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News‘Flawed and rushed’ consultation reopened by ICB
An integrated care board is reopening a consultation on its restructure and staffing cuts after unions said the process was “flawed and rushed”.
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NewsHospital closes beds due to Iran war
A children’s hospital is closing beds and theatres because the Iran war is stopping private patients travelling from the Middle East.
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NewsMore than half of staff say EPRs make their job harder
More than half of NHS staff using an electronic patient record system say it made their job harder and they lacked necessary training, a survey has found.
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News‘It’s weird how white you are’, Alliance boss tells ambulance leaders
Ambulance chiefs have been urged to take greater efforts to ensure their workforce is more diverse by NHS Alliance chair Lord Victor Adebowale.
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NewsRevealed: Trust quit partnership over legal concerns
An internationally renowned NHS hospital left a procurement partnership because of fears the trust was breaking the law.
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HSJ LocalPrivate provider criticised for ‘unfair’ decision to quit site
A private provider “just exited” the site from which it was providing diagnostic services without giving formal notice and against the wishes of the commissioning integrated care board, HSJ has discovered.
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NewsA&E performance recovery lauded by NHSE ‘may not be real’
The “substantial improvements” in a trust’s A&E performance praised by NHS England directors “may not be real” according to a paper prepared by its local health and care partnership.
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NewsRecord number of acutes now judged ‘significantly off-track’ by NHSE
36 acute trusts are now ranked in the fourth and lowest segment of NHS England’s performance league table, the highest total yet recorded.
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NewsRevealed: Winners of the 2026 HSJ Partnership Awards
More than 1,200 healthcare leaders gathered in London last night as HSJ hosted its HSJ Partnership Awards and Independent Healthcare Providers Awards, celebrating organisations working with the NHS to deliver innovation and improved care.
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NewsTrust lacking EPR agrees £30m contract
One of the few remaining trusts yet to implement an electronic patient record system has selected a supplier for a 10-year contract worth £30m.
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News‘Only two weeks of stock’ at key supplier after Iran-linked cyber attack
NHS England believes there is only two weeks’ stock of crucial surgical equipment and other products following an Iran-linked cyber attack on a major medical technology supplier.
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NewsICBs given three years to ‘begin’ IHO rollout
Integrated care boards have been given three years to begin implementing outcome-based contracts, including integrated health organisations.
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NewsNational leaders’ ‘unwise’ comments put staff at ‘unnecessary risk’ of covid
NHS England alongside other health bodies made “unwise” statements on covid transmission at the start of the pandemic which put staff and patients at “unnecessary risk”, the chair of a public inquiry has said.
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NewsMaternity taskforce ‘missing integral expertise’
“Integral” expertise is missing from Wes Streeting’s new maternity taskforce, a royal college has said, after no anaesthetists were included in the core group set up to tackle ongoing failures in care.
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HSJ LocalEx-national director to lead £1.7bn acute trust
A major hospital trust battling serious performance problems has recruited its new chief executive from a neighbouring provider.
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NewsNHSE reveals top team shake-up
NHS England has announced a round of changes to its national team, as some trust bosses who joined its “transition team” return to their previous roles.
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NewsNHSE names chairs to lead ‘more important’ regional teams
NHS England CEO Sir Jim Mackey has announced the names of seven chairs for NHS regional teams, ahead of the service moving to its new “operating model” next month.
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NewsEx-hospital chief to lead ICB cluster
An experienced former hospital chief executive has been appointed as CEO of an integrated care board cluster for at least 12 months.
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NewsTechnician unfairly sacked after ex-minister’s intervention
A trust unfairly sacked a staff member after a patient’s complaint was escalated to its chief executive via former minister Sajid Javid, an employment tribunal has ruled.
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NewsLeading chair who advised Palantir to step down
The chair of the NHS’s biggest hospital group will step down this month, amid criticism in relation to his role of advising US tech firm Palantir.