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More trusts drop free staff parking
At least three of the 21 remaining acute trusts with free staff parking are planning to reintroduce charges or have already done so, HSJ has learned.
Lowest-paid NHS staff to get emergency salary top-up
Ministers will give the lowest-paid NHS staff an emergency salary top-up to prevent them from falling below the National Living Wage.
UK health AI firm criticises NHSE procurement as it goes bust
A British health AI company has been wound up after failing to win any contracts under a government innovation scheme.
Three trusts to share same EPR
A single electronic patient record is to be shared by three trusts across a system in a deal announced this week.
Row between ICB and provider over ‘significant’ waiting times rise
An integrated care board has blamed an audiology services provider for causing “significant increases” in waiting times – sparking a complaint of “bullying” by the company, which also accuses the ICB of not providing enough funding.
Overhaul of A&E ‘block contracts’ to be trialled this year
The NHS plans to trial radical changes to how urgent and emergency care is paid for in 2025-26, as part of a new improvement plan for the sector, HSJ can exclusively reveal.
Exclusive: Leak reveals national plans to tackle A&E crisis
A raft of reforms NHS England and the government are proposing to address the crisis in urgent and emergency care can be revealed after a draft of the recovery plan was obtained by HSJ.
High-risk hospitals delayed despite government assurances
At least two trusts whose hospitals rely on high-risk concrete will not open replacements until after 2030, despite theoretically being prioritised by government.
CEO and finance chief to leave £90m deficit ICB
The chief executive and chief financial officer of an integrated care board under financial strain have both announced their resignation.
Specialist unit a step closer after 13 years in planning
A long-awaited hyperacute stroke unit could finally be opened – 13 years after it was first mooted.
ICB to lose another leader
An integrated care board in the Midlands is facing more leadership churn as its interim chief executive has announced she will retire this summer.
Influential figures call for ‘single UEC service’ for NHS
The NHS should create a “single 24/7 service” for urgent and emergency care to address what is currently a “fragmented and disjointed” system, six expert groups have said.
Exclusive: Expert review concludes NHS ‘got winter it prepared for’
A new plan authored by six leading expert groups and shared exclusively with HSJ has concluded the NHS “got the winter it prepared for” and warned poor standards of urgent and emergency care has been “normalised and accepted”.
Late delivery of equipment linked to patient’s death
The late supply of defective equipment used by care staff to reduce harm from a pressure ulcer contributed to the death of a vulnerable patient, a coroner has concluded.
‘New hospital’ teams face axe after funding withdrawn
Multiple trusts in the “new hospitals programme” are likely to have to axe the teams preparing their builds, as national funding is set to be withdrawn, HSJ has learned.
Regulator names fourth CEO in seven months
The Nursing and Midwifery Council has appointed its fourth chief executive in just over six months.
NHSE’s leadership standards ‘wordy and woolly’
The new framework which is meant to set national standards for NHS leaders has been criticised as “too wordy” and “woolly”.
‘Devastating’ delays to new hospitals revealed
Eighteen of the 40 ‘new hospital’ schemes which were originally due to open in 2030 will now not even start construction until then – with some potentially facing a wait of until 2039 to even get spades in the ground.
Mapped: Revised hospital build dates
Mapped: Targeted construction dates after Wes Streeting’s review of the “new hospitals programme”.
‘Fragile’ IT blamed for critical incidents and patient harm
Outdated clinical IT systems at a large Midlands hospital trust are harming patients and causing delayed diagnoses and cancelled appointments, its CEO has admitted.
Revealed: Roof leaks and derelict buildings at hospitals with most empty space
NHSE commends ICBs for ‘strong leadership’
Failing trust executives are not given new jobs to avoid disputes, claims Powis
Surgeon and lawyer chosen to chair divorcing trusts
Hospital CEO appointed ICB boss
Exclusive: Death risk doubles for long A&E waits
Cleaning firm sues trust over £8m contract
CQC report on ‘fire risk’ A&E delayed by 13 months
Exclusive: Ministers spent £500k dismantling then rebuilding their offices
Revealed: 14 ICBs cutting spend on the third sector
500 CQC reports ‘stuck in IT system’
£33m cost of cyber attack revealed
Elective recovery fund capped for rest of year
Exclusive: Elective recovery scheme ‘wide open to gaming’
Reforms to fix Band 8 pay gap at risk, ministers warned
Managers should ‘embrace’ regulation, says Letby trust CEO
Exclusive: Hospital asks patients in corridors to ‘lobby MPs’ for funding
Hackers ‘compromised details’ of hundreds of staff
Revealed: War of words among leaders at £1.6bn trust
Trust chair leaves after less than a year in post
NHSE appoints ex-Tory adviser as strategy director
Trust hires ICB leader as new CEO
20% of corporate jobs to go in cost-cutting restructure
Mapped: RTT waiting times
ICB pays consultants £230,000 to help it escape deficit
Reform delayed by Treasury could have stopped Letby, says Hunt
Trust ordered to pay £100,000 after sacking doctor with PTSD
Ambulance handover delays hit record high
Patient transport service failing on most fronts, data reveals
Ministers ‘breaking promises on contract reform’
Exclusive: Trust orders external review into medical training ‘concerns’
Half of ICBs sued over £168m waste procurement
Trusts to foot bill for new ‘customer service’ training
Trust rapped for ‘irregular’ £116k payment to outgoing CEO
‘Distressing’ two-year waits for children’s service quadruple in eight months
National tech director to step down
Trusts given deadline to roll out new NHS app features
£200m consultancy bill for New Hospital Programme revealed
CEO of NHS’s largest trust to stand down
Major pricing shake-up for elective care announced