News – Page 34
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NewsManager pay rise must wait for new performance scores
Trusts and integrated care boards must withhold this year’s pay rise for senior managers until their performance segment under NHS England’s new assessment framework is published.
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NewsNo private finance for hospitals, says Treasury
Private finance will only be used to fund public sector infrastructure in “very limited circumstances”, the Treasury has confirmed.
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NewsTrust’s leaders ‘focused on new hospital, not safety’, finds CQC
Leaders at a trust with “inadequate” maternity services were focused on plans for a new hospital “to the detriment of current service challenges”, the care regulator has said.
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NewsExclusive: NHSE orders trusts to halt ‘safety risk’ AI projects
NHS England has been forced to warn trusts and GPs against adopting “non-compliant” AI technology which “risks clinical safety, data protection breaches [and] financial exposure”.
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NewsTrust accused of ‘highly inappropriate’ physician associates policy
A union has criticised a hospital trust for “jeopardising patient safety” by issuing “highly inappropriate” instructions for resident doctors to approve prescription requests from physician associates.
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NewsHackers took down high-secure hospital’s security system
A cyber attack disabled alarm systems used by staff at a high-security psychiatric hospital, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsNHS Providers launches bid to prevent resident doctor strikes
NHS Providers wants to lead a redesign of resident doctor employment structures to bring back “elements of ‘the Firm’” approach, its new CEO has said.
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NewsICBs urged to ‘be brave’ and cut numbers further
Integrated care board leaders should “be brave” and cut the number of commissioners further than the currently proposed 27, the new NHS Providers CEO has said.
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NewsMerging ICBs to ‘keep two partnership boards’
Two merging integrated care boards are planning to keep separate “integrated care partnership” committees, in order to retain “an independent focus” on each area’s population health.
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NewsReform mayor objects to ICB merger
A recently elected mayor called for plans to merge their county’s integrated care board with its neighbours to be dropped, warning it is “inconsistent” with the mayoralty’s footprint.
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NewsNHSE rejects ICB’s cost-cutting proposal
NHS England has knocked back plans to merge corporate services across an integrated care system – blaming the size of the patch’s deficit.
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NewsNearly 200 patients harmed in major cyber attack
The NHS has confirmed 170 patients were harmed as a result of a major cyber attack last year.
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HSJ LocalHospitals’ ‘long-term poor culture’ called out by CQC
A major acute trust has been warned by the Care Quality Commission about a “long-term history of poor culture” in one of its departments.
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NewsGovernment warned against 10-Year Plan ‘restructure’
One of the central ideas in the 10-Year Health Plan is “not novel” and could be damaging if it imposes a “one size fits all” model, a community health leader has told HSJ.
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NewsTrusts penalised for exaggerating safety standards
Dozens of trusts have been hit with financial penalties after regulators questioned their claims to be compliant with maternity safety standards.
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News‘Widespread confusion’ over NHSE redundancy scheme
Unions are taking legal advice as they warn a voluntary redundancy scheme launched by NHS England is causing “widespread confusion” among staff.
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HSJ LocalNew CEO for trust under NHSE intervention
A trust which has been grappling with some of the worst emergency care performance in recent years has recruited a new permanent chief executive.
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NewsMapped: RTT waiting times
An interactive map of local NHS waits around England in April 2025, showing the pressures, with links to all the details by organisation and specialty.
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NewsRegional director made a dame
An NHS England regional director has been made a dame in the King’s birthday honours.
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NewsCEO retires after 25 years
A chief executive is to retire after six years leading a Yorkshire acute trust.