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NewsHospitals falling far short of national quality target
The NHS fell well short of its goal to offer the best standard of acute stroke treatment to 10 per cent of patients last year, with some units carrying out the procedure only once a week.
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NewsMerged agency must keep board, Streeting told
Three patient safety groups – one chaired by former health secretary Jeremy Hunt – are calling for the patient safety watchdog to retain its independence when it is absorbed into the Care Quality Commission.
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NewsSuicide leading cause of death among new mothers
The NHS needs to do more to prevent suicides among pregnant women and new mothers, a national audit has recommended.
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NewsStreeting accused of ‘betrayal’ by maternity campaigners
A campaign group representing families involved in maternity failures says its members feel “completely betrayed” by the health and social care secretary, and are calling for greater scrutiny of national NHS decisions.
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NewsFourteen maternity investigation trusts named
Fourteen trusts are to be subject to a government-commissioned investigation into maternity service quality, it was announced today.
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NewsMapped: RTT waiting times
An interactive map of local NHS waits around England in July 2025, showing the pressures, with links to all the details by organisation and specialty.
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CommentWhat really matters to the public about the NHS
The 18-week target is the government’s top NHS priority, but this is not what matters most to the public, explains Tim Gardner
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CommentWaiting list veers off track
When the effects of validation petered out in July, the waiting list started growing
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PodcastHSJ Podcast: How to win the (NHS) league
The HSJ Health Check podcast returns this week, just as NHS England unveils new performance rankings for every trust in England.
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NewsBest and worst for hospital experience named by CQC
More patients reported a “good” experience of inpatient care in 2024, even though most trusts have still not caught up with pre-pandemic performance, a Care Quality Commission survey has revealed.
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NewsTrusts’ ‘league table’ rankings revealed
NHS England has revealed its new “league table” rankings for every NHS trust, with hospitals in London scoring best and East of England the worst.
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News‘Outstanding’ hospital drops two ratings
A hospital which was rated “outstanding” has been downgraded to “requires improvement” after inspectors raised concerns about staffing and delays to patients being clinically assessed.
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NewsMultiple patients harmed at ‘overly cautious’ trust
Multiple glaucoma patients were harmed at a trust that was “overly cautious” about surgical intervention and did not follow national care guidelines, a royal college review has found.
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NewsBoards told to rate their own ‘capability’
Trust leaders have been told to rate their own boards’ “capability” under new rules that could influence which providers are put in a new special measures regime.
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NewsHospital wrongly rated ‘outstanding’ for six years
A leading hospital has been stripped of its “outstanding” rating, which the Care Quality Commission says was mistakenly awarded six years ago.
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NewsHospital warned over storing bodies in car park
A hospital has been reprimanded for storing bodies in a bank of fridges in its car park.
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NewsMaternity services isolated from trust boards, watchdog warns
The safety watchdog has raised fresh concerns about NHS maternity services in a new review, warning that harm has been normalised within units that are working “in parallel” to trusts.
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NewsExclusive: Ministers using ‘misleading indicator’ to champion waiting list reduction
The recent reduction in the waiting list repeatedly cited by ministers as evidence of the NHS’s recovery has given a “misleading” impression to the public about the service’s underlying performance, leading policy experts have warned.
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News‘Extra appointments’ celebrated by govt deliver ‘modest impact’ on waiting lists
The “4.6 million extra NHS appointments” championed by the prime minister and health secretary have only had a “modest impact” on reducing waiting list clock stops, a vital part of cutting the NHS’s elective care backlog, according to new analysis shared exclusively with HSJ.
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NewsHospital denied large ‘refund’ because staff missed training
A trust was denied a payment worth hundreds of thousands of pounds because staff missed training sessions during high operational pressures, it says.