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NewsNHSE to take greater risks on data sharing
NHS England is increasing its “risk appetite” for sharing performance and care quality data around the service and with the public, and claims that in future it will seek ”legal and governance advice” less often.
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NewsKey cancer target pushed back seven years
Ministers have pushed back the NHS’s objective to diagnose more cancers at an earlier stage by nearly seven years, in their new 10-year cancer plan.
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NewsRevealed: Bid to overhaul key emergency target
National officials are in talks about a major overhaul of the ambulance response time target that covers more than half of emergency calls.
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NewsSingle trust now has 10% of national MSK waiting list
A South East trust is responsible for nearly one in 10 people referred for community musculoskeletal services in England after its waiting quadrupled in a year.
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NewsTrusts scramble to improve reviews of babies’ deaths
Trusts have been scrambling to make reviews of babies’ deaths more “fair and transparent”, after a new national requirement for independent input.
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CommentReaching the 'vaccine ambivalent'
As flu strains NHS services, Gloucestershire’s experience shows that local delivery, targeted outreach and convenient access can significantly improve flu vaccination uptake
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CommentAs a trust CEO I found it hard to keep the focus on improvement
For more than two decades, the NHS has invested heavily in improvement. There have been new operating models, structures, and performance frameworks, as well as repeated waves of leadership development. Yet across much of the service, improvement remains episodic. Gains are made, often at pace – and then lost
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NewsICB suspends access to private provider
A private provider of assessment and treatment for neurodevelopmental disorders has been suspended from NHS work, it has emerged.
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NewsMapped: RTT waiting times
An interactive map of local NHS waits around England in November 2025, showing the pressures, with links to all the details by organisation and specialty.
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NewsNo ‘credible path’ to deliver 10% savings target, says CEO
A hospital group has rejected NHS England’s savings target for one of its providers to balance its books next year.
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News‘Significant errors’ uncovered in trust’s accounts
Serious financial reporting and governance problems have been discovered by a trust’s external auditors, delaying its accounts by more than a year.
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Comment'Frontline' staff who are not clinicians need better support
Non-clinical frontline staff in mental health services face distressed patients every day with minimal training or support. Recognising and investing in these roles is essential for patient safety and service quality
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NewsRevealed: Wide variation in resident doctors on strike
There was wide variation in the proportion of resident doctors who went on strike before Christmas amid increased national turnout, analysis of NHS England data suggests.
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NewsUnit’s bullying culture ‘allowed to persist and fester’
A culture of bullying and harassment has been allowed to “persist and fester” at a major hospital maternity department, showing two years’ improvement work had “failed”, a coroner has said.
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NewsProbert: We want NHS to be ‘world’s most transparent health service’
The NHS is striving to become the “most transparent health service in the world”, its deputy chief has said.
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NewsRise in flu beds slows following government ‘collapse’ fears
The rise in hospital flu cases slowed last week – following NHS England and government claims that the service was facing an “unprecedented… worst-case scenario”.
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NewsNHSE cracks down on ‘variable’ testing after C difficile rise
NHS England is introducing new infection diagnosis standards, which experts told HSJ reflected a “real concern” about variation between providers.
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NewsICBs pay trust £23m after contract dispute
Six integrated care boards in the West Midlands have reached a settlement with an ambulance trust to compensate for delays handing over patients to emergency departments.
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NewsManagers ‘felt pressured and bullied’ in overcrowded ED
Managers in a major emergency department felt “pressured and bullied not to disclose difficulties” and were left to manage “extreme risk” including avoidable deaths, the Care Quality Commission has reported.
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NewsNHSE orders daily reporting on maternity pressures
NHS England is requiring hospitals to report to it every morning on the state of their maternity and neonatal services, in what some leaders say is an echo of the “command and control under covid”.