News – Page 3
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NewsOnline overtakes phone for GP booking
More people have reported contacting their GP practice online than by phone for the first time, and more of them found access “easy”, new figures show.
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NewsManagers’ pay rise blocked at 21 trusts and ICBs
Very senior managers at 21 poorly performing trusts and integrated care boards must not be awarded this year’s pay uplift, NHS England has confirmed.
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NewsPrivate service accused of ‘poor governance’ after death
An NHS-funded private surgery service has been accused of “poor clinical governance” and “fragmentation” from the NHS, after a patient died.
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NewsEx-MP to chair trust
A former MP and current member of the House of Lords has been appointed as chair of a community and mental health trust.
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NewsCyber attack damage can be more public, says NHSE boss
The NHS’s head of cyber security has said the service can be more transparent about attacks that affect the service.
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NewsNHSE’s improvement teams axed
NHS England’s elective, emergency care and mental health improvement support teams are being axed – and their staff and functions merged into the Getting it Right First Time programme, HSJ has learned.
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NewsNational scheme to support families after baby deaths faces axe
An “overwhelmingly valued” pilot support scheme for families who have lost a child before or shortly after birth has been paused to new referrals and is being “brought to a close”, HSJ has learned.
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NewsAll-white ICB CEO appointments ‘deeply concerning’
The chief executives of consolidated integrated care boards are largely white men with little senior experience outside the NHS, HSJ analysis shows.
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NewsMapped: RTT waiting times
An interactive map of local NHS waits around England in August 2025, showing the pressures, with links to all the details by organisation and specialty.
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NewsNew Hospital Programme boss quits for HS2
The top NHS England official for the programme to build a wave of “new hospitals” that has faced major delays is leaving for a senior role at HS2.
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NewsDiagnostics performance slides despite NHSE hailing ‘record summer’
Performance on the NHS’s main diagnostic target has dropped back a year despite efforts to increase capacity and ramp up activity, figures published on Thursday show.
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NewsGovernment to review ‘outdated’ funding formula
The review of the system used to allocate funding to GP practices announced yesterday will begin immediately and aim to conclude within six months, the Department for Health and Social Care has told HSJ.
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NewsNHSE director steps down to chair care scandal trust
An NHS England national director is stepping down to become chair of a mental health trust at the centre of a public inquiry.
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NewsTop 10 trust served warning notice as quality ‘declines significantly’
A trust ranked in the top 10 of the government’s new provider league table for the mental health and community sector has been served with a warning notice after a Care Quality Commission inspection found multiple breaches of regulations.
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News‘Let go of your egos’, national tech director tells NHS leaders
The “egos” of NHS leaders are slowing the service’s adoption of new technology, according to an NHS England director.
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NewsNHSE delays radical changes to payment system
Radical changes proposed to the health service’s internal financial wiring will not take place in 2026-27, HSJ has learned.
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News‘Wild West’ of AI suppliers face new NHSE checks
A new national registry for ambient voice technology providers to combat the “Wild West” of suppliers is due to launch this week, England’s national chief clinical information officer has announced.
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NewsComparing trusts on new productivity metric is misleading, experts warn
Recent productivity improvements will be hard to sustain in future years, experts have warned, as they said newly published NHS England data fails to show which trusts are the most productive.
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NewsDHSC GP adviser steps down
Wes Streeting’s neighbourhood health and primary care lead is stepping down, after less than a year in the role and having recently launched an implementation programme.
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NewsNew head for innovation network
Ben Bridgewater has been appointed executive chair of the Health Innovation Network, the umbrella body for the 15 regional health innovation groups.