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NewsUncertainty over reforms contributed to ICB’s illegal action
Confusion over NHS reforms led a West Country integrated care board to pursue a procurement route that it acknowledged was unlawful, and for which it is now being sued.
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News£40m contract review sparked by ‘integrity’ concerns
An integrated care board is re-examining its award of a £40m patient transport contract after the procurement regulator ruled it had failed to “act fairly”.
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NewsAnother ICB CEO announces departure
The leadership of another integrated care board has been thrown into doubt after its CEO unexpectedly announced he is leaving next week.
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NewsNational system held up by ‘limitations’ of Federated Data Platform
Development of a national “system control centre” tool for monitoring healthcare demand and capacity is being held up by “limitations” of the Federated Data Platform, an integrated care board has said.
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News£44m deficit declared by first trust to abandon financial plan
A large trust has become the first to publicly admit it will fail to meet its financial plan this year and will plunge into a deficit of more than £40m.
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NewsTrust ‘losing £35m a year’ from integration contract
An acute trust is considering ending a 20-year partnership with a local authority as the cost of delivering adult social care services is exceeding funding by £35m per year.
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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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News38 trusts move league table segment
Thirty-eight trusts have moved segments in the NHS England league tables for the second quarter of 2025-26, despite very few recording a significant change in their performance score.
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News‘Collaboration’ explains sharp performance boost, say trusts
The worst performing ambulance trust of the post-covid period has seen substantial improvement over the past 12 months, which it attributes to “collaboration” with local providers and integrated care boards.
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NewsTrusts furthest from financial plan revealed
NHS England has revealed the trusts furthest behind their financial plans halfway through the year, with some providers off plan by up to 6 per cent as a proportion of their turnover.
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NewsFirst ‘new FT’ and IHO candidates revealed
Eight trusts are being lined up to take on a new “advanced foundation trust” status, and potentially become integrated health organisations.
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NewsTwo in five trusts share chair or CEO
Nearly two in five trusts in England now share a chair and/or chief executive — despite some high-profile partnerships being scaled back — HSJ analysis shows.
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NewsEx-MP to chair trust
A former MP and current member of the House of Lords has been appointed as chair of a community and mental health trust.
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NewsDiagnostics performance slides despite NHSE hailing ‘record summer’
Performance on the NHS’s main diagnostic target has dropped back a year despite efforts to increase capacity and ramp up activity, figures published on Thursday show.
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NewsCEO appointed at ICB cluster
An integrated care board “cluster” has named its chief executive, as decisions are finalised about leadership of the newly consolidated ICB landscape.
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NewsStrikes to hit three trusts over SubCo plans
Workers at three trusts are set to strike over plans to outsource roles, with their union warning there will be national walkouts over SubCo plans.
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NewsAmbulance staff arrested in deaths probe
Two ambulance workers in the South West have been arrested as part of a major investigation into six deaths, a trust and police have confirmed.
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NewsTrust seeks £150m partner to boost private income
A trust in the South West is planning to boost its income by treating more private patients, according to a £150m tender notice.
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NewsReview finds nine infant deaths at trust ‘potentially avoidable’
A trust has apologised after an external review into maternity failures concluded that nine neonatal deaths may have been avoidable.
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NewsICB cluster chairs revealed
All “clustered” integrated care boards have appointed a chair, HSJ can reveal.