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NewsOrtho cement shortage no excuse for not improving elective performance, warns NHSE
Trusts must not let the “disastrous” shortage of orthopaedic cement affect their elective care performance, according to new national guidance.
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NewsICB gives in without a fight over private sector procurement complaint
A private supplier has forced an integrated care board to row back on its decision to award a £25m contract to an NHS trust, in the first case of its kind.
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NewsWidescale delays to hip ops ‘crushing blow’ for patients
Hospitals are being forced to postpone large numbers of hip and knee operations for the coming months after NHS England’s main cement supplier suffered a major production failure in what has been described as a “crushing blow” for patients.
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NewsUncertainty over reforms contributed to ICB’s illegal action
Confusion over NHS reforms led a West Country integrated care board to pursue a procurement route that it acknowledged was unlawful, and for which it is now being sued.
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News£40m contract review sparked by ‘integrity’ concerns
An integrated care board is re-examining its award of a £40m patient transport contract after the procurement regulator ruled it had failed to “act fairly”.
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NewsMedical director not unfairly passed over for CEO post, rules tribunal
The former medical director of a mental health trust has failed to get an employment tribunal to support his claim that he was not interviewed for its chief executive role due to his age and race.
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NewsSenior managers suffered 4 per cent real-terms pay cut since 2019
Senior managers have experienced sustained real-terms pay erosion since 2019, falling behind both inflation and wider earnings growth, according to the latest report for the NHS Pay Review Body.
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NewsRevealed: The trusts with ‘unacceptable’ outcomes for Black and low-income women
The trusts where Black women and those from the most deprived communities are facing “unacceptable” disparities in outcomes against a range of maternal care metrics have been identified in a new NHS England dashboard.
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NewsNHSE seeks external digital support as job cuts continue
NHS England has acknowledged it cannot meet key digital requirements of the 10-Year Health Plan and needs to buy in resource from the private sector.
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News£340k remuneration deal fails to attract DHSC growth director
The Department of Health and Social Care has failed to find a substantive director general for commercial and growth, despite offering potentially the largest pay packet in the DHSC.
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NewsDelays repairing ageing ambulances hitting response times
Some ambulance trusts report that up to two-fifths of their ambulances are unavailable, with ageing vehicles sidelined for repairs and replacements.
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NewsNHSE warns against ‘resistance’ to huge expansion of private tests
NHS England is planning to significantly increase the use of the private sector for diagnostic services, which a senior figure warned was likely to be met with “resistance” from some in the NHS, HSJ has learned.
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NewsMapped: RTT waiting times
An interactive map of local NHS waits around England in December 2025, showing the pressures, with links to all the details by organisation and specialty.
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NewsNHSE ‘worried’ about ‘rigour’ of management of neighbourhoods
NHS England is worried about the “rigour of management” of neighbourhoods, its chair has said.
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NewsHospital group to enter failure regime
A hospital group with major finance and governance problems is about to be put into the new national failure regime for trusts.
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NewsMental health trusts top new productivity metric
Mental health trusts have seen the largest surge in productivity so far this year in comparison to last year, according to new official data.
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NewsNHSE names hospitals boosting productivity fastest
NHS England has named the acute trusts with the largest productivity growth – and falls – in the first six months of the financial year, according to new calculations.
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NewsAfC pay award above ‘affordability’ level fails to satisfy unions
The government’s 2026-27 pay award for Agenda for Change staff will cost the NHS an extra £1.2bn and has been described as “insulting” by the service’s largest unions.
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NewsLong A&E waits worst on record
Long A&E waits last month hit their highest level since public records began, as NHS England warns it’s battling its “busiest winter on record”.
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NewsNo neighbourhood provider contracts for another year
None of the neighbourhood contracts proposed in the 10-Year Health Plan will go live until at least April 2027, HSJ understands.