Five-day mental health training reaches 150 acute staff
Entrant: University Hospitals Sussex FT
Category: Patient Safety Awards 2026/Paediatrics and CYP Safety Initiative of the Year
Award: Shortlisted
Under-fire trust pauses CEO recruitment
A major trust under intense scrutiny over quality and governance concerns has paused its search for a permanent chief executive.
Dead 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.
Revealed: Dozens of maternity units at risk of closure
A national NHS leader has told HSJ he expects more maternity units to close, while analysis suggests dozens face similar problems to a hospital where births were suspended this month.
Inquiry trust CEO paid £330,000 after stepping down
The chief executive of a trust subject to an ongoing inquiry and significant performance concerns received more than £300,000 after he stepped down from his post.
NHS manager died after being ‘lost to follow up’
An NHS manager died after an urgent referral was “recategorised” and a triage time of six weeks was arranged instead.
Heatwave shuts theatres and scanners
Theatres were shut and equipment broke down as the heatwave caused widespread disruption across the NHS’s ageing estate.
Trust upgraded despite staff reports of discrimination and fear
A large acute trust has had its leadership rating upgraded from “inadequate”, despite serious concerns including allegations that a board member made “divisive and discriminatory remarks” about a Ramadan initiative.
Patient Safety Watch: Women’s health ambitions and mental health realities reveal an NHS under pressure
HSJ hosts the Patient Safety Watch newsletter, written by Patient Safety Watch chair Jeremy Hunt
Fourteen trusts rated red for ‘capability’
NHS England has rated 14 trusts “red” for “capability” – meaning their management has been unable to “grip” long-running problems.
Ockenden to head fourth maternity review
A chair has finally been appointed for an independent review into maternity and neonatal services in Sussex, nearly 10 months after the investigation was first announced by Wes Streeting.
Trust paid management consultant more than £500k
A trust spent more than £500,000 on the services of a management consultant over a period of 16 months, HSJ can reveal.
Exclusive: Nine trusts put in NHSE turnaround regime
Nine trusts have been placed in NHS England’s new turnaround regime for the country’s most challenged trusts, HSJ can reveal.
Single trust now has 10% of national MSK waiting list
A South East trust is responsible for nearly one in 10 people referred for community musculoskeletal services in England after its waiting quadrupled in a year.
Revealed: Urgent review ordered after deaths in fragile maternity services
NHS England has ordered trusts to “urgently” review their home birth services, it has emerged – as an HSJ investigation reveals widespread fragility and safety risks.
Managers ‘felt pressured and bullied’ in overcrowded ED
Managers in a major emergency department felt “pressured and bullied not to disclose difficulties” and were left to manage “extreme risk” including avoidable deaths, the Care Quality Commission has reported.
Doctor named CEO of £1.7bn hospital trust
A medical manager has been made CEO of one of England’s largest trusts, which is grappling with multiple performance and quality problems.
Patients missed out on brain-preserving treatment
A hospital has been referring less than one in 100 stroke patients for a brain-preserving treatment, missing opportunities for others to benefit, a deep dive review has found.
Smallest trust picks group partner
England’s smallest trust has proposed forming a group with two acute hospitals in a neighbouring county.
Patient Safety Watch: Leeds failures highlight the tragic costs of ‘normal birth’ ideology
HSJ hosts the Patient Safety Watch newsletter, written by Patient Safety Watch chief executive James Titcombe