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NewsIHO benefits ‘not transparent’, says leading candidate
The material advantages of becoming an integrated health organisation are “not entirely clear” due to an “almost complete lack of any detail”, according to would-be partners in one of the leading candidates.
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NewsMapped: RTT waiting times
An interactive map of local NHS waits around England in October 2025, showing the pressures, with links to all the details by organisation and specialty.
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NewsClustering ICBs will share board members
Two integrated care boards that recently announced clustering arrangements have confirmed they will share a chief executive, chair and executive team.
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NewsPrevention shift ‘left behind’ as budgets are held flat
Public health allocations are due to be held flat in real terms for three years, despite the government’s intended “shift from treatment to prevention”.
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News38 trusts move league table segment
Thirty-eight trusts have moved segments in the NHS England league tables for the second quarter of 2025-26, despite very few recording a significant change in their performance score.
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NewsPatients missed out on brain-preserving treatment
A hospital has been referring less than one in 100 stroke patients for a brain-preserving treatment, missing opportunities for others to benefit, a deep dive review has found.
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NewsRevealed: £260m deficit support withheld from 10 systems
NHS England has withheld over £260m from 10 local systems due to concerns over finances, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsNHSE staff ordered to increase office working
NHS England has told staff they must work in the office more and that no new home working contracts will be offered, HSJ has learned.
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NewsMaternity review trusts delivered ‘better care than expected’, CQC finds
Only two of the 12 trusts involved in the government’s national investigation into maternity services delivered care that was “worse than expected”, according to a Care Quality Commission survey.
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NewsStreeting proposes emergency legislation in bid to avert strikes
Resident doctors are holding a snap survey on a late attempt by the government to avert strikes this month.
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NewsMinisterial power grab ‘greatest threat’ to NICE existence
The government plans to take direct control of the cost effectiveness thresholds used by the National Institute of Health and Care Excellence are “the greatest threat yet to its existence,” according to one the agency’s founding directors.
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NewsICB chief suspended pending internal investigation
The chief executive of one of the largest integrated care boards in the country has been suspended pending an internal investigation.
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NewsRedundancy rules relaxed for NHSE and ICB staff
Staff taking voluntary redundancy under the national NHS scheme will no longer face payment clawbacks if they get a job in government outside of health, HSJ has learned.
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NewsCEO to leave within weeks after decade at major trust
The CEO of a major hospital trust will leave this month after a decade in post, it has announced.
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News‘Collaboration’ explains sharp performance boost, say trusts
The worst performing ambulance trust of the post-covid period has seen substantial improvement over the past 12 months, which it attributes to “collaboration” with local providers and integrated care boards.
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NewsInvestigation revealed data risks at flagship research project
An internal probe identified governance and data handling failures at a prestigious health research project, HSJ has learned.
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NewsSmallest trust picks group partner
England’s smallest trust has proposed forming a group with two acute hospitals in a neighbouring county.
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News‘Full benefit’ of FDP only reaching a handful of trusts, says NHSE
A maximum of 16 trusts are currently using all the “core” parts of the £1bn national federated data platform, which according to NHS England would give them the most benefit from it.
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NewsNational maternity review branded ‘light touch’
The “rapid national investigation” into maternity care failings launched by Wes Streeting will not formally evaluate the performance of the 12 trusts involved, it has emerged, as families criticised the government’s “light touch” approach.
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NewsMillions offered no choice of provider
Millions of patients are being offered no choice of provider when referred for secondary care and tests, contrary to national guidance, according to NHS England information.