Fourteen trusts to be excused from reporting A&E target during controversial trial
Fresh concerns have been raised about how NHS England is conducting its controversial pilot of new accident and emergency standards.
Revealed: The trusts testing the new A&E targets
NHS England has selected 14 hospital trusts to test new accident and emergency standards which could replace the four-hour target.
Exclusive: Five ICS agree £12m deal for country's biggest regional patient record
Five integrated care systems have agreed to fund what will become the biggest electronic regional record in the country so far, covering 3.8m people.
Exclusive: NHS trusts dismiss Brexit impact on staff retention
NHS trusts are not expecting disruption to services caused by EU staff leaving because of Brexit, according to analysis by HSJ.
Top FT loses 'outstanding' badge four years after merger
Frimley Health Foundation Trust has been rated as “good” by the Care Quality Commission, a downgrade from the “outstanding” given to its predecessor organisation Frimley Park Hospital FT.
Trust postpones trials after regulator partially suspends licence
A trust has been unable to start some new cancer trials as planned after regulators partially suspended its licence to manufacture medicines.
Construction of new £98m hospital gains approval
Building work will get underway within weeks on a new hospital near Ascot, after the board of Frimley Health Foundation Trust gave it the go-ahead.
Mental health trust chief to lead ICS
The chief executive of a mental health trust has been appointed to lead one of the first integrated care systems.
London's private income growth covers decline across other trusts
Growth in private income at a small number of London trusts offset a decline across the rest of England last year, HSJ analysis has found.
Sir Andrew: One CCG per ICS is ‘logical way forward’
Each integrated care system should have just one clinical commissioning group, according to one of the NHS’s most influential figures.
King’s Fund chief: Regulators poised for 'huge mistake' on integration
National leaders are threatening to make a “huge mistake” in the NHS long-term plan by imposing a national blueprint for integrated care systems, the King’s Fund chief executive has said.
Diabetes: Helping hospitals learn from each other
Emily Watts outlines the recommendations of a new report on how hospital stays can be made safer for people living with diabetes and explains how hospitals that have adopted the recommendations are benefitting
Trust chair to step down early
The chair of a financially challenged trust is to step down after less than three years.
Hospital boss and US health chief join NHSI board
A former hospital boss and US health chief are among four new non-executive directors appointed to the board of NHS Improvement this morning.
Trust meets financial target after 'technical fix' to stock levels
A leading acute trust met its financial control total for the second month of the year after a “technical fix” to its stock levels.
HSIB to roll out maternity investigations across England by March 2019
The Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch will not achieve national coverage of maternity incidents until March next year, it has told HSJ.
'Outstanding' trust investigates 10 never events
An outstanding rated trust had 10 never events in 2017-18 – including four involving wrong site surgery.
Spreading vanguard models won’t happen by edict: A national perspective
Successfully spreading vanguard new care models would require multiple methods, and for national bodies to give primacy to systems rather than individual providers or commissioners. By Jacob West
How much could private units contribute to NHS financial recovery?
While there are undoubtedly opportunities for private patient units, careful market due diligence needs to be undertaken and the optimal strategy needs to be considered to make them more lucrative. By Hugh Risebrow