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NewsWarning of ‘future deaths’ as repeated governance failures are revealed at major trust
A “failure of governance” has been identified by two coroners investigating deaths at the same major London teaching trust.
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NewsCEO announced for £4bn hospital group
A joint chief executive has been appointed to lead the biggest hospital group in England.
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NewsNHS productivity slows despite ministers hailing ‘green shoots of recovery’
Hospital productivity growth has “slowed sharply” in recent months, new analysis has revealed, prompting experts to warn the NHS is set to miss a key government target.
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NewsHospital removed 1,000 patients from waiting list 'retrospectively'
A hospital trust has removed more than 1,000 patients from its waiting list by retrospectively applying referral criteria, which local GPs have said is disruptive and unsafe.
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News£2bn cost of delayed discharges revealed for first time
The first official estimate of the financial impact of delayed hospital discharges on the NHS has suggested the monthly cost is around £200m.
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NewsNHSE’s improvement teams axed
NHS England’s elective, emergency care and mental health improvement support teams are being axed – and their staff and functions merged into the Getting it Right First Time programme, HSJ has learned.
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NewsMapped: RTT waiting times
An interactive map of local NHS waits around England in August 2025, showing the pressures, with links to all the details by organisation and specialty.
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NewsTrust pays millions to settle dispute with property firm
A hospital trust has paid up to £34m to settle a long-standing property dispute with an asset management company registered in Guernsey.
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HSJ LocalTrust targets £10m lost from overseas patients
A hospital trust is beginning a “concerted effort” to collect unpaid debts from overseas patients amid the current NHS “financial crisis”.
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NewsBonus fund led to ‘March madness’ and possible gaming in A&E
A royal college has raised fundamental concerns that an NHS England incentive scheme may have been “gamed” and that this led to what one senior figure branded a “March Madness” in urgent and emergency care performance.
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NewsNHSE now ‘treating us like grown-ups’ say leading trust CEOs
A group of the country’s leading trust chief executives have praised the approach taken by the new NHS England leadership but have warned that unrealistic expectations about financial performance may sour the relationship.
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NewsMapped: RTT waiting times
An interactive map of local NHS waits around England in July 2025, showing the pressures, with links to all the details by organisation and specialty.
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Expert BriefingPatient Safety Watch: Will league tables lead to hitting the target but missing the point?
HSJ hosts the Patient Safety Watch newsletter, written by Patient Safety Watch chair Jeremy Hunt
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NewsClinicians’ concerns have held up outpatient reform, says Mackey
NHS England’s outpatients recovery efforts have been stymied by a lack of funding and because “we’ve struggled to get the clinical community uniformly behind it”, Sir Jim Mackey has told MPs.
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NewsRevealed: Hospitals where the poor wait much longer than the rich
Some of the NHS’s best performing trusts have a big gap between waiting times for their most and least deprived patients.
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News‘Extra appointments’ celebrated by govt deliver ‘modest impact’ on waiting lists
The “4.6 million extra NHS appointments” championed by the prime minister and health secretary have only had a “modest impact” on reducing waiting list clock stops, a vital part of cutting the NHS’s elective care backlog, according to new analysis shared exclusively with HSJ.
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NewsTrusts appoint joint CEO
An acute trust and a community provider serving the same area have appointed a shared chief executive.
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NewsPatients lost sight due to poor care, trust admits
Multiple glaucoma patients have suffered significant harm, including loss of sight, after treatment guidelines were not followed by more than one member of staff over a number of years at the same trust, HSJ has learned.
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CommentTwo cheers for the 10-Year Health Plan's CVD ambitions
Preventing cardiovascular disease offers a major opportunity to improve health, reduce inequalities and strengthen the economy, but stronger action is needed
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NewsMapped: RTT waiting times
An interactive map of local NHS waits around England in May 2025, showing the pressures, with links to all the details by organisation and specialty.