All articles by Matt Discombe
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NewsEx-NHSE director slams ‘appalling’ treatment of ICB staff
A recently departed NHS England national director has branded the treatment of integrated care board and NHSE staff as “appalling” amid the ongoing uncertainty over their roles.
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NewsMajor trust redevelopment ‘restructured’ following land value row
Major redevelopment plans to improve mental health facilities in London have been significantly “restructured” in a bid to get the deal over the line, following continued delays.
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NewsExclusive: Director quits DHSC for senior regional role
The second permanent secretary of the Department of Health and Social Care, Tom Riordan, is leaving after only a year in the post for a newly created cross-government role.
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NewsWarning of ‘future deaths’ as repeated governance failures are revealed at major trust
A “failure of governance” has been identified by two coroners investigating deaths at the same major London teaching trust.
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NewsDemanding A&E, elective and cancer targets for 2026-27 revealed
Trusts have been told to treat 82 per cent of A&E attendees within four hours next year, and must also hit a slew of other new targets revealed in the latest planning guidance.
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NewsCEO announced for £4bn hospital group
A joint chief executive has been appointed to lead the biggest hospital group in England.
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NewsTrust hires railway chief to lead £2.2bn private funding bid
A railway infrastructure chief will head a “taskforce” to deliver a £2.2bn new hospital project after it was delayed by the government’s national programme.
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NewsSupplier boss bribed NHS manager for contracts and ‘assistance’
A director of a patient transport firm has been given a 16-month suspended prison sentence for bribing a procurement manager to help secure NHS contracts worth £223,000.
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News£2bn cost of delayed discharges revealed for first time
The first official estimate of the financial impact of delayed hospital discharges on the NHS has suggested the monthly cost is around £200m.
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NewsNHSE’s improvement teams axed
NHS England’s elective, emergency care and mental health improvement support teams are being axed – and their staff and functions merged into the Getting it Right First Time programme, HSJ has learned.
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HSJ LocalTrust targets £10m lost from overseas patients
A hospital trust is beginning a “concerted effort” to collect unpaid debts from overseas patients amid the current NHS “financial crisis”.
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NewsCEOs urged to ‘walk the floor of A&E’ this winter
Local NHS leaders should “step up personal visibility and leadership” in their emergency care services this winter, NHS England’s CEO has said.
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NewsBonus fund led to ‘March madness’ and possible gaming in A&E
A royal college has raised fundamental concerns that an NHS England incentive scheme may have been “gamed” and that this led to what one senior figure branded a “March Madness” in urgent and emergency care performance.
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NewsKey target hit for sixth straight month
Ambulance services have met a key target for the sixth month running, for the first time since the pandemic.
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HSJ LocalHospitals ‘turn off’ waiting list help for neighbours
A major acute provider has said other trusts have “turned off” their assistance in driving down elective backlogs – meaning progress on long waits is “not as quick as it could be”.
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NewsTrusts’ ‘league table’ rankings revealed
NHS England has revealed its new “league table” rankings for every NHS trust, with hospitals in London scoring best and East of England the worst.
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NewsTrusts handed target to boost staff vaccination rate
NHS England has said low flu vaccination rates among NHS staff are “neither inevitable nor irreversible” and told trusts to significantly improve their uptake this winter.
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NewsCash-poor trust told financial plan is ‘unachievable’
A cash-poor trust has been told its plan to double the savings it delivered in the past two years is “unachievable”.
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NewsTrust warned over A&E and maternity failings
A major acute trust has been served warning notices to urgently improve its maternity and emergency care services after making “insufficient” progress.
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NewsThe 17 trusts missing NHSE’s new A&E handover target
More than a dozen trusts have not been meeting a new “maximum” NHS England standard through the spring and summer, HSJ can reveal.