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LeaderEmbarrassing Thirlwall is wrong about NHS management
The Thirlwall inquiry may be of some use to the families involved, but its summary findings and recommendations are patronising, confusing and in some cases plain ignorant, says HSJ editor Alastair McLellan.
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NewsTougher sanctions on senior managers demanded by Letby inquiry
The government must introduce a statutory barring system for managers by September next year, an inquiry has said – but warned it will only work if trusts are more willing to confront serious misconduct.
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NewsBoards must ‘never again treat baby safety as side issue’, says Cooper
Maternity and neonatal services “cannot operate on the margins” and deaths of babies and children must be investigated as a priority by NHS boards, the health and social care secretary has warned.
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NewsInquiry chief delivers scathing verdict on NHS managers
Too many managers do not meet the standards expected of them, and there is an “urgent” need to improve quality, a major inquiry has found.
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NewsCooper appoints ‘strong and capable’ CQC chair
The health secretary has named Baroness Julia Neuberger as the Care Quality Commission’s new chair, after MPs said they believed she would be “strong and capable”.
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NewsGrasp ‘politically unpopular’ mergers or face more deaths
Politically unpopular and “very difficult” decisions are required to tackle rising maternal death rates and improve safety, a leading academic has warned.
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HSJ LocalEPR launch delayed by eight months
An acute trust has delayed the full go-live of a new electronic patient record by eight months after a data problem, and to avoid launching in winter.
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NewsDead bodies exposed to view from public footpath
A body being prepared for release in a hospital mortuary was visible from a publicly accessible footpath through a fire exit door propped open in hot weather, inspectors have found.
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NewsNHSE increases value of ‘tiger teams’ EPR contract
A consultancy firm will net an additional £6.4m over the next six months from its “tiger teams” contract with NHS England.
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LeaderHospital groups are falling out of fashion
Just under a year ago, HSJ reported that nearly two in five trusts shared a chair and/or chief executive – and that this represented significant growth over the previous 12 months.
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NewsChair of £3bn trust to step down
The chair of a £3bn hospital trust will step down at the end of the year, after a decade spent leading some of the NHS’s top organisations.
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NewsExclusive: First AI clinical negligence claims lodged
The NHS has received its first clinical negligence claims related to the use of artificial intelligence, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsNHSE’s FDP claims face fresh investigation
NHS England is being investigated again by the statistics regulator after a trust revealed it did not write a case study highlighting the local benefits of the FDP.
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News17 trusts lose segment 1 status under new league table rules
Ten fewer trusts are in the top segment of NHS England’s oversight framework, in the first results under revised rules that have raised the bar for the highest rating.
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NewsMapped: RTT waiting times
An interactive map of local referral-to-treatment waiting times around England, updated with the latest data for July 2026.
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HSJ LocalControversial hospital group to be dissolved
A troubled group board has voted to dissolve a controversial partnership between two trusts following recommendations by an external review.
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NewsLargest trust overhauls procurement practices after HSJ probe
The largest trust in the NHS has had to overhaul its procurement processes after problems with a 12-year consultancy contract were exposed by HSJ.
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NewsFine AI firms that harm patients, demands tech commission
The medicines regulator should be allowed to fine AI companies that put patients at risk, its chief executive has said.
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NewsNHSE staff risk losing ‘thousands’ in redundancy payouts
Hundreds of NHS England staff who took partial retirement are in danger of receiving redundancy payments which are tens of thousands of pounds lower than they expected.
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NewsMinisters to unpick Healthwatch abolition
Ministers have indicated they will amend the Health Bill in the Lords to preserve an independent local voice for patients and care users.