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NewsICB morale plummets amid restructures
Nearly half of integrated care boards opted out of the 2025 Staff Survey, and those that took part saw a huge drop in morale amid restructuring.
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NewsICB gives in without a fight over private sector procurement complaint
A private supplier has forced an integrated care board to row back on its decision to award a £25m contract to an NHS trust, in the first case of its kind.
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NewsDelays repairing ageing ambulances hitting response times
Some ambulance trusts report that up to two-fifths of their ambulances are unavailable, with ageing vehicles sidelined for repairs and replacements.
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NewsTrust to review claims of multiple cases of patient harm by surgeon
A trust is investigating the work of one of its former consultants amid claims the cases of “significantly more than 50 patients” he treated at its main site and a local private hospital should be reviewed for potential harm, HSJ has learned.
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NewsStreeting sent NHSE director to investigate trust mired in landmark trans-rights case
Wes Streeting instructed NHS England to intervene at a trust facing a landmark trans-rights case, which today saw it found guilty of indirectly discriminating against female staff by requiring them to share a changing room with a transgender woman.
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NewsNo ‘credible path’ to deliver 10% savings target, says CEO
A hospital group has rejected NHS England’s savings target for one of its providers to balance its books next year.
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NewsCEO takes regional role after breakdown in relationship
A trust group chief executive who had been absent from the role for nearly a year is leaving the organisation and joining an NHS England regional team.
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NewsTrust’s failings will prompt ‘deep reflection’ across system, CEO pledges
Serious failings found within a trust’s breast cancer service will require a period of “deep reflection” across the whole system, an integrated care board chief has said.
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NewsTrust's divided exec and 'fundamental care' failures revealed
A hospital trust’s new CEO has declared that its board and executive team are divided and isolated, its care standards are failing, and it is sitting on a hidden budget gap.
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News‘Systemic’ failings resulted in avoidable cancer harm
A decade-long pattern of “systemic” leadership and governance failures led to avoidable patient harm in a trust’s breast cancer service, a highly critical review has found.
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NewsFirst ‘new FT’ and IHO candidates revealed
Eight trusts are being lined up to take on a new “advanced foundation trust” status, and potentially become integrated health organisations.
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NewsMaternity unit suspended 12 times in three months
A maternity service was forced to close one of its units on 12 separate occasions in the space of just three months due to a shortage of midwives.
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NewsHigh-risk estates bill doubles in a year
The estimated cost of fixing urgent, high-risk problems for mental health and learning disabilities buildings has more than doubled in a year, new data reveals.
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NewsRevealed: Hundreds of lung cancer patients harmed after long waits
Hundreds of lung cancer patients are coming to harm while waiting longer than the 62-day benchmark for starting treatment, according to unpublished data collated by HSJ which ministers have called “shocking”.
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NewsChair leaves trust amid cancer probe
A trust under investigation due to failings in its breast cancer service said it was seeking to “strengthen leadership and governance” after its chair departed after less than three years.
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NewsTwo in five trusts share chair or CEO
Nearly two in five trusts in England now share a chair and/or chief executive — despite some high-profile partnerships being scaled back — HSJ analysis shows.
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NewsTrusts face £100m tax bill after losing legal battle
Providers may face a £100m tax bill after a trust lost its bid to reclaim VAT on car parking.
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NewsExclusive: Mackey’s trust gets league table upgrade after last-minute data correction
The trust led by NHS England chief executive Sir Jim Mackey was promoted from the third to the second “segment” of the new provider league table following a last-minute correction to one of the data points which underpin the rankings, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsTrust hires ex-national director as CEO
A national director who left NHS England earlier this year is returning to work as a hospital trust CEO.
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NewsRevealed: The areas where a quarter of primary care estate needs replacement
Five integrated care systems claim that more than a quarter of their primary care premises are not fit for purpose, HSJ research has revealed.