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CEO vows to tackle ‘punitive’ culture and ‘longstanding frictions’ at trust
A probe into a failing children’s surgeon has revealed shortcomings in management and culture at a major hospital trust.
Race row tech firm director steps down as CEO and director
A tech company founder at the centre of a racism scandal appears to have stepped down as CEO and has resigned his role as its sole director, HSJ can reveal.
Trusts face £100m tax bill after losing legal battle
Providers may face a £100m tax bill after a trust lost its bid to reclaim VAT on car parking.
Trusts explore joint EPR after abandoned procurement
Two trusts in the North West are exploring a joint electronic patient record, HSJ understands, after one of them was forced to abandon a procurement.
NHSE picks seven trusts for £5bn investment
NHS England has announced the seven trusts it intends to award contracts totalling £5bn to run the NHS Genomic Medicine Service over the next decade.
Poor ventilation leaves hospitals ‘not ready’ for another covid
Just four years after the peak of the pandemic, four in five NHS acute trusts are concerned their ventilation systems may be inadequate, according to an investigation by HSJ.
Ex-NHSE director joins consultancy
One of the senior directors who left NHS England in the spring has taken up an executive role at a large management consultancy.
First ambulance trusts to share leaders
Two ambulance trusts are set to appoint a joint chair and chief executive, the first to do so in the sector.
Exclusive: Director quits DHSC for senior regional role
The second permanent secretary of the Department of Health and Social Care, Tom Riordan, is leaving after only a year in the post for a newly created cross-government role.
Profits slump at staffing agencies as NHS cuts bite
Four leading providers of agency staff to the NHS have all reported a sharp decline in turnover and profits as trusts continue to cut spend on temporary workers.
Minimum ‘staff welfare’ space mandated for the first time
New hospitals will be required to set aside a minimum amount of space for “staff welfare” for the first time, it has been revealed.
Trust sells in-house consultancy for £12m
An NHS trust has sold off its consultancy arm as part of efforts to meet a demanding cost improvement target.
Trust admits failings after absconded girl’s death
A hospital trust faces a substantial fine after admitting staff failed to follow a teenage girl with mental health problems who absconded from a hospital ward and then killed herself.
Warning 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.
Five convicted over £300k fraud at major trust
A former NHS credit controller has been convicted of fraud after stealing more than £218,000 and attempting to claim a further £84,000 from a top London trust.
NHSE push for FDP adoption sparks concern over ‘costs and benefits’
NHS England has stepped up its campaign to get trusts and integrated care boards to use the national Federated Data Platform, sparking further concerns from technology leaders that the centre is overriding the wishes of local organisations.
Integrated health organisations actually a form of contract, says NHSE
The “integrated health organisations” proposed in the government’s 10-Year Health Plan are not, in fact, organisations but a “contract-based delivery method”, according to the 2026-27 planning guidance issued by NHS England today.
NHS App to become default patient communication channel
The NHS App should be the main channel for all types of patient communication by the start of 2029, new national guidance has stated.
Demanding A&E, elective and cancer targets for 2026-27 revealed
Trusts have been told to treat 82 per cent of A&E attendees within four hours next year, and must also hit a slew of other new targets revealed in the latest planning guidance.
Government delays new NHS workforce plan
The government has pushed back publication of its new NHS workforce plan to spring next year, HSJ has learned.
CEO announced for £4bn hospital group
Joint NHSE-DHSC leadership team revealed
Resident doctors to strike for five days next month
Trust picks US patient record supplier
Ex-tabloid editor to review ‘integration’ of DHSC and NHSE media teams
Local systems must ‘comply’ with new medicines access policy
CQC chief quits with ‘immediate effect’
Trust hires railway chief to lead £2.2bn private funding bid
CQC prosecutes hospital over ‘avoidable harm’
‘Troubling’ bid to curb checks for restricted patients
Hospital chief steps down after a decade
Two trusts removed from maternity probe
Ex-regional leader joins ICB with £178m deficit
NHS productivity slows despite ministers hailing ‘green shoots of recovery’
NHSE intervenes over trust’s leadership failures
DHSC to spend £8m on IT for NHSE takeover
ICB data project rejected over data rules concerns
National director’s trust expanding subco despite opposition
The 50 most influential Black, Asian and minority ethnic people in health: Rising stars
Now or never – leadership diversity across the NHS
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Supplier boss bribed NHS manager for contracts and ‘assistance’
NHS’s minority ethnic leaders, finally, have real power in their hands
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Management training scheme more likely to reject minority ethnic applicants
Ex-trust CEO to chair hospital group
IT firm sues trust over £70m procurement
‘Urgent’ inquiry into major trust called by Streeting
Hospital removed 1,000 patients from waiting list 'retrospectively'
Top CEO steps down after more than 45 years in NHS
HR firm called in over chair-CEO clash
PM: NHS is failing to deal with antisemitism
Overall CQC ratings to be reintroduced
Inquiry chair: No time to ‘co-produce’ with families
650 patients reviewed for harm after dropping off waiting list
Mackey demands sign-off on disruptive tech deployments
Tech firm wins £1.2bn national workforce contract
Streeting accused of ignoring nurses’ safety warning
Hospital rated ‘inadequate’ over leadership and infection failures