! @hsjeditor.bsky.social @davewwest.bsky.social @jamesillman.bsky.social @kituno.bsky.social Do follow them, plus @events.hsj.co.uk for updates on our Summits, Forums, Awards, Webinars, and Congress.
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@HSJnews @hsj.co.uk · 03/01/2025
Government must “move quickly” to address a lack of diversity in responses to its 10-year plan consultation, an adviser on the work has warned. www.hsj.co.uk/policy-and-r...
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Ten-year plan development ‘lacking diversity’
Government must "move quickly" to address a lack of diversity in responses to its 10-year plan consultation, an adviser on the work has warned.
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The Health Foundation @healthfoundation.bsky.social · 03/01/2025
Director of Policy, Hugh Alderwick welcomes a new independent commission on adult social care reform but notes the past three decades have seen the recommendations of many reports go unfulfilled, resulting in delays and broken promises. Read more 👇 buff.ly/4a0VbPs
'What’s needed now is political will and long-term investment to finally implement reform and improve the lives of millions of people and their carers.' Hugh Alderwick, Director of Policy at the Health Foundation
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Nuffield Trust @nuffieldtrust.org.uk · 03/01/2025
Read our full response to today's announcement of a new social care commission and additional support measures for the sector 👇 www.nuffieldtrust.org.uk/news-item/nu...
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Nuffield Trust response to announcement on social care commission and support measures
Natasha Curry responds to the announcement of a new social care commission.
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Dave West @ HSJ @davewwest.bsky.social · 03/01/2025
NHS England is set to commit to treating 65 per cent of elective patients within 18 weeks by next March, as a staging post to meeting the 92 per cent constitutional target by 2029, under plans to be unveiled next week. www.hsj.co.uk/policy-and-r...
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Exclusive: New ‘elective reform’ targets revealed
NHS England is set to commit to treating 65 per cent of elective patients within 18 weeks by next March, as a staging post to meeting the 92 per cent constitutional target by 2029, under plans to be u...
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James Illman @jamesillman.bsky.social · 03/01/2025
NHS England set to commit to new elective plan which @hsj.co.uk understands due next week. NHSE to commit to treating 65% of elective patients within 18 weeks by next March, as staging post to hitting 92% target by 2029. At mo just 59%of patients treated in 18 wks. £ www.hsj.co.uk/policy-and-r...
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@HSJnews @hsj.co.uk · 02/01/2025
The most pressing task facing NHS England and the service it oversees in the next three or four months will be to agree on a trust by trust, system by system financial and operational settlement that is both credible and acceptable to both parties and the government. www.hsj.co.uk/comment/the-...
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The return of grown up financial planning offers hope for 2025
The most pressing task facing NHS England and the service it oversees in the next three or four months will be to agree on a trust by trust, system by system financial and operational settlement that ...
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