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NewsCEO departs trust with leadership ‘disconnect’
A trust grappling with concerns about leadership and culture has announced the retirement of its CEO.
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NewsExclusive: NHSE pays three trusts £1m each to remove patients from waiting lists
Three trusts were paid more than one million pounds for removing patients from their waiting lists through “validation” exercises last year, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsInfluential DHSC panel leader resigns
The chair of a panel responsible for advising ministers on contested NHS service changes has resigned after six years in the job.
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LeaderStuck in the politician’s waiting room
Once again, the NHS is waiting. Waiting to see if there will be a new prime minister, waiting to see if they will appoint a new health secretary, waiting to see who that health secretary will appoint as Sir Jim Mackey’s successor. Waiting to see if the new leadership will ...
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NewsDeaths inquiry left trust unprepared for CQC inspection
A trust has claimed it was left unprepared for an unannounced Care Quality Commission inspection because of the demands of an inquiry into historic care failures.
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NewsGovernment accused of ‘disconnect’ in policy over new ICB role
The government’s decision to give integrated care boards partial responsibility for delivering a new £1.8bn special needs programme is creating “real tension” with their plans to cut staffing and focus on commissioning, system leaders have warned.
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NewsVulnerable children denied surgery as cancer patients prioritised
Cancer waiting time pressures have led an acute trust to withdraw an offer to treat children with complex needs in its theatres.
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NewsRevealed: NHSE planning for £1.5bn local deficit
NHS England has finally revealed its planned local deficit figure for 2026/27, but admitted that ongoing negotiations mean it still has to find an additional £300m.
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NewsNHS accused of using suppliers as ‘free overdraft’
Overdue payments by trusts running to tens of millions of pounds have sparked a fresh row with suppliers, who have warned the situation is “not sustainable”.
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NewsCEOs given six months to take antisemitism training
Trust chairs and chief executives must take mandatory antisemitism and anti-racism training within six months, as part of efforts to tackle “routine ostracism” of Jewish people in the NHS.
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NewsMackey: Cyber attack risk ‘dramatically accelerating’
Sir Jim Mackey has warned NHS leaders that cyber security is a “dramatically” bigger threat than it was just a few weeks ago, due to rapidly changing tech.
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NewsExclusive: CQC’s ‘ridiculous’ inspections without clinical input
The Care Quality Commission has been accused of undertaking “ridiculous” inspections without clinical input which have put patients at risk, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsNew commissioning structure lacks experts, president warns
There is only one senior mental health lead across the seven new regional commissioning hubs taking on specialised services from NHS England, the president of the Royal College of Psychiatrists has told a public inquiry.
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NewsData watchdog demands answers on Palantir patient data access
The national patient data watchdog has said it will investigate how Palantir staff came to have access to identifiable patient data in the federated data platform, despite previous assurances that this would not be the case.
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NewsMidwives ‘awake for 24hrs’ at under-fire maternity unit
A maternity service has been given a “good” rating by the Care Quality Commission, despite midwives reporting being asked to work back-to-back shifts with no sleep breaks.
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NewsConsultants sought to help ICBs control £7.5bn care spend
NHS England is developing plans to procure external expertise to help it cut the cost of the £7.5bn all-age continuing care services on a “no saving, no payment” basis.
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NewsCQC gets caretaker chair after ‘regrettable’ delay
An interim chair has been appointed to the Care Quality Commission, which has bemoaned a “regrettable” delay in recruiting a permanent successor.
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NewsTrust confirms doctor as CEO
An acute trust has made its interim chief executive permanent, in the latest of a string of senior appointments in the North East.
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NewsSix trusts exit NHSE recovery regime
Six trusts have been released from an NHS England’s regime for the most challenged providers, HSJ has learned.
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NewsEx-CEO still being paid salary by trust
A trust group whose CEO left after board relationships broke down is still paying the salary of its former boss, who is now in an NHS England regional role.