All News articles – Page 32
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NewsTrust’s leaders ‘focused on new hospital, not safety’, finds CQC
Leaders at a trust with “inadequate” maternity services were focused on plans for a new hospital “to the detriment of current service challenges”, the care regulator has said.
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NewsExclusive: NHSE orders trusts to halt ‘safety risk’ AI projects
NHS England has been forced to warn trusts and GPs against adopting “non-compliant” AI technology which “risks clinical safety, data protection breaches [and] financial exposure”.
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NewsTrust accused of ‘highly inappropriate’ physician associates policy
A union has criticised a hospital trust for “jeopardising patient safety” by issuing “highly inappropriate” instructions for resident doctors to approve prescription requests from physician associates.
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NewsHackers took down high-secure hospital’s security system
A cyber attack disabled alarm systems used by staff at a high-security psychiatric hospital, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsNHS Providers launches bid to prevent resident doctor strikes
NHS Providers wants to lead a redesign of resident doctor employment structures to bring back “elements of ‘the Firm’” approach, its new CEO has said.
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NewsICBs urged to ‘be brave’ and cut numbers further
Integrated care board leaders should “be brave” and cut the number of commissioners further than the currently proposed 27, the new NHS Providers CEO has said.
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NewsMerging ICBs to ‘keep two partnership boards’
Two merging integrated care boards are planning to keep separate “integrated care partnership” committees, in order to retain “an independent focus” on each area’s population health.
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NewsReform mayor objects to ICB merger
A recently elected mayor called for plans to merge their county’s integrated care board with its neighbours to be dropped, warning it is “inconsistent” with the mayoralty’s footprint.
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NewsNHSE rejects ICB’s cost-cutting proposal
NHS England has knocked back plans to merge corporate services across an integrated care system – blaming the size of the patch’s deficit.
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NewsNearly 200 patients harmed in major cyber attack
The NHS has confirmed 170 patients were harmed as a result of a major cyber attack last year.
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NewsGovernment warned against 10-Year Plan ‘restructure’
One of the central ideas in the 10-Year Health Plan is “not novel” and could be damaging if it imposes a “one size fits all” model, a community health leader has told HSJ.
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NewsTrusts penalised for exaggerating safety standards
Dozens of trusts have been hit with financial penalties after regulators questioned their claims to be compliant with maternity safety standards.
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News‘Widespread confusion’ over NHSE redundancy scheme
Unions are taking legal advice as they warn a voluntary redundancy scheme launched by NHS England is causing “widespread confusion” among staff.
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NewsMapped: RTT waiting times
An interactive map of local NHS waits around England in April 2025, showing the pressures, with links to all the details by organisation and specialty.
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NewsRegional director made a dame
An NHS England regional director has been made a dame in the King’s birthday honours.
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NewsCEO retires after 25 years
A chief executive is to retire after six years leading a Yorkshire acute trust.
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News‘Outstanding’ rating for trust’s leaders who ‘have each other's backs’
The “honest, transparent and visible” leadership at a trust whose staff feel they are “part of a family” has been rated “outstanding” by the Care Quality Commission.
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NewsExclusive: ‘Virtual hospitals’ to be launched in 10-Year Plan
The upcoming 10-Year Health Plan is set to propose the introduction of “virtual hospitals” based on patients directly contacting consultants on an Uber-style platform, HSJ has been told.
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NewsFailing trusts face ‘administration’ regime, says Streeting
Trusts which fail to address longstanding financial problems “may be placed into administration” or be taken over by another provider, Wes Streeting has said.
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NewsSix CQC board directors replaced
Nearly all the Care Quality Commission’s non-executive directors have left, making way for six new recruits, including an NHS England director.