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NewsTwo trusts taken to High Court over late payments
Two NHS trusts are facing “six-figure claims” in the High Court in a dispute over alleged late payment to suppliers, HSJ can reveal.
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HSJ LocalNew trust probes staff accessing Southport victims’ records
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.
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NewsTreasury takes £1bn from health capital for defence
The health department’s capital budget is being cut by £1bn over the next four years, as the government moves funding to bolster defence investment.
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NewsCompare the Market boss to lead NHS efficiency review
The government has appointed the CEO of a prominent price comparison website to review how AI and technology can improve the health service’s productivity.
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NewsMinisters drop plans to axe patient champion
The government has confirmed it is dropping plans to abolish local and national Healthwatch organisations, instead pledging to strengthen their role.
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NewsRevealed: First ICB chair picked by mayor
A Labour councillor who led a local authority for 30 years has been lined up as the first joint integrated care board chair and deputy mayor for health, HSJ has learned.
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NewsTrust investigating avoidable harm from transport failures
An ambulance trust has commissioned an “independent” investigation into its patient transport service amid concerns that patients could be at risk of harm.
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HSJ LocalRecruitment equality plummets despite pioneering model
The first trust to establish a diverse “shadow board” to tackle poor ethnic diversity among directors has reported recruitment equality has worsened since its launch.
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NewsChair takes on neighbouring trust
An acute trust is to share its chair with a neighbouring mental health and community trust, citing the “synergy” between the two.
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NewsNHSE abolition group chair hasn’t attended meetings for a year
Alan Milburn has not attended a meeting in his capacity as joint chair of the committee overseeing the abolition of NHS England for more than a year, HSJ can reveal.
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HSJ LocalSurgeon harm review delayed to 2027
A trust has apologised for a further delay to an independent review into potential harm to hundreds of patients, many of them children, treated by one of its surgeons.
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NewsRegional role for long-serving CEO
A long-serving trust chief will work part-time as director of a different NHS England region in an interim capacity.
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NewsCEO raises alarm over terror attack readiness
A chief executive who has led ambulance trusts for 23 years has warned that the sector is not “sufficiently trained, equipped, or resourced” to respond to a terrorist attack.
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NewsConsultants to strike next month
Medical consultants in England have announced two days of strikes next month over pay, conditions and workload.
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NewsTop CEOs fear politicians with ‘a different ideology’
The imminent re-establishment of direct political control over the NHS could see it diverted from delivering “what’s right for the population as a whole”, leading trust CEOs have warned.
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NewsLeaders lukewarm about key provider reforms
Leading trust chief executives are split on the desirability of becoming advanced foundation trusts, an HSJ roundtable has heard.
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NewsInquiry trust appoints ex-nurse as substantive CEO
A trust undergoing an independent inquiry into its maternity and neonatal services has appointed its interim chief executive to the role permanently.
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NewsCancer board dominated by national officials
Nearly two-thirds of the members of the reformed “independent” national cancer board are NHS England or Department of Health and Social Care officials, HSJ has learned.
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NewsBed pressures now ‘relentless’, reports CQC
Mental health trusts are under “daily relentless pressure” on their inpatient beds, the Care Quality Commission has warned.
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NewsICB expects one in 10 beds to close
England’s largest integrated care board expects to need almost a tenth fewer hospital beds within a decade as it tries to close a projected financial gap that could reach £4bn.