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NewsTech problem delays elective reform target
Concerns have been raised about NHS England watering down a key target for its controversial “advice and guidance” scheme, just weeks ahead of the October deadline.
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PodcastHSJ Podcast: Where the Thirlwall inquiry went wrong
This week we discuss the final conclusions of the Thirlwall Inquiry, which examined the failings surrounding the murder and attempted murder of babies by Lucy Letby.
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NewsGP leaders seek end to ‘hostilities’
The British Medical Association’s GP committee has voted against escalating its “collective action”, in a bid to “reset” its relationship with government and NHS England.
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NewsExclusive: NHS CEO will keep top-tier status
The NHS chief executive is set to have equal rank in government to the health department’s permanent secretary when NHS England is abolished – meaning a proposal to downgrade their status has been rejected by ministers.
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NewsBoards must ‘never again treat baby safety as side issue’, says Cooper
Maternity and neonatal services “cannot operate on the margins,” and deaths of babies and children must be investigated as a priority by NHS boards, the health and social care secretary has warned.
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NewsTougher sanctions on senior managers demanded by Letby inquiry
The government must introduce a statutory barring system for managers by September next year, an inquiry has said – but warned it will only work if trusts are more willing to confront serious misconduct.
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Expert BriefingPatient Safety Watch: The good, the moving-the-deck-chairs, and the positively bad
HSJ hosts the Patient Safety Watch newsletter, written by Patient Safety Watch chair Jeremy Hunt
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NewsNHSE’s FDP claims face fresh investigation
NHS England is being investigated again by the statistics regulator after a trust revealed it did not write a case study highlighting the local benefits of the FDP.
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News17 trusts lose segment 1 status under new league table rules
Ten fewer trusts are in the top segment of NHS England’s oversight framework, in the first results under revised rules that have raised the bar for the highest rating.
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PodcastHSJ Podcast: AI’s new rulebook
On this episode the tech bureau joins Annabelle to discuss the final report from the National Commission into the Regulation of AI in Healthcare – which had promised to deliver a “new regulatory rulebook”.
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NewsMapped: RTT waiting times
An interactive map of local referral-to-treatment waiting times around England, updated with the latest data for July 2026.
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NewsNHSE staff risk losing ‘thousands’ in redundancy payouts
Hundreds of NHS England staff who took partial retirement are in danger of receiving redundancy payments which are tens of thousands of pounds lower than they expected.
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NewsMinisters to unpick Healthwatch abolition
Ministers have indicated they will amend the Health Bill in the Lords to preserve an independent local voice for patients and care users.
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NewsSingle water contract to save NHS £5m a year
NHS England is centralising the NHS’s water contracts in a move it says could save at least £5m a year.
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NewsExclusive: ‘Landmark’ safety policy was barely tested before launch
The “Martha’s Rule for maternity services” was used just 13 times in a national pilot before being cited by government and adopted by ministers as a solution to the maternity crisis, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsMajor trust freed after nine years of NHSE intervention
One of England’s largest hospital trusts has been freed from NHS England enforcement action that ran for almost a decade.
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NewsUK’s largest private hospital group sold in £1bn deal
One of the NHS’s largest private providers, Spire Healthcare Group, has agreed to a £1bn takeover by a group of investment firms.
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Expert BriefingThe Integrator: NHS England’s endgame
Insider tales and must-read analysis on how integration is reshaping health and care systems, NHS providers, primary care, and commissioning. This week, by deputy editor Dave West
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NewsHot summer hit trust’s finances
An ambulance service will have to make an additional £1.6m in savings due to high demand over the hot summer and has been put under intense monitoring by NHS England.
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NewsRevealed: NHSE top team clear-out cost more than £800k
NHS England spent more than £800,000 on payouts for six directors last year as it cleared out its top team, it has been revealed.