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Hundreds of overseas NHSE staff face losing job with no compensation
Hundreds of NHS England staff face losing their jobs without redundancy pay because their nationality bars them from working for the Department of Health and Social Care, HSJ understands.
Health Bill proposal an ‘attack on patient safety’
Scrapping the legal guarantee that a nurse sits on every foundation trust board is a “brazen attack on patient safety”, the Royal College of Nursing has warned.
Hospital accused of delaying ambulances to eliminate corridor care
A hospital trust has been accused of delaying the offloading of ambulance patients so it can maintain zero “corridor care”.
New 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.
Revealed: ICBs facing clash between PCNs and neighbourhood health
Dozens of primary care networks in some areas may need to be reorganised to take on neighbourhood contracts, because they do not cover a coherent geographic area.
Trusts begin EPR rollouts after NHSE-imposed delays
Three trusts have begun rolling out their electronic patient record systems months later than planned after NHS England forced them to delay.
‘Inspirational’ chair dies after short illness
The chair of a mental health trust has died following a short illness, with its CEO paying tribute to the “inspirational leader”.
Resident doctors to strike during by-election
Resident doctors will strike for four days next month – with the threat of more action in July – after talks with the new health and social care secretary failed to produce a breakthrough.
Revealed: NHSE project to put FDP into primary care
NHS England is exploring how to push the federated data platform into primary and community care.
NHSE 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.
‘Astounding’ failure sees regulator neglect criminal checks for 12 years
Leaders of the troubled nursing regulator have admitted to a “completely and utterly unacceptable” failure to properly conduct criminal checks on applicants to its register over a 12-year period.
Regulators demand answers on advice and guidance
Answers are needed from NHS England and others on 11 issues to make sure its controversial expansion of advice and guidance is safe, the Care Quality Commission has declared.
Trust announces ‘exceptional’ leader as new chair
A Yorkshire trust has appointed an experienced healthcare leader as its new chair.
Senior churn stifling hospital group, warns leading CEO
A trust “alliance” that includes England’s top-rated general acute provider has been stifled by leadership churn and a shift in national policy, but will now develop an ambitious joint clinical strategy, it has revealed.
Regulator ‘missing many AI incidents’
Safety concerns linked to AI voice tech are not being properly reported because many providers are unaware of the regulation system or too busy to use it, experts have told HSJ.
Real-terms CEO pay fell 13% in five years
Trust CEO pay has dropped by more than a tenth in real terms in five years, government advisers have said.
21 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.
Senior managers to get ‘well deserved’ pay rise
Senior NHS managers will get a 3 per cent pay rise for 2026-27, the government has announced.
National role for retired trust CEO
A recently retired acute trust chief executive is returning to a national role just months after ending a 40-year career in the NHS.
Trust 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.
AI firm sues government over procurement decision
Growing private services creating ‘regulatory gap’, claims watchdog
Exclusive: CQC demands answers over Southport attack data breach
NHS-owned consultancy faces closure
Staff dismissed for viewing Nottingham attack victims’ files
Smaller tech firms face NHS App ‘guillotine’
Trust leadership gets red rating after boardroom row
CQC warns Health Bill could leave it fighting itself in court
Neighbourhood plans ‘in danger’, says top five trust leader
Dozens of stroke units lose ‘A’ ratings
CEO returns to English trust after four years in Wales
‘Central pressure’ forcing ICBs to cut reform investment
HSJ Digital Awards 2026: Winners revealed
Six ICBs chosen to lead specialised commissioning
Former chair ‘sensationalised whistleblowing claim to oust CEO’
‘New hospitals’ paired with builders for projects worth £14bn
GP tactics in contract dispute ‘really positive’, claims NHSE director
Exclusive: Trust pleads guilty after patient fire death
Trust sued by staff over ‘hazardous’ exposure to gas
‘Operational efficiency’ AI tools part of new £900m procurement push
New CEO for trust recovering from abuse scandal
Revealed: ‘Catastrophic’ gaps in tech regulation plans
Mapped: RTT waiting times
Controversial group model could be scrapped
Single patient record could save £110m, says DHSC
Exclusive: Southport attack victim accuses trust of ‘cover up’ over care records breach
Ministers take powers to overrule ‘unresponsive ICBs’
New health secretary appointed
Increase in corridor care ‘haemorrhaging morale’, trust told
Streeting quits government
Elective target hit after spike in ‘unreported removals’
NHSE lead to stand in as CQC chief inspector
NHS churned through 48 ministers in 11 years
Major trust names new chair after axing shared model
Trusts expect to miss emergency care target
New health minister appointed
Revealed: Hospitals with the highest avoidable admissions
Health minister resigns
Exclusive: Govt debating jobs freeze on admin roles which can be done by AI
Hospital trust ‘deeply sorry’ for harm to dozens of children