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An integrated care board cluster has confirmed it will permanently close two birthing units.
Posted: September 25, 2026, 2:37 pm
Staff facing a case to answer for snooping on patient records should be rapidly suspended, and “summary dismissal” will “usually” be appropriate for those found guilty, NHS England has said.
Posted: September 25, 2026, 12:30 pm
A leading trust chief executive who left the NHS to run Gibraltar’s health system has returned as an interim appointment at one of England’s largest providers.
Posted: September 25, 2026, 11:32 am
A clinical oncologist has been appointed to chair a trust whose previous chair quit after a draft investigation found she had “exceeded her authority” in suspending its chief executive.
Posted: September 25, 2026, 10:46 am
The NHS England CEO has told HSJ the NHS is in a “tight” spot on emergency care ahead of winter, after performance took a major hit during the summer.
Posted: September 25, 2026, 6:17 am
The Andy Burnham government must be careful not to assume recent improvements in NHS care are irreversible, NHS England CEO Sir Jim Mackey has warned.
Posted: September 25, 2026, 5:38 am
England’s smallest trust will have its own managing director and dedicated deputy chair as it transitions into a group model with two other providers.
Posted: September 24, 2026, 11:35 am
The chief people officer of a leading hospital trust has been subjected to “racist” abuse by colleagues, HSJ has learned.
Posted: September 24, 2026, 11:33 am
The NHS’s worst-performing mental health trust had to adjust its accounts to record a £2.9m deficit after external auditors found it had wrongly classified £6m as an efficiency saving.
Posted: September 24, 2026, 6:15 am
A major trust under intense scrutiny over quality and governance concerns has paused its search for a permanent chief executive.
Posted: September 24, 2026, 6:10 am
The chair of one of the country’s largest foundation trusts has dismissed pledges by other FTs to keep their councils of governors as “virtue signalling”.
Posted: September 23, 2026, 11:27 am
The trust where Lucy Letby worked has been heavily criticised for how it looks after the bodies of fetuses.
Posted: September 23, 2026, 8:21 am
An integrated care board has ordered all of its 337 GP practices to use a single digital access system and is switching off five rival products to save money.
Posted: September 23, 2026, 7:12 am
More people have access to a private dentist than an NHS one in nine integrated care board areas – mostly driven by poor NHS provision, according to new figures.
Posted: September 23, 2026, 7:07 am
Trusts have been told to fit CCTV in neonatal units by the end of November and to “urgently” tell staff and boards that child death protocols cover babies who never leave hospital.
Posted: September 23, 2026, 4:28 am
Advanced foundation trust status should be dependent on meeting digital maturity targets with “consequences” for non-compliance, an influential new report advises.
Posted: September 22, 2026, 12:11 pm
Trust leaders have branded a national tech investment programme “a shambles” and questioned whether cash will be released before the end of its first year.
Posted: September 22, 2026, 11:10 am
“Politically attractive” cuts to managers could harm the NHS’s productivity, a major NHS commission has warned.
Posted: September 22, 2026, 5:50 am
A major acute trust has launched two reviews over care failures potentially affecting 130 children, HSJ has learned.
Posted: September 22, 2026, 5:48 am
The national lead for neighbourhood health and former national medical director has resigned, HSJ has learned.
Posted: September 21, 2026, 7:13 am
More than 300 cases of patient harm have been identified at a North East trust reviewing major care and governance failings in its breast cancer service.
Posted: September 21, 2026, 7:02 am
Health economist Anita Charlesworth will independently co-chair a “reformed” National Cancer Board, seven months after the government’s cancer plan promised a body “accountable for delivery” of its commitments.
Posted: September 21, 2026, 12:00 am
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