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PodcastHSJ Podcast: ‘Blindsided’ NHS England intervenes over record snooping
“I had no idea this happened. Were we informed? I am very concerned about duty of candour here… Why weren’t the victims informed immediately?”
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NewsRegions roll out custom performance regimes
NHS England regions have begun introducing their own regional performance management regimes for providers, on top of the NHS Oversight Framework.
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HSJ LocalExclusive: Blindsided NHSE bosses to launch snooping probe
Blindsided NHS England bosses have ordered a “thorough investigation” into the trust at the centre of a scandal involving staff inappropriately accessing patients’ records, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsNearly 100 staff left ‘in limbo by shitshow procurement’
Nearly 100 staff at a Lancashire trust have been left in “limbo” for more than two years due to a troubled NHS England procurement process, which HSJ has learned is set to be run for a third time.
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NewsHospital group pioneer to chair four trusts
A former acute chief who steered a major London trust out of quality special measures has been named chair of the four trusts that make up England’s biggest hospital group.
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HSJ LocalExclusive: ‘Divisive and toxic’ culture found at trust
A damning review of a trust’s senior leadership found “adversarial and mistrustful” relationships had fostered “a divisive and toxic culture”, and staff felt “fearful, anxious and unable to speak openly”, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsTwo North West MPs made health ministers
Two new junior health ministers – both representing constituencies in the North West – have been appointed by prime minister Andy Burnham.
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HSJ LocalArmy medics could support ‘unsafe’ service
Army medics could be brought into a service currently deemed “unsafe”, according to a struggling trust.
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NewsExclusive: Another trust investigates snooping on attack victims
An ambulance trust is now investigating whether staff snooped on Southport victim records, HSJ can reveal, intensifying calls for a national review into patient privacy.
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HSJ LocalWomen put at ‘unacceptable’ risk by ‘deviating’ service
Pregnant women were put at “unacceptable risk” by a service which was “deviat[ing] from guidelines”, had poor “surgical competency”, and was over-reliant on a single consultant at “significant risk of burnout”.
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News16 trusts ‘streamlined’ towards advanced FT status
Sixteen trusts are entering a “streamlined” application process to become advanced foundation trusts, NHS England has announced.
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NewsTrusts lose ‘red’ ratings after curbing deficits
NHS England has promoted two hospital trusts from its worst “capability” score after they improved their financial performance at the end of 2025-26.
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NewsNew role for ‘culture reset’ chief
A North West trust has announced a new CEO after the retirement of its current boss.
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NewsSnooping on records ‘worrying trend, not just isolated incidents’
High-profile cases of staff snooping on patients’ health records, as most recently exposed by HSJ, have revealed “a worrying trend” across the NHS rather than just isolated incidences, a watchdog chief has warned.
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News‘Fundamental failure’ sparks NHSE intervention at top 10 trust
A “fundamental failure in quality governance” has led NHS England to take enforcement action against one of England’s largest trusts.
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NewsRevealed: Cancer doctor hiring freezes rise in nearly every region
Cancer centres in nearly every region of England reported significant rises in recruitment freezes to oncology posts over the past year, according to new figures shared with HSJ.
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HSJ LocalCEO who said he wouldn’t ‘go on forever’ returns as group boss
A trust CEO who said he had chosen not to “keep going forever” when he retired at the age of 70 in 2024 is to return as the interim leader of a struggling hospital group.
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NewsBiggest climbers and fallers in trust league table
Sharply divergent performance in the last quarter of 2025-26 saw dramatic movement within NHS England’s league table for acute trusts, with six providers moving up or down rankings by 30 places or more.
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NewsCorridor care cases hit 90k in May
More than 90,000 cases of corridor care were recorded in English NHS hospitals in May – an average of 3,000 per day – according to the first official stats on the scale of the problem.
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NewsRevealed: The trusts sharing £86m prize for March A&E sprint
NHS England has revealed the trusts which will share an £86m prize pot for delivering improvements to A&E waiting times in March.