Matt Mathers
Matt joined HSJ in 2024. He covers cancer care, private care, and diagnostics. He also covers the North East and West Yorkshire.
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- matt.mathers@hsj.co.uk
NewsCEO accelerates exit from £2bn trust
The CEO of an embattled trust dealing with service failings and cultural issues is standing down with immediate effect, HSJ has learned.
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.
NewsTrust orders review after racism complaints
One of the country’s biggest trusts has ordered a review following staff accusations of racism and bullying, including an official complaint against a board member, HSJ can reveal.
NewsTargets revealed for £40m bonus fund
NHS England has published the criteria trusts must meet to secure a share of a £40m elective incentives pot.
NewsMaternity service suspended twice in two days
A major teaching trust was forced to close its maternity services to new births twice in two days, due to unsafe staffing levels, HSJ can reveal.
NewsTrust hires ex-national director as CEO
A national director who left NHS England earlier this year is returning to work as a hospital trust CEO.
NewsFormer CEO returns home as trust chair
The chair of a trust whose specialist services have been the subject of intense scrutiny and national debate in recent years has stepped down, as it prepares to merge with a neighbour.
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”.
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.
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.
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.
NewsInterim CEO appointment latest in regional chain of secondments
A north east trust has seconded a chief operating officer from a neighbouring provider to be its interim CEO after the incumbent was transferred to temporarily run a third provider, following the move of its chief executive to a fourth trust, also on an interim basis.
NewsICB predicts 400 staff will get £100k redundancy payouts
Greater Manchester Integrated Care Board has proposed shedding up to 400 posts via a voluntary redundancy scheme costing more than £40m.
NewsPrivate provider’s NHS income up 16%
Spire Healthcare’s NHS revenue surged by 16 per cent in the six months to June, driven by an increase in “high complexity” orthopaedic work, according to its accounts.
NewsNHSE escalates intervention in four trusts in ‘exceptional’ move
NHS England has moved four trusts into its most challenged category for elective performance in an ‘exceptional’ move outside of the normal schedule, HSJ has learnt.
NewsChildren’s heart unit in ‘very precarious state’
A surgeon at one of England’s largest teaching trusts has had their practice restricted following the deaths of two children, amid a “worrying and significant deterioration” in mortality rates for its children’s heart service.
NewsTeaching trust CEO to leave amid maternity scrutiny
The CEO of a major teaching trust is to retire after less than three years in the role, HSJ has learned.
NewsSix hospitals face strike despite trust’s claim it has met staff demands
Hundreds of healthcare assistants working across six hospitals in the north east are set to go on strike in a dispute which has been successfully resolved at dozens of other trusts.
NewsICB told to re-run £82m contract award
An integrated care board has been told to reconsider its award of a contract worth £82m after making a string of errors in the process, including failing to properly assess value for money.
NewsCharity CEO to replace trust’s chair of 12 years
The CEO of a road safety charity has been appointed chair of a major teaching trust.