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NewsMaternity units disrupted for nine months by IT fault
An IT fault has prevented several major maternity units in South London from properly storing foetal heart monitoring records for more than nine months, HSJ has learned.
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NewsTrust pays millions to settle dispute with property firm
A hospital trust has paid up to £34m to settle a long-standing property dispute with an asset management company registered in Guernsey.
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NewsConfed and Providers agree merger
The boards of NHS Providers and the NHS Confederation have agreed “provisionally” to merge in April next year.
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NewsFormer NHSE director to chair health alliance
Former NHS England chair Richard Meddings has been appointed to the same post at Birmingham Health Partners, an alliance of six of the city’s NHS trusts, two of its universities and the local health innovation network.
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News‘Informality’ among execs undermined ‘basic’ governance at trust
A trust with “an informality” among senior leadership has been criticised over “significant weaknesses” in management controls, including weak approvals for creating new senior posts.
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NewsGovernment must remember ‘it’s not 2001’, cautions DHSC chief
The government must remember “it’s not 2001” as it puts increasing focus on the performance of individual NHS providers, one of the Department of Health and Social Care’s most senior figures has warned.
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News‘No rush’ to transfer NHSE staff as abolition faces delay
There is no longer a “rush” to transfer the employment of NHS England staff to the Department of Health and Social Care, Sir Jim Mackey has told them.
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NewsSingle ICB finance system launches after years of delay
NHS England’s new national accounting and finance system – covering all integrated care boards and some other NHS organisations – has gone live after an 18-month delay and years of preparation.
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NewsLong-serving hospital chief executive to retire
A long-serving hospital chief executive has announced plans to retire later this year so he can focus on his family after his wife’s cancer diagnosis.
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NewsExclusive: Streeting orders probe of mental illness overdiagnosis
The health and social care secretary is to launch a review of the prevalence of mental illness and neurodivergence, with a particular focus on whether some conditions are being overdiagnosed, HSJ can reveal.
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News‘Serious concern’ over trust’s ‘financial control’ sparks NHSE intervention
One of England’s largest hospital trusts has been issued with enforcement undertakings after “failing to demonstrate effective control over expenditure”.
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NewsGovernment to put ‘realistic’ price on NHS data
The government has hired a consultancy to make a “realistic” estimate of the value of NHS data to industry, researchers and academics.
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NewsChair lambasts ‘regrettable’ plans to remove FT governors
The removal of governors is a “regrettable” proposal that is generating “concern and anxiety” among foundation trusts, a trust chair has warned.
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News‘Online hospital’ to open in 2027, says PM
Plans for a new NHS “online hospital” service to deliver millions of appointments each year by “digitally connecting patients to specialist clinicians” are set to be unveiled by the prime minister today.
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NewsICB chief moves to lead neighbour
Two integrated care board chief executives have been confirmed in the South East, including one incumbent moving to lead their challenged neighbour.
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News‘Philosophical intent’ will guide new NHS workforce plan
The government’s 10-Year Workforce Plan will focus on “a philosophical intent of what roles we need” rather than “prescriptive numbers” on staffing requirements, a health minister has said.
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NewsCEO appointed at ICB cluster
An integrated care board “cluster” has named its chief executive, as decisions are finalised about leadership of the newly consolidated ICB landscape.
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LeaderWhat the centre really expects of ICBs, trusts and regions in 2026
If HSJ were in a betting mood, we would lay a large sum on the re-organisation of integrated care boards stretching on well into 2026-27.
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NewsICB broke commissioning rules on £92m contract
An integrated care board broke commissioning regulations when trying to secure a contract for a system-wide mental health service, according to the independent oversight panel.
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NewsStreeting forces NHSE U-turn on subcos
NHS England has rowed back on its insistence that all trusts “have or use” wholly owned subsidiary companies to run ancillary services following intervention from the health secretary.