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FDP benefits were overestimated by £1.7bn
Government is now estimating the long-term cost-benefit of the federated data platform at £1.7bn less than the figure given by NHS England a year ago.
Top ICB confirms new CEO
A leading integrated care board has confirmed its finance director will take on the chief executive job.
Hospitals must report on 25 maternity ‘deliverables’
Trusts have been told to report on 25 maternity asks by next month as part of the service’s response to two damning reviews.
Discharge system ‘a mess’, says Cooper
“System reforms” are needed to fix the “patchwork” of policies aimed at preventing hospital admissions and speeding up discharge, the health and social care secretary has said.
Consultants vote to oust CEO
Three-quarters of consultants at a trust have signed a letter declaring they have no confidence in their chief executive.
‘Golden hellos’ offered in bid to reopen unit
A trust is offering “golden hellos” to obstetric consultants to plug gaps at a rural maternity unit, where it suspended births this week, after a recruitment round failed last month.
Group trusts to merge next year
Two trusts have announced their intention to formally merge after two years of working as a group.
ICB breached rules in £20m contract award
An integrated care board breached procurement rules while awarding a £20m general practice contract to a national corporate provider.
Mapped: Most ICBs clash with devo footprints
Just six out of 25 integrated care board and cluster footprints match a current or proposed strategic authority boundary, HSJ analysis shows.
League table positions wrong due to data error
An error in a trust’s performance data means all providers’ current positions in mental health and community trust league tables are incorrect.
Government adviser pushes for patient safety probe
Wes Streeting and the government’s maternity adviser are urging a safety body to consider investigating the NHS’s handling of a “severe yet poorly recognised” condition which can cause “life-changing harm”.
Glove prices surge 75% on Iran war disruption
The price of gloves is expected to rise by 75 per cent from next week due to the Iran war, NHS Supply Chain has warned trusts.
CEO calls for payment system shake-up
Block contracts should be replaced by payment by results to tackle “fundamentally wrong” year-long waits for children’s services, a trust chief has told HSJ.
Lack of doctors closes maternity unit
A rural maternity unit is closing this week, despite local opposition, blaming a lack of doctors.
Patient safety brief upgraded in new DHSC team
Patient safety and public health have been upgraded to a ministerial responsibility, the Department of Health and Social Care has announced.
Strikes at two hospitals extended
A fresh round of strikes set to last 20 days has been announced at hospitals in Lancashire in a row over holiday pay.
Mentally ill men forced into prison to get a bed
Police are sending people in mental health crisis to prison when they should be in a secure hospital, with “devastating consequences”, inspectors have warned.
Candidates for £342k DHSC job to face mock PAC
Candidates for a readvertised post in the Department of Health and Social Care’s executive team, with pay up to £342,000, have been advised to expect a mock public accounts committee grilling.
Trust identifies ‘power imbalances’ after sexual misconduct sackings
An ambulance trust is to strengthen safeguarding for students after sacking two senior staff for sexual misconduct and identifying “inherent power imbalances” that put learners at risk.
Probe into hospital AI safety launched
AI tools that are already being rolled out across the NHS face an investigation by the national safety body.
159 sites to get £343m for ‘A&Es’ and health centres
Regions roll out custom performance regimes
CEOs agree new targets to cut waits
Council privatises NHS-run care service
Threat to remove resident doctors after racist incidents
Shared execs may be ‘stretched and less effective’, NHSE admits
Lead provider role creating ‘potential conflicts of interest’, review finds
Exclusive: Blindsided NHSE bosses to launch snooping probe
Trusts failed to act on 9,000 lost patients for five years
Director unfairly sacked by CEO after ‘17 years unblemished service’
ICBs told to redraw boundaries again
Welsh government denies English hospital’s £20m demand
Former police chief to chair trust
‘Nepotistic culture’ left poor behaviour unchecked, says review
Execs told to own risks of AI scribes
‘Nothing to see attitude’ to safety incidents uncovered at hospital
Nearly 100 staff left ‘in limbo by shitshow procurement’
Inquiry trust CEO paid £330,000 after stepping down
Burnham wants NHS savings to help pay for social care
Hospital group pioneer to chair four trusts
Providers warned over use of AI to contest contract awards
Hospital running out of space for bodies after rise in deaths
Trust drops from ‘outstanding’ to ‘requires improvement’
Jail for scammer who secured string of NHS management jobs
Provider fined £600k over death
GPs and ambulance trusts must do more to combat winter pressures, insists NHSE
Group model was ‘difficult’, says merged trust CEO
CEO to take on third trust
NHSE hires charity chief to create new directorate
New ‘mass casualty’ orders for trusts after terror threat rises
Exclusive: ‘Divisive and toxic’ culture found at trust
Trust CEO and chair cleared by investigation
Former Brown spin doctor to join DHSC
England’s biggest ICB confirms permanent CEO
Health Bill blocks top Burnham priority, warns Labour health expert
You’re ‘too gentle’ with those who abuse staff, police tell trust
Two North West MPs made health ministers
Watchdog warns NHSE over FDP effectiveness claims
Corporate manslaughter investigation launched into trust
More changes to DHSC ministerial team announced