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NewsCSUs and swathe of patient watchdogs axed
Government is announcing the scrapping of several national patient watchdogs, commissioning support units, and 150 local Healthwatch organisations.
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NewsCQC ‘starting from scratch’ recovering failed IT system
A major IT failure at the Care Quality Commission is expected to take two years to fix, leaving staff to continue with workarounds.
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NewsA&E funding overhaul plan revealed
Around half of funding for emergency care would depend on cutting wait times and shifting care out of hospital, under detailed plans seen by HSJ.
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HSJ Local‘Resentment’ uncovered in ‘inadequate’ children’s unit
Inspectors have branded a hospital’s paediatric services “inadequate” and warned of “resentment” among medical staff following a trust merger.
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News‘Overall’ trust ratings scrapped by CQC
The Care Quality Commission is no longer giving “overall” ratings to trusts, it has emerged – instead only issuing a leadership rating at organisational level.
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NewsNew DHSC-NHSE top team structure revealed
The new top-team structure of the Department of Health and Social Care – as it takes over directly running the NHS – is being revealed to staff today.
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NewsHSJ Digital Awards 2025: Winners revealed
The HSJ Digital Awards 2025 took place last night at the ICC Birmingham, celebrating outstanding contributions to digital healthcare transformation across the NHS and wider sector.
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HSJ LocalFunding changes force ‘frustrating’ scale back of elective centre plans
Plans for a new electives centre for three trusts have been scaled back due to changes to national funding arrangements – in a move internally described as “disappointing and frustrating” by its project lead.
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NewsExclusive: Baby died of hospital infection despite ‘overcrowding’ warning
A baby died with an infection caught on a neonatal unit, despite earlier warnings about outbreaks due to its “approach to overcrowding” of cots, HSJ has learned.
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NewsICB agrees extra GP funding after ‘contract breach’ row
An integrated care board has agreed extra GP funding, in a U-turn after threatening to declare practices in breach of their contracts.
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NewsExclusive: Performance-related pay proposed in 10-Year Plan
Government will create a new “opt-in” alternative NHS staff employment contract, to offer pay-for-performance bonuses and “ultra flexible” working, according to drafts of the 10-Year Health Plan.
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NewsICB chief quits ahead of expected merger
The chief executive of a large integrated care board is stepping down ahead of a widely anticipated merger with its neighbour.
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NewsExclusive: First NHS cyber attack death confirmed
A cyber attack caused a long wait for a blood test result which contributed to the death of a patient, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsTrusts announce shared chair and director
A South Yorkshire trust is to share a chair with its neighbour as part of a programme of “partnership working”.
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NewsICB and tech supplier reach last-minute legal settlement
An integrated care board and technology supplier have agreed to settle a legal dispute just minutes before the trial was due to start in the High Court in London.
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NewsTwo ‘neighbourhood’ contracts proposed
Two new types of primary care contract are set to be used to roll out neighbourhood health – and will sometimes involve trusts and other large-scale providers taking over struggling GP practices.
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NewsPatients with long-term conditions have worse experience
Patients with long-term conditions and those from a minority ethnic background have a significantly worse experience of NHS care, according to polling shared exclusively with HSJ.
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News‘Robustly manage’ staff who ‘lack compassion and openness’, NHSE tells trusts
Trust chief executives have been told to “robustly manage” staff who repeatedly “demonstrate a lack of compassion or openness” over failings in maternity care.
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NewsExclusive: Deaths linked to new crisis care policy
Coroners have issued multiple warnings about deaths linked to police refusing to respond to people in mental health crisis, prompting fresh concerns about “gaps in support”.
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NewsPatients to decide hospital payments under 10-year plan proposals
Patients will be able to decide whether hospitals get the full payment for their treatment under proposals in drafts of the 10-Year Health Plan, HSJ understands.