An integrated care board has decided to not take any further action against its chief executive after he was suspended and subject to an internal investigation.
Posted: March 27, 2026, 2:53 pm
Three integrated care boards have been accused of overseeing a “deeply flawed” merger programme, including a “nonsensical job-matching process”.
Posted: March 27, 2026, 12:43 pm
Two trusts have appointed a former long-serving NHS manager in the area to be their joint chair.
Posted: March 27, 2026, 12:41 pm
Another trust has had to delay the rollout of its electronic patient record following a last-minute intervention from NHS England, HSJ has learned.
Posted: March 27, 2026, 5:56 am
The health service is set for a “long distance” run of industrial action following resident doctors announcing another strike, NHS England’s CEO has warned.
Posted: March 26, 2026, 3:44 pm
The majority of patients in a hospital at the centre of a safety scandal are yet to be moved – despite orders nearly three weeks ago to transfer them, HSJ understands.
Posted: March 26, 2026, 1:47 pm
The government is launching an experiment that will pitch local government and NHS-led models against each other to see which is the most effective in improving a population’s health and wellbeing, Wes Streeting has told HSJ.
Posted: March 26, 2026, 1:19 pm
Wes Streeting has defended the salaries paid to chief executives of struggling trusts, arguing they could earn “a lot more” if they chose.
Posted: March 26, 2026, 1:18 pm
The health secretary has admitted the rationalising and refocusing of integrated care boards has not gone smoothly, and that “taking a bit longer to get it right [is] a good thing” where required.
Posted: March 26, 2026, 1:16 pm
NHS England will not allow new technology investment until clear national executive leadership is in place, it said this morning.
Posted: March 26, 2026, 11:23 am
Four hospital trusts have been assessed as having higher than expected rates of both stillbirth and neonatal deaths, according to HSJ analysis of a national safety audit.
Posted: March 26, 2026, 5:34 am
Resident doctors in England will strike for six days after the Easter weekend, the British Medical Association has announced.
Posted: March 25, 2026, 5:03 pm
NHS England’s national medical director has warned health campaigners against demanding “unhelpful” new national rules and mandates, as power was moving to local integrated care boards.
Posted: March 25, 2026, 1:21 pm
Poor usability of computer systems costs the NHS as much staff time as sickness absence, NHS England’s head of digital transformation has told a conference.
Posted: March 25, 2026, 1:20 pm
Under-performing NHS bosses are being “quietly moved on” rather than being “named and shamed”, Wes Streeting has said.
Posted: March 25, 2026, 10:10 am
One of the country’s largest NHS trusts has appointed its former chief executive as interim chief medical officer, as it continues to reshape its senior leadership team.
Posted: March 25, 2026, 7:50 am
One of the country’s largest mental health trusts has appointed a chief executive from a neighbouring system.
Posted: March 25, 2026, 7:41 am
Five trusts have been included in a new “intensive recovery programme” which is expected to replace a “national provider improvement programme” launched just weeks ago.
Posted: March 25, 2026, 12:01 am
Waiting time information in the NHS App has been overhauled after causing “confusion, anxiety and mistrust” among patients, HSJ has learned.
Posted: March 24, 2026, 12:31 pm
An NHS England director is set to become the new chief executive of NHS Employers, HSJ can reveal.
Posted: March 24, 2026, 10:28 am
An integrated care board is reopening a consultation on its restructure and staffing cuts after unions said the process was “flawed and rushed”.
Posted: March 24, 2026, 5:35 am
A children’s hospital is closing beds and theatres because the Iran war is stopping private patients travelling from the Middle East.
Posted: March 24, 2026, 5:32 am