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NewsCampaigners against care failings at three trusts will help scope national investigation
Three large teaching trusts are highly likely to be included in a government-commissioned “investigation” of NHS maternity and neonatal care after those campaigning for improvements at the organisations were included in the group establishing its terms of reference.
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NewsBoard director ‘talent pipeline’ needs ‘refreshing’, claims NHSE
NHS England is launching a recruitment campaign to attract trust and integrated care board non-executive directors in the face of an increasing number of retirements and resignations.
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NewsRevealed: The scale of the underspend in transformation funding
Integrated care boards underspent funds meant to boost investment in prevention, learning disabilities, and primary care by more than £100m, new data shows.
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NewsNHSE tough line makes little dent in impact of doctors’ strike
NHS England’s efforts to resist the cancellations of procedures and appointments during the recent resident doctors strike has had little impact, new figures show.
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NewsNHSE admits service not on course to hit 2025-26 waiting list targets
NHS England’s elective chief has admitted the service is not on course to hit the main 2025-26 elective care targets and has “more to do” to bring performance “back in line”.
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NewsNamed: The three trusts failing in every aspect of care
NHS England has named the three trusts that it believes are in need of national intervention on all four major clinical performance areas.
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News‘40 new hospitals’ will not be delivered until 2046
The delivery of the “40 new hospitals” promised in 2019 by the incoming Conservative government will cost £60bn and take until 2046 to deliver, if pursued by the current administration and its successors.
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NewsExclusive: Ministers using ‘misleading indicator’ to champion waiting list reduction
The recent reduction in the waiting list repeatedly cited by ministers as evidence of the NHS’s recovery has given a “misleading” impression to the public about the service’s underlying performance, leading policy experts have warned.
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News10-Year Plan author seconded to Downing Street
One of the main authors of the 10-Year Health Plan is temporarily moving from his role at NHS England to one at Number 10, HSJ has learned.
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News£174k offered for top DHSC jobs
Three new director general posts have been advertised by the Department of Health and Social Care structure, each commanding a salary of up to £174,000.
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NewsNo resident doctors strikes in August, says Streeting
The British Medical Association has agreed to pause strike action for the “month of August”, according to the health secretary.
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NewsPrivate providers’ NHS revenues booming as waiting lists increase
Two private companies used by the NHS to carry out ADHD and autism assessments have seen another huge increase in income, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsNHSE launches programme to enable ‘patient power payments’
Work has begun to create a new national feedback system to support the government’s proposed “patient power payments”, which would see individual members of the public able to affect how much money providers and commissioners receive for treating them.
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NewsNHS manager facing bribery charge found dead
An NHS manager at a prestigious London teaching hospital was found dead by police after bribery charges were brought against him.
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NewsAcute trust CEO to lead GP-owned provider
A retiring acute trust chief executive has been appointed the CEO of a community provider seen as a frontrunner to pioneer the government’s vision of a neighbourhood health service.
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News‘Extra appointments’ celebrated by govt deliver ‘modest impact’ on waiting lists
The “4.6 million extra NHS appointments” championed by the prime minister and health secretary have only had a “modest impact” on reducing waiting list clock stops, a vital part of cutting the NHS’s elective care backlog, according to new analysis shared exclusively with HSJ.
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NewsFirst ICB ‘pauses’ redundancy plans over funding concerns
An integrated care board says it will not progress a redundancy scheme needed to halve its operating costs in the current financial year because it cannot be sure how it will be paid for.
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NewsTroubled trust sees CEO and deputy announce departure within two weeks
One of the NHS’s largest teaching trusts has announced its deputy chief executive is moving on, just two weeks after its CEO revealed he was retiring.
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HSJ LocalTrust faces five-year backpay bill
A trust fears it has underpaid some of its resident doctors for nearly five years, HSJ has learned.
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NewsLetby trust issued ‘warning notice’ after failure to improve
Countess of Chester Hospital Foundation Trust has been issued a “warning notice” by the Care Quality Commission for failing to improve its urgent and emergency services.