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Basic errors lay behind trust’s botched IT upgrade, leak reveals
A string of basic errors led to a teaching trust botching a pathology lab IT upgrade, causing major disruption to tests, according to an internal review seen by HSJ.
CEO accuses trusts of defying NHSE target
Acute trusts in the West Midlands have been criticised by an ambulance service CEO for not implementing an NHS England instruction to keep handover times under 45 minutes.
ICB CEO returns to role after national secondment
A CEO who was seconded to lead integrated care system development at NHS England is returning to his ICS.
NHSE director: 50% cut to ICB costs ‘may well not be right number’
NHS England’s deputy chair has questioned the basis of its demand of 50 per cent cuts to integrated care boards and trusts’ corporate costs, saying they may be ’too much’
External reviews ordered over trust’s baby death rates
Two external reviews are being commissioned into maternity and neonatal care at the trust with the highest perinatal mortality rates.
Nine systems get extra deficit funding
Nine integrated care systems have been allowed to set higher planned deficits than last year, new figures show.
Senior pay rules ‘demotivating’ leaders, say government advisers
Very small uplifts between senior pay bands are “demotivating” NHS staff and discouraging them from accepting promotion, government advisers have warned.
Planning, teamwork and understaffing criticised at troubled unit
A regional haematology unit with a history of quality problems has admitted new failures in planning transplants and teamworking, amid concerns about short staffing.
Trust takes legal action over delays to £100m construction project
A trust is taking legal action against a contractor it says botched part of a £103m development.
Streeting 'pushing for stronger action' on maternity failings
Wes Streeting has apologised to families harmed by poor maternity care for taking six months to get back to them, and claimed he is pressing NHS England for a “more comprehensive and stronger set of actions” to improve safety.
South comes off worst from government capital funding boost
Primary care in London will benefit least from the government’s plan to boost the sector’s funding, despite NHS England calling the condition of the buildings from which the capital’s services operate ‘completely inadequate’
Govt cut threatens leadership training
Government cuts to higher-level apprenticeship funding will “create [an] additional financial burden” at a “really challenging time”, trust leaders have warned.
New CEO named at trust facing calls for public inquiry
A trust facing calls for a public inquiry into its care standards has appointed a new CEO.
Pioneering ICB set to be split up
A pioneering integrated care system is expected to be split up because of nationally-imposed cost cuts, and to match boundaries.
Up to a third of ICBs to remain independent despite budget cut
The consolidation of integrated care boards is set to result in at least 13 “clusters”, but will also leave up to 14 ICBs as separate organisations.
£2.8bn trusts name shared chair for ‘new era’
Three hospital trusts with a combined turnover of £2.8bn have recruited their first joint chair, which they say will improve joint working.
Ten-year plan will ‘end one size fits all primary care’
“One size fits all” primary care is outdated and will be replaced with services targeted at the needs of different patient groups, rather than “what is convenient to organisations or individual sectors”, the national GP director has said.
NHSE funding rule ‘deliberately unfair’ to non-acute trusts
Mental health, community and ambulance trusts have raised fresh concerns they are losing out under NHS funding rules – with one provider facing a £16m shortfall in recent years.
Trusts spending too much ‘pursuing executive talent’
Government pay advisers have raised concerns about trusts spending an estimated £7m a year on recruitment firms “to pursue the same talent” for executive posts.
Senior managers face real terms pay cut as govt rejects pay recommendation
The government has awarded above-inflation pay rises for most NHS staff for 2025-26, but senior managers will see their earnings fall in real terms.
‘No staffing growth’ policy implicated in patient’s death
CQC hires trust director as chief inspector of hospitals
Trust predicts ‘standstill’ in very long waits
NHSE tells ICBs to slow elective referrals
Five trusts accelerate move to shared leadership
Staff locked in hospital during ‘unprecedented’ power cut
Trust’s contract management ‘poor or non-existent’
Trust adopts neighbour’s EPR
Ministers sign off capital boost for ‘high-performing’ systems
Troubled trust to appoint shared CEO with community provider
NHS facing another national maternity services review
ICB merger timetable revealed
Trust ‘selectively targeted’ by workplace regulator after rise in work stress
Mapped: RTT waiting times
Trust chair resigns amid calls for public inquiry
‘Life saving’ rapid test not available at most CDCs
Three ICB ‘clusters’ planned by region
‘Overfunded’ ICBs offer better IVF access
Streeting’s ‘agile’ delivery unit delayed
CEO: TV show sparked ‘overwhelming’ regulator scrutiny
ICBs shouldn’t offload functions ‘overnight’, says NHSE director
New NHSE strategy chief confirmed
Trust in row with BMA over senior doctor
Trust admits it ‘cannot safely run’ maternity service
Pay for ICB managers set higher than trusts
No pay rise for managers of worst-performing trusts
Trust secures ‘good’ ratings after years of safety failures
Councils and trusts to help failing GP practices under ‘neighbourhood’ plan
NHSE delays staff transfer to ICBs
Trust poaches CEO back from Wales
DHSC reshuffles team to get 10-Year Plan ‘over the line’
ICB CEO takes charge of hospital trust
Block contracts slowing down surgery
Systems with largest repair bills have capital budgets cut
Ex-director to lead NHSE and DHSC merger
Trust’s surge space death sparks CQC concerns
Inequalities, staffing and safety measures axed by NHSE
Former commissioning chief to chair hospitals
NHSE pays consultants £13.3m to help digital laggard trusts
NHSE to slash targets in latest performance regime overhaul