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NewsNHSE declares £1.5bn of ‘risk’ in financial plans
A large number of local trust and commissioner financial plans are still “high risk”, NHS England has said.
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NewsTrust’s new chair ‘displayed bullying behaviour’ in past role
An ambulance trust has appointed a new chair, who a panel found had displayed “bullying behaviour” in a previous role as a police and crime commissioner.
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NewsICB told to re-run £82m tender
An integrated care board has been told to re-run a tender worth £82m after making a string of errors in the process, including failing to properly assess value for money.
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NewsEx-leaders of Letby trust arrested
Three former senior leaders of the trust where babies were murdered by Lucy Letby have been arrested on suspicion of gross negligence manslaughter.
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LeaderCSUs are dead, long live the SSU
The commissioning support unit (CSU) has had a strange history – it has also lasted much longer than your average non-hospital NHS organisation.
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NewsCharity CEO to replace trust’s chair of 12 years
The CEO of a road safety charity has been appointed chair of a major teaching trust.
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NewsICBs exempt from performance regime
Integrated care boards will not be put into performance “segments” in 2025-26, while they go through major reorganisation and job cuts, NHS England has decided.
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NewsStaff will have to ‘see more patients’ to justify tech funding
Services will have to change clinicians’ job plans to increase productivity, in order to receive national tech funding, an NHS England director has suggested.
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NewsNon-acutes ‘will get more tech funding’
Community and mental health trusts will receive a larger share of national technology funding to enable the move to neighbourhood teams, an NHS England director has said.
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NewsCSUs and swathe of patient watchdogs axed
Government is announcing the scrapping of several national patient watchdogs, commissioning support units, and 150 local Healthwatch organisations.
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NewsCQC ‘starting from scratch’ recovering failed IT system
A major IT failure at the Care Quality Commission is expected to take two years to fix, leaving staff to continue with workarounds.
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NewsA&E funding overhaul plan revealed
Around half of funding for emergency care would depend on cutting wait times and shifting care out of hospital, under detailed plans seen by HSJ.
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HSJ Local‘Resentment’ uncovered in ‘inadequate’ children’s unit
Inspectors have branded a hospital’s paediatric services “inadequate” and warned of “resentment” among medical staff following a trust merger.
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News‘Overall’ trust ratings scrapped by CQC
The Care Quality Commission is no longer giving “overall” ratings to trusts, it has emerged – instead only issuing a leadership rating at organisational level.
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NewsNew DHSC-NHSE top team structure revealed
The new top-team structure of the Department of Health and Social Care – as it takes over directly running the NHS – is being revealed to staff today.
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NewsHSJ Digital Awards 2025: Winners revealed
The HSJ Digital Awards 2025 took place last night at the ICC Birmingham, celebrating outstanding contributions to digital healthcare transformation across the NHS and wider sector.
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HSJ LocalFunding changes force ‘frustrating’ scale back of elective centre plans
Plans for a new electives centre for three trusts have been scaled back due to changes to national funding arrangements – in a move internally described as “disappointing and frustrating” by its project lead.
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NewsExclusive: Baby died of hospital infection despite ‘overcrowding’ warning
A baby died with an infection caught on a neonatal unit, despite earlier warnings about outbreaks due to its “approach to overcrowding” of cots, HSJ has learned.
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NewsICB agrees extra GP funding after ‘contract breach’ row
An integrated care board has agreed extra GP funding, in a U-turn after threatening to declare practices in breach of their contracts.
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NewsExclusive: Performance-related pay proposed in 10-Year Plan
Government will create a new “opt-in” alternative NHS staff employment contract, to offer pay-for-performance bonuses and “ultra flexible” working, according to drafts of the 10-Year Health Plan.