Zoe Tidman
@zoetidman.bsky.social
Senior correspondent at Health Service Journal, with special focus on NHS infrastructure and net zero efforts | Press Awards #30under30
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NEW: At least five of England’s top-rated maternity units have been forced to turn pregnant women away because of “significant and unanticipated increases in demand", despite birth rates falling across the country.
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Top hospitals turn away pregnant women too scared to use ...
Low care ratings at maternity wards across the country have put immense strain on a small number of units
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November 3, 2025 at 1:40 PM
NEW: At least five of England’s top-rated maternity units have been forced to turn pregnant women away because of “significant and unanticipated increases in demand", despite birth rates falling across the country.
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🛑 'Just four years after the peak of the pandemic, four in five NHS acute trusts are concerned their ventilation systems may be inadequate, according to an investigation by @hsj.co.uk @zoetidman.bsky.social
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Poor ventilation leaves hospitals ‘not ready’ for another covid
Just four years after the peak of the pandemic, four in five NHS acute trusts are concerned their ventilation systems may be inadequate, according to an investigation by HSJ.
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October 29, 2025 at 9:44 AM
🛑 'Just four years after the peak of the pandemic, four in five NHS acute trusts are concerned their ventilation systems may be inadequate, according to an investigation by @hsj.co.uk @zoetidman.bsky.social
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The Guardian has today printed the names, and where possible, images, of all the media workers killed in Gaza, as part of an international day of action involving more than 150 media organisations.
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The deadly toll on journalists in the Gaza war
With foreign media barred, Palestinians have reported alone, facing the ‘most deliberate effort to kill and silence’ them ever
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September 1, 2025 at 9:28 AM
The Guardian has today printed the names, and where possible, images, of all the media workers killed in Gaza, as part of an international day of action involving more than 150 media organisations.
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Exclusive: Major new biosecurity lab gets go-ahead from government after years of uncertainty
The new centre in Essex - now expected to cost over £3bn - to support research against future pandemics
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The new centre in Essex - now expected to cost over £3bn - to support research against future pandemics
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July 17, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Exclusive: Major new biosecurity lab gets go-ahead from government after years of uncertainty
The new centre in Essex - now expected to cost over £3bn - to support research against future pandemics
www.hsj.co.uk/technology-a...
The new centre in Essex - now expected to cost over £3bn - to support research against future pandemics
www.hsj.co.uk/technology-a...
And the 10-year health plan is out💥
I'll be digging into what this means for NHS infrastructure, & expect lots of other analysis from colleagues at @hsj.co.uk
www.gov.uk/government/p...
I'll be digging into what this means for NHS infrastructure, & expect lots of other analysis from colleagues at @hsj.co.uk
www.gov.uk/government/p...
10 Year Health Plan for England: fit for the future
Sets out the government’s 10 Year Health Plan for England.
www.gov.uk
July 3, 2025 at 10:04 AM
And the 10-year health plan is out💥
I'll be digging into what this means for NHS infrastructure, & expect lots of other analysis from colleagues at @hsj.co.uk
www.gov.uk/government/p...
I'll be digging into what this means for NHS infrastructure, & expect lots of other analysis from colleagues at @hsj.co.uk
www.gov.uk/government/p...
Costs of ongoing inquiry into patient deaths risks financial resilience of trust at centre, chief exec tells @hsj.co.uk
Essex Partnership gets no extra ££ for Lampard Inquiry - which cost it millions last year:
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Essex Partnership gets no extra ££ for Lampard Inquiry - which cost it millions last year:
www.hsj.co.uk/essex-partne...
Cost of inquiry ‘threatens trust’s financial resilience’, says CEO
An ongoing patient safety inquiry could threaten the financial resilience of a trust if a lack of funding continues, a chief executive has warned.
www.hsj.co.uk
June 5, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Costs of ongoing inquiry into patient deaths risks financial resilience of trust at centre, chief exec tells @hsj.co.uk
Essex Partnership gets no extra ££ for Lampard Inquiry - which cost it millions last year:
www.hsj.co.uk/essex-partne...
Essex Partnership gets no extra ££ for Lampard Inquiry - which cost it millions last year:
www.hsj.co.uk/essex-partne...
💥NHS England confirms new rules to boost to capital spend - but only top performers will benefit
Story: www.hsj.co.uk/finance-and-...
Story: www.hsj.co.uk/finance-and-...
Ministers sign off capital boost for ‘high-performing’ systems
Top-performing systems will be able to spend up to £25m above their usual capital allocations under an upcoming NHS England rewards scheme, HSJ can reveal.
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May 21, 2025 at 8:50 AM
💥NHS England confirms new rules to boost to capital spend - but only top performers will benefit
Story: www.hsj.co.uk/finance-and-...
Story: www.hsj.co.uk/finance-and-...
NHS England tracks how many times care is disrupted each year due to repair backlogs, but not the details
New investigation by @hsj.co.uk into over 500 incidents finds unsuitable temperatures is most common issue
Findings - and attempt at explaining why - here:
www.hsj.co.uk/expert-brief...
New investigation by @hsj.co.uk into over 500 incidents finds unsuitable temperatures is most common issue
Findings - and attempt at explaining why - here:
www.hsj.co.uk/expert-brief...
Carbon Copy: Boiling, freezing, failing
The ideas, policies and challenges at the heart of the NHS goal for net zero emissions, from HSJ sustainability correspondent Zoe Tidman
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May 20, 2025 at 3:45 PM
NHS England tracks how many times care is disrupted each year due to repair backlogs, but not the details
New investigation by @hsj.co.uk into over 500 incidents finds unsuitable temperatures is most common issue
Findings - and attempt at explaining why - here:
www.hsj.co.uk/expert-brief...
New investigation by @hsj.co.uk into over 500 incidents finds unsuitable temperatures is most common issue
Findings - and attempt at explaining why - here:
www.hsj.co.uk/expert-brief...
I've been looking into the IVF postcode lottery and how local NHS organisations are funded
And found a trend emerged:
www.hsj.co.uk/quality-and-...
And found a trend emerged:
www.hsj.co.uk/quality-and-...
‘Overfunded’ ICBs offer better IVF access
Three of the most "overfunded" integrated care boards are offering greater access to IVF than most of their peers, HSJ can reveal.
www.hsj.co.uk
May 19, 2025 at 1:15 PM
I've been looking into the IVF postcode lottery and how local NHS organisations are funded
And found a trend emerged:
www.hsj.co.uk/quality-and-...
And found a trend emerged:
www.hsj.co.uk/quality-and-...
Over 700 job cuts planned at major NHS trust this year
Second year in a row that hundreds of posts will go at Mid & South Essex FT as it faces financial challenges
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Second year in a row that hundreds of posts will go at Mid & South Essex FT as it faces financial challenges
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Second tranche of major job cuts revealed by trust
A large acute trust plans to cut more than 700 additional jobs and admits it will miss key performance targets this year due to its "unsustainable" deficit.
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May 1, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Over 700 job cuts planned at major NHS trust this year
Second year in a row that hundreds of posts will go at Mid & South Essex FT as it faces financial challenges
www.hsj.co.uk/mid-and-sout...
Second year in a row that hundreds of posts will go at Mid & South Essex FT as it faces financial challenges
www.hsj.co.uk/mid-and-sout...
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Anger rising - particularly from maternity services - around cut to ringfences across maternity, children and prevention.
Donna Ockenden said it was "unbelievable" she had to find out from our article that money to improve maternity services was among the slashed pots.
Donna Ockenden said it was "unbelievable" she had to find out from our article that money to improve maternity services was among the slashed pots.
A worrying headline, particularly as prevention of ill health is supposedly a top government priority.
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NHSE budget cuts hit maternity, children and prevention
Maternity, prevention, mental health, and children's services are the national budgets seeing the biggest cuts after government and NHS England decided to slash ringfenced allocations, HSJ analysis re...
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April 30, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Anger rising - particularly from maternity services - around cut to ringfences across maternity, children and prevention.
Donna Ockenden said it was "unbelievable" she had to find out from our article that money to improve maternity services was among the slashed pots.
Donna Ockenden said it was "unbelievable" she had to find out from our article that money to improve maternity services was among the slashed pots.
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Long waits for autism diagnosis and treatment – implicated in the suicide of a 17-year-old – will continue unless addressing them is given greater priority by government, an integrated care board has said.
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ICB points to lack of government support after teenager’s suicide
Long waits for autism diagnosis and treatment - implicated in the suicide of a 17-year-old - will continue unless addressing them is given greater priority by government, an integrated care board has ...
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April 24, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Long waits for autism diagnosis and treatment – implicated in the suicide of a 17-year-old – will continue unless addressing them is given greater priority by government, an integrated care board has said.
www.hsj.co.uk/hertfordshir...
www.hsj.co.uk/hertfordshir...
More than £5m has been spent on an inquiry into mental health deaths in Essex so far, @hsj.co.uk can reveal
Families have been waiting for answers since one was first launched in 2021, with hearings still ongoing
New story: www.hsj.co.uk/mental-healt...
Families have been waiting for answers since one was first launched in 2021, with hearings still ongoing
New story: www.hsj.co.uk/mental-healt...
April 24, 2025 at 11:03 AM
More than £5m has been spent on an inquiry into mental health deaths in Essex so far, @hsj.co.uk can reveal
Families have been waiting for answers since one was first launched in 2021, with hearings still ongoing
New story: www.hsj.co.uk/mental-healt...
Families have been waiting for answers since one was first launched in 2021, with hearings still ongoing
New story: www.hsj.co.uk/mental-healt...
Hearings for the Lampard Inquiry into at least 2,000 mental health deaths in Essex restart next week
Final sessions will be late next year - nearly six years after Essex MH inquiry was launched
lampardinquiry.org.uk/upcoming-hea...
Final sessions will be late next year - nearly six years after Essex MH inquiry was launched
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Upcoming hearings - The Lampard Inquiry - investigating mental health deaths in Essex
Warning – Potentially distressing content. Please be aware that the hearings may contain descriptions of death and suicide, from the start and throughout, which some viewers may find distressing. Due ...
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April 22, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Hearings for the Lampard Inquiry into at least 2,000 mental health deaths in Essex restart next week
Final sessions will be late next year - nearly six years after Essex MH inquiry was launched
lampardinquiry.org.uk/upcoming-hea...
Final sessions will be late next year - nearly six years after Essex MH inquiry was launched
lampardinquiry.org.uk/upcoming-hea...
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ICB spend will be reduced to an average of around £19 per population head, with some flexibility between ICBs.
The target - which must be hit at a regional level - represents first firm details on how 50% overall cut to ICBs will be implemented.
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The target - which must be hit at a regional level - represents first firm details on how 50% overall cut to ICBs will be implemented.
www.hsj.co.uk/integrated-c...
April 16, 2025 at 1:35 PM
ICB spend will be reduced to an average of around £19 per population head, with some flexibility between ICBs.
The target - which must be hit at a regional level - represents first firm details on how 50% overall cut to ICBs will be implemented.
www.hsj.co.uk/integrated-c...
The target - which must be hit at a regional level - represents first firm details on how 50% overall cut to ICBs will be implemented.
www.hsj.co.uk/integrated-c...
Project teams for the most delayed 40 'new hospitals' are now being stood down
@hsj.co.uk understands NHS trusts must front redundancy costs themselves - which could run into millions nationally
Story: www.hsj.co.uk/finance-and-...
@hsj.co.uk understands NHS trusts must front redundancy costs themselves - which could run into millions nationally
Story: www.hsj.co.uk/finance-and-...
Trusts must cover ‘new hospital’ redundancy costs
Trusts must cover their own redundancy costs caused by delays to projects in the New Hospital Programme, despite hopes they would be covered centrally, HSJ has learned.
www.hsj.co.uk
April 16, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Project teams for the most delayed 40 'new hospitals' are now being stood down
@hsj.co.uk understands NHS trusts must front redundancy costs themselves - which could run into millions nationally
Story: www.hsj.co.uk/finance-and-...
@hsj.co.uk understands NHS trusts must front redundancy costs themselves - which could run into millions nationally
Story: www.hsj.co.uk/finance-and-...
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Assura has sold itself to a private consortium including US corporate giant KKR for £1.6bn. Assura owns hundreds of GP surgeries and health centres, according to the FT. www.ft.com/content/3993...
NHS landlord agrees £1.6bn takeover by KKR consortium
London-listed group Assura rejects rival offer that would have kept it in the public markets
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April 9, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Assura has sold itself to a private consortium including US corporate giant KKR for £1.6bn. Assura owns hundreds of GP surgeries and health centres, according to the FT. www.ft.com/content/3993...
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A panel set up by an integrated care board to review its plans for closing a hospital has called the proposals “hasty” and “utterly inadequate”.
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‘Hasty’ hospital closure plan criticised by ICB-commissioned report
A panel set up by an integrated care board to review its plans for closing a hospital has called the proposals "hasty" and "utterly inadequate".
www.hsj.co.uk
April 8, 2025 at 9:08 AM
A panel set up by an integrated care board to review its plans for closing a hospital has called the proposals “hasty” and “utterly inadequate”.
www.hsj.co.uk/mid-and-sout...
www.hsj.co.uk/mid-and-sout...
Millions of ££ have been spent on 'new hospitals' now placed in long grass
The outcome? Around £150m may need to be written off, acc early figures seen by @hsj.co.uk
New story: www.hsj.co.uk/finance-and-...
The outcome? Around £150m may need to be written off, acc early figures seen by @hsj.co.uk
New story: www.hsj.co.uk/finance-and-...
£150m ‘wasted’ planning for ‘paused’ new hospitals
More than £150m spent planning "new hospital" projects which are now in the long grass may need to be written off, according to estimates seen by HSJ.
www.hsj.co.uk
April 3, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Millions of ££ have been spent on 'new hospitals' now placed in long grass
The outcome? Around £150m may need to be written off, acc early figures seen by @hsj.co.uk
New story: www.hsj.co.uk/finance-and-...
The outcome? Around £150m may need to be written off, acc early figures seen by @hsj.co.uk
New story: www.hsj.co.uk/finance-and-...
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Lung cancer patients at a major trust were on waiting lists for so long that their disease progressed to a stage where it was no longer treatable.
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Cancer patients missed chance for treatment due to 100-day waits, trust admits
Lung cancer patients at a major trust were on a waiting list for so long that their disease progressed to a stage where it was no longer treatable.
www.hsj.co.uk
March 31, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Lung cancer patients at a major trust were on waiting lists for so long that their disease progressed to a stage where it was no longer treatable.
www.hsj.co.uk/quality-and-...
www.hsj.co.uk/quality-and-...
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When will promised 'new hospitals' be built?
I've seen letters to trusts (via FOI) that give slightly different dates than announced for wave two schemes
Looks like Watford & Leicester are front of queue
I've seen letters to trusts (via FOI) that give slightly different dates than announced for wave two schemes
Looks like Watford & Leicester are front of queue
March 27, 2025 at 12:21 PM
When will promised 'new hospitals' be built?
I've seen letters to trusts (via FOI) that give slightly different dates than announced for wave two schemes
Looks like Watford & Leicester are front of queue
I've seen letters to trusts (via FOI) that give slightly different dates than announced for wave two schemes
Looks like Watford & Leicester are front of queue
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Excl: Row as NHS commissioners refuse to pay for weightloss drugs that a company is "intensively" marketing to patients. (£)
High cost and large numbers of eligible patients mean issue is a "ticking timebomb" for NHS, says one boss
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High cost and large numbers of eligible patients mean issue is a "ticking timebomb" for NHS, says one boss
www.hsj.co.uk/finance-and-...
March 25, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Excl: Row as NHS commissioners refuse to pay for weightloss drugs that a company is "intensively" marketing to patients. (£)
High cost and large numbers of eligible patients mean issue is a "ticking timebomb" for NHS, says one boss
www.hsj.co.uk/finance-and-...
High cost and large numbers of eligible patients mean issue is a "ticking timebomb" for NHS, says one boss
www.hsj.co.uk/finance-and-...
Deteriorating hospital estate is causing 'moral injury' to staff whose ability to provide care is impacted, boss of delayed Essex rebuild says
Interesting to see NHS leaders speaking up about this
New interview: www.hsj.co.uk/the-princess...
Interesting to see NHS leaders speaking up about this
New interview: www.hsj.co.uk/the-princess...
CEO: Staff suffering ‘moral injury’ from poor estates
Staff are suffering "moral injury" as deteriorating estates disrupt their ability to provide care, a chief executive whose hospital rebuild has been delayed has warned.
www.hsj.co.uk
March 24, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Deteriorating hospital estate is causing 'moral injury' to staff whose ability to provide care is impacted, boss of delayed Essex rebuild says
Interesting to see NHS leaders speaking up about this
New interview: www.hsj.co.uk/the-princess...
Interesting to see NHS leaders speaking up about this
New interview: www.hsj.co.uk/the-princess...
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Sidmouth, in east Devon, has 1,100 residents over the age of 80 compared with just 842 under 30s – yet somehow, it works
An absolute delight of a read from @yennahsmart.bsky.social, one of the rising stars on the Times data team www.thetimes.com/article/9c8a...
An absolute delight of a read from @yennahsmart.bsky.social, one of the rising stars on the Times data team www.thetimes.com/article/9c8a...
Welcome to Sidmouth, where over-90s are having the time of their lives
The Devon town has only 842 residents under 30 — and 1,100 over 80 — and yet somehow it works, thanks to a strong sense of community and plenty of willing volunteers
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March 24, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Sidmouth, in east Devon, has 1,100 residents over the age of 80 compared with just 842 under 30s – yet somehow, it works
An absolute delight of a read from @yennahsmart.bsky.social, one of the rising stars on the Times data team www.thetimes.com/article/9c8a...
An absolute delight of a read from @yennahsmart.bsky.social, one of the rising stars on the Times data team www.thetimes.com/article/9c8a...