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NewsBiggest climbers and fallers in trust league table
Sharply divergent performance in the last quarter of 2025-26 saw dramatic movement within NHS England’s league table for acute trusts, with six providers moving up or down rankings by 30 places or more.
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NewsCash bailouts hit £1.1bn despite falling deficit
Cash bailouts to keep trust services running have risen – despite NHS England bosses insisting provider finances have improved, HSJ has learned.
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NewsTrust signs £53m contract after legal challenge
A hospital trust has awarded a 10-year contract worth £53m to a UK tech supplier after a legal battle.
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NewsFirm drops challenge to £70m IT contract
A software company has dropped its legal challenge against a major trust’s £70m electronic patient record purchase.
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NewsRevealed: Wide variation in resident doctors on strike
There was wide variation in the proportion of resident doctors who went on strike before Christmas amid increased national turnout, analysis of NHS England data suggests.
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HSJ LocalTrusts explore joint EPR after abandoned procurement
Two trusts in the North West are exploring a joint electronic patient record, HSJ understands, after one of them was forced to abandon a procurement.
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NewsIT firm sues trust over £70m procurement
A major teaching hospital is being sued by one of the bidders hoping to provide its electronic patient record system.
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HSJ AwardsHSJ Digital Awards 2025: Improving Out of Hospital Care Through Digital
WINNER Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals Trust: Frailty Virtual Ward
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NewsFormer commissioning chief to chair hospitals
A trust has appointed a former commissioning chief as its new chair.
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NewsSeven trusts still to set maximum ambulance handover times
Seven trusts among the poorest performers for ambulance handovers have yet to to implement the flagship NHS England policy designed to tackle the problem.
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NewsTrust abandons £65m EPR procurement after legal challenge
An NHS trust has abandoned its procurement of an electronic patient record system in the face of a legal challenge in the High Court.
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NewsTrust sued over £65m EPR procurement
A trust has been taken to the High Court by a technology firm which claims it broke procurement law in how it evaluated competing bids for a £65m contract for an electronic patient record system.
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NewsTrust appoints successor to longest serving acute CEO
A trust has appointed a new chief executive to replace England’s longest serving acute CEO, who is retiring this year.
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NewsLongest-serving acute trust CEO steps down
The NHS’s longest-serving general acute trust chief executive has announced she is stepping down after more than 20 years.
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Expert BriefingNorth by North West: Skin in the game
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Expert BriefingNorth by North West: 12-hour trolley waits an ‘acceptable compromise’
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NewsStiffer stroke target introduced – despite failure to meet old standard
The failure of trusts to offer stroke patients the level of rehab required by standards introduced 10 years ago has not prevented the publication of new guidance which demands even higher performance.
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CommentThe staff wellbeing strategies that work
Zosia Walecka says that trusts are dedicated to improving staff morale and patient care through their emphasis on culture, evidence-based methods, resource allocation, stress management, and promoting equality and diversity
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Expert BriefingNorth by North West: NHSE’s handling of Christie whistleblowing case faces judicial review
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