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CEO of leading ICS stepping down
Rob Webster has told staff he is stepping down as CEO of West Yorkshire Integrated Care Board.
Region seeks firm to replace ‘ageing critical infrastructure’
Six trusts in the West Midlands are letting a £290m contract to build and run a regional sterile drugs production unit, to replace current outdated facilities.
Digital tools approved to support asthma patients
New digital tools to help people with asthma manage their conditions through their phones or laptops have been approved for use in the NHS.
Revealed: Wide variation in resident doctors on strike
There was wide variation in the proportion of resident doctors who went on strike before Christmas amid increased national turnout, analysis of NHS England data suggests.
Chief nurse made CEO after unstable year for ICB
A nursing leader has been appointed as the permanent chief executive of an integrated care board whose management has been uncertain for more than a year.
ICBs told to strengthen relationships
Nine integrated care boards have been told to improve partnership working, in NHS England’s latest formal assessment of their performance.
CEO turnover hits 25% as ‘scrutiny ratchets up’
One in four trusts saw their chief executive change last year, which senior figures say reflects “onerous” performance management being “ratcheted up” – and a problem retaining leaders.
Trust CEOs’ time in post
Chart showing the time in post of each trust’s chief executive.
NHSE to scrutinise provider’s management
One of the NHS’s biggest independent providers must review its executive team and regularly report on its cashflow, under special measures agreed with NHS England.
More board members leave ICB after abrupt CEO exit
Two more board members are set to leave one of the most financially challenged integrated care boards in England, HSJ has learned.
A&E handover delays worse at 21 trusts
One in six hospital trusts have seen ambulance handover times deteriorate this winter, despite a trend of national improvement and directives from NHS England.
Maternity inquiry trust announces new CEO
A trust chief executive is moving from Cornwall to lead an acute provider in the North West.
Amanda Pritchard made a Dame
Former NHS England chief executive Amanda Pritchard has been made a Dame in the King’s new year honours.
HSJ’s most read integrated care stories of 2025
As 2026 approaches, here are the integrated care stories that got the most reads this year
HSJ’s most read stories of 2025
As 2025 draws to a close, we take a look back at our most-read stories of the year
Trust must pay £500,000 to director it victimised
An employment tribunal has increased the compensation a trust must pay its former research director to total almost £500,000.
Dozens of hospitals granted emergency cash to keep services running
Nearly two in five acute trusts received emergency cash from government to keep services running last financial year, according to new figures.
Home working ‘a red line’, union tells NHSE
NHS England’s plans to require staff to work in the office more and restrict home working are a “red line” and could trigger a formal dispute, a union has claimed.
Trust spent £5m on patient death case
A trust spent nearly £5m as a result of a criminal prosecution over a patient’s death, a Freedom of Information request has revealed.
Trust launches legal battle with consultant who led AI research
A trust is pursuing legal action against a former consultant who led the development of high-profile clinical AI research.
The radical policies rejected for the 10YHP
Major NHS IT supplier quadruples profits
Unit’s bullying culture ‘allowed to persist and fester’
Revealed: The trusts forecast to miss the elective target
Fourth CEO to depart region
Probert: We want NHS to be ‘world’s most transparent health service’
Govt refuses move to force industry to disclose payments
Lack of shared patient records linked to mother’s death
Trust takes control of ‘toxic’ service at ‘under siege’ neighbour
Non-British NHSE staff forced out by abolition
Rise in flu beds slows following government ‘collapse’ fears
NHSE cracks down on ‘variable’ testing after C difficile rise
Staff left suicidal by ‘punitive’ and drawn-out HR investigations
ICBs pay trust £23m after contract dispute
Twenty failing trusts need new ‘intervention’ approach, says Mackey
‘High risk’ patients waiting years for struggling service
‘Don’t railroad GPs into neighbourhood health,’ says NHS London chief
Managers ‘felt pressured and bullied’ in overcrowded ED
NICE names new CEO amid government ‘power grab’ plans
Dental contract gets ‘biggest tweak in its history’
ICB restricts autism, ADHD and weight loss services
Former MP leaves trust leadership role
Doctor named CEO of £1.7bn hospital trust
Strike to go ahead after doctors reject latest plea
Trust cancels more than 1,400 ops after kit cleaning failings
FDP AI tool at centre of regulatory row
Govt advisers change stance on hospitals with risky concrete
NHSE orders daily reporting on maternity pressures
Clustering ICBs will share board members
IHO benefits ‘not transparent’, says leading candidate
Mapped: RTT waiting times
Prevention shift ‘left behind’ as budgets are held flat
38 trusts move league table segment
Patients missed out on brain-preserving treatment
Revealed: £260m deficit support withheld from 10 systems
NHSE staff ordered to increase office working
Maternity review trusts delivered ‘better care than expected’, CQC finds
Streeting proposes emergency legislation in bid to avert strikes
Ministerial power grab ‘greatest threat’ to NICE existence
ICB chief suspended pending internal investigation