All articles by Matt Mathers
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NewsKey cancer target pushed back seven years
Ministers have pushed back the NHS’s objective to diagnose more cancers at an earlier stage by nearly seven years, in their new 10-year cancer plan.
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NewsICB breached rules during £42m contract award
An integrated care board has been advised to review a successful bid for a £42m dermatology contract after being found in breach of procurement rules.
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NewsTrust to review claims of multiple cases of patient harm by surgeon
A trust is investigating the work of one of its former consultants amid claims the cases of “significantly more than 50 patients” he treated at its main site and a local private hospital should be reviewed for potential harm, HSJ has learned.
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NewsNo ‘credible path’ to deliver 10% savings target, says CEO
A hospital group has rejected NHS England’s savings target for one of its providers to balance its books next year.
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News‘Shocking decline’ in cancer waits at laggard trusts
Nearly half of all trusts recorded a drop in their 62-day cancer performance over the past year, official data shows, as system leaders gear up to publish new national strategy.
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NewsCEO of leading ICS to step down
Rob Webster has told staff he is stepping down as CEO of West Yorkshire Integrated Care Board.
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NewsMillions offered no choice of provider
Millions of patients are being offered no choice of provider when referred for secondary care and tests, contrary to national guidance, according to NHS England information.
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NewsICB backtracks on referral crackdown after row with private sector
A deficit-stricken integrated care board has attempted to suspend private sector referrals for some treatments – then paused the move after a row with providers.
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NewsQuran desecrated at hospital in ‘Islamophobic hate incident’
A copy of the Quran has been desecrated in the faith room at a major teaching hospital in what its CEO has described as a suspected “Islamophobic hate incident”.
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NewsTrust’s failings will prompt ‘deep reflection’ across system, CEO pledges
Serious failings found within a trust’s breast cancer service will require a period of “deep reflection” across the whole system, an integrated care board chief has said.
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NewsCEO search paused ‘to enable stability’ at troubled £2bn trust
Leeds Teaching Hospital Trust has paused its search for a new CEO “to enable a much-needed period of stability” following a raft of senior departures and major leadership and care quality failings at the trust.
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NewsPrivate providers given greater incentives to take on complex work
Changes to the prices paid by the NHS to private providers for ophthalmology work have been delayed and refocused to increase the commercial attractiveness of undertaking more complex treatment.
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NewsNHS fraud chief steps down
The chair of the NHS Counter Fraud Authority has resigned after just four months in the role.*
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NewsTrust's divided exec and 'fundamental care' failures revealed
A hospital trust’s new CEO has declared that its board and executive team are divided and isolated, its care standards are failing, and it is sitting on a hidden budget gap.
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News‘Systemic’ failings resulted in avoidable cancer harm
A decade-long pattern of “systemic” leadership and governance failures led to avoidable patient harm in a trust’s breast cancer service, a highly critical review has found.
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NewsTrust’s victory over HMRC unlocks huge tax rebates
Trusts may be eligible for “tens of millions” of pounds in tax rebates after a provider won its bid to reclaim VAT on the purchase of locum doctors.
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NewsTrust told to open up about ‘maternity scandal’ meeting
A trust under fire for quality and governance failures has been reprimanded by a watchdog for withholding information about a meeting of its senior leaders over maternity failures.
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NewsChief nurse leaving troubled trust for ICB
A chief nurse is leaving a teaching hospital under investigation over maternity failings for an integrated care board role, HSJ has learned.
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NewsMaternity unit suspended 12 times in three months
A maternity service was forced to close one of its units on 12 separate occasions in the space of just three months due to a shortage of midwives.
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NewsRevealed: Hundreds of lung cancer patients harmed after long waits
Hundreds of lung cancer patients are coming to harm while waiting longer than the 62-day benchmark for starting treatment, according to unpublished data collated by HSJ which ministers have called “shocking”.