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News‘Concerning’ discrepancies in avoidable deaths revealed
People with a learning disability from a non-white background are more likely to die from avoidable causes, a new report has found.
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NewsSurgeon appointed as health minister
The government has appointed a surgeon as a junior minister in the Department of Health and Social Care.
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NewsExclusive: Spending freeze imposed after NHSE identifies £300m budget hole
The government has ordered a spending freeze and told the NHS to absorb the £300m cost of the most recent resident doctors’ strikes from existing budgets, HSJ has learned.
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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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News‘Growing cultural tension’ could turn hospital’s staff against leaders
A hospital has uncovered concerns about “toxic behaviours” and racism, and been warned that “growing cultural tension” could turn “staff against each other or against leadership”.
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NewsUnspent hospital IT funding used to ‘support NHSE position’
NHS England retained more than £40m of unspent electronic patient record funding in 2024-25 to “support [its] overall position” and to invest in other areas such as the NHS App, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsRecord-low turnover ‘will derail savings plans’
The rate of NHS staff leaving their jobs has fallen to the lowest level in more than a decade, as many organisations seek to cut their paybill, analysis reveals.
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NewsGap in crisis services risks future deaths
Only 10 integrated care boards have set up a mental health crisis text service, leaving a “gap” in service provision that could risk future deaths, a coroner has warned.
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NewsSecond national tech director to step down
An NHS England national tech director has announced he is stepping down, marking the second major departure in the space of a fortnight.
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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 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.
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NewsRevealed: Hospitals where the poor wait much longer than the rich
Some of the NHS’s best performing trusts have a big gap between waiting times for their most and least deprived patients.
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NewsA&E staff can see 13% more patients with AI, says study
The largest trial yet of ambient voice technology in the NHS has concluded it could save nearly £1bn worth of staff time across England’s emergency departments.
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NewsMinisters pressed for promised ‘independent workforce plan’
Government must deliver on its manifesto commitment to “regular, independent workforce planning” for health and social care, royal colleges and others warned Wes Streeting today.
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NewsExclusive: Govt could agree multi-year pay deal for resident doctors
A multi-year pay deal for resident doctors could be agreed by government in a bid to end the deadlock around industrial action.
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NewsGovernment blocks release of data on new hospital projects
The government has refused to share the data used to decide in which order the projects included in the New Hospital Programme will be built.
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NewsICBs told to ‘urgently review unacceptable waiting times’
NHS England has warned integrated care boards it is “not acceptable” to set “minimum waiting times” of more than 18 weeks for elective care.
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NewsICB cluster chairs revealed
All “clustered” integrated care boards have appointed a chair, HSJ can reveal.
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News‘Unexpected’ budget hole puts trust under NHSE intervention
A trust that made an “unexpected” loss of more than £20m last year is facing tough new controls from NHS England amid concern over its financial governance.
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NewsFive new directors join NHSE board
Government is overhauling the board of NHS England with five high-profile new non-executive directors.