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NewsAcute trust overturns ‘obviously unfair’ £1.7m legal bill
An acute trust has overturned a £1.7m legal bill in the High Court after a judge found “obvious unfairness” in an independent adjudicator’s decision about a legal dispute with a construction firm.
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NewsTheatres closed for months after ‘due diligence’ failures
Two new theatres were forced to shut for nearly six months after opening “without the necessary due diligence”, according to a review seen by HSJ.
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NewsICB ‘owes council north of £40m’ in care dispute
An integrated care board owes a council “north of £40m” for the costs of accommodating patients after discharge, a councillor has claimed.
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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: Hospitals with the most ‘red line’ 24-hour waits
At least one in 10 A&E patients wait more than 24 hours at many hospitals, despite NHS England telling trusts to adopt a “zero tolerance” approach to such long waits, new figures have revealed.
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NewsVulnerable children denied surgery as cancer patients prioritised
Cancer waiting time pressures have led an acute trust to withdraw an offer to treat children with complex needs in its theatres.
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NewsNHS accused of using suppliers as ‘free overdraft’
Overdue payments by trusts running to tens of millions of pounds have sparked a fresh row with suppliers, who have warned the situation is “not sustainable”.
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NewsFirst CEO role for former parliamentary candidate
A doctor who has previously run as a Labour parliamentary candidate has been appointed chief executive of Dartford and Gravesham Trust.
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NewsSubstandard dialysis did not kill patients, says trust
A decision to provide substandard dialysis treatment due to “exceptional” capacity pressure was not responsible for high mortality discovered among the service’s patients, a trust has claimed.
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NewsNew chief for troubled hospital
The deputy chief executive of two south coast trusts has been appointed to one of the toughest jobs in the NHS.
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NewsNHSE approves first six ‘advanced’ FTs
NHS England has approved the first six “advanced foundation trusts”, with the promise of “greater operational autonomy” and more financial freedom from 1 June.
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News21 trusts ‘delivered year’s elective recovery in single month’
Twenty-one trusts delivered their entire 2025-26 elective improvement in March alone, analysis shows, prompting concerns about the “fragility and sustainability” of the NHS’s waiting list recovery.
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NewsTrust CEO quits despite being cleared of misconduct
A trust chief executive who was cleared of misconduct after being wrongly suspended by her chair has resigned.
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NewsTrust leadership gets red rating after boardroom row
A trust whose chair quit after a boardroom row has become the first to have its “capability” rating downgraded by NHS England.
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HSJ LocalCEO returns to English trust after four years in Wales
The CEO of a Welsh health board is taking over a large mental health and community trust.
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NewsSix ICBs chosen to lead specialised commissioning
Just one of the seven NHS England regions has yet to decide which organisation will host the patch’s joint commissioning of specialised and some other services.
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News‘New hospitals’ paired with builders for projects worth £14bn
Eleven “new hospitals” have been matched with construction firms to build their projects, valued at up to around £14bn, HSJ has learned.
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NewsTrusts expect to miss emergency care target
Four of England’s 10 ambulance trusts are expecting to miss the headline response time target for 2026-27, according to their plans for the year.
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NewsThree times more GPs leaving some ICBs
Some systems saw fully qualified GPs leave their roles at three times the rate of other patches last year, according to new figures.
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NewsTrust upgraded despite staff reports of discrimination and fear
A large acute trust has had its leadership rating upgraded from “inadequate”, despite serious concerns including allegations that a board member made “divisive and discriminatory remarks” about a Ramadan initiative.