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The providers ‘in pole position’ to lead neighbourhood health
Mental health trusts are the largest providers of adult physical community health services in England by population, potentially putting them in “pole position” to lead the development of “neighbourhood health” in many areas.
ICB chiefs ‘not sulking’ despite feeling ‘systematically undervalued’
Imposing drastic management cuts has revealed to other NHS leaders that integrated care boards “actually have an incredibly important function”, according to the NHS Confederation chief executive.
Starmer hires innovation champion as health adviser
A former NHS director and innovation network CEO has been appointed as the new health adviser to the prime minister.
Ex-brewery boss to succeed long-serving trust chair
An ex-brewery boss will be the new chair of one of the most challenged trusts in the country, replacing the incumbent who is retiring after 40 years as an NHS leader.
Provider sells NHS services after financial collapse
A private provider has collapsed and sold businesses running at least eight urgent care centres to another firm.
Trust and manager cleared of manslaughter
A mental health trust and its ward manager have been cleared by a jury of corporate manslaughter and manslaughter by gross negligence.
Patient Safety Awards 2025 shortlist revealed
The shortlist for the 2025 Patient Safety Awards has been announced, featuring 216 projects that demonstrate excellence in categories including data and analytics, primary care, children and young people, maternity and many more.
Hospital group director given CEO role
A director at a large London hospital group trust has been given his first CEO role.
Trust broke rules in £14m contract award
A trust has been ordered to re-run part of a procurement process after a watchdog ruled it did not respond promptly to requests for information from an unsuccessful bidder.
Mackey’s men dominate the 2025 Top 50 CEO rankings
When Sir Jim Mackey took over as NHS England’s last chief executive, he picked four fellow acute trust CEOs to help him lead the service over the next two years.
NHS App director reverses decision to join tech consultancy firm
The national director for NHS digital channels has reversed his decision to join a tech consultancy firm as an advisor after the initital announcement was greeted with widespread criticism.
Board failings mean provider is breaching its licence, says NHSE
A large community services provider in the South West has been found in breach of its licence conditions after an NHS England investigation found a raft of governance failings.
£370m capital announced to support urgent care recovery
The NHS will be given £370m of capital funding to help it improve “suboptimal” urgent and emergency care services by this winter, the government has announced.
Trusts ordered to help with ‘heartbreaking’ diagnostic delays
NHS England has told trusts they must help neighbours to cut the number of children waiting for hearing tests, even if it affects their own performance.
‘Blame shunting’ by providers leads to poor emergency care, says NHSE
The ‘inability or unwillingness’ of some NHS and social care providers to work together has contributed to an ’unimaginable’ deterioration in emergency care performance, according to NHS England
Exclusive: ICBs to shrink to 27 clusters
The consolidation of integrated care boards will result in the 42 organisations moving to 27 clusters, HSJ has learned.
Revealed: The trusts and systems sharing £150m emergency care fund
NHS England has revealed which organisations have won a share of a £150m capital fund to reward emergency care performance improvements – with significant amounts going to acute and children’s trusts.
Tech leaders warn against transferring ICB functions
NHS tech leaders have warned that proposals to shift digital functions from integrated care boards to providers pose significant operational risks.
Cost of inquiry ‘threatens trust’s financial resilience’, says CEO
An ongoing patient safety inquiry could threaten the financial resilience of a trust if a lack of funding continues, a chief executive has warned.
Major AI project paused over patient data concerns
NHS England has paused a major AI project after concerns were raised about how the primary care records of 57 million people were used to train it.
‘Lack of trust’ in provider’s leadership uncovered by NHSE
Embattled chief executive resigns
Regional boss: Put US tech firms ‘on the hook’ for support
Research posts must be protected from cuts, orders NHSE
Revealed: The winners and losers of £750m estates repair fund
New technology should be paid for ‘like medicines’, says NICE chief executive
Police launch corporate manslaughter investigation into another trust
Government threatens new law to bring use of agency staff ‘to an end’
NHSE axes £69m fund designed to improve patient flow
Basic errors lay behind trust’s botched IT upgrade, leak reveals
CEO accuses trusts of defying NHSE target
ICB CEO returns to role after national secondment
NHSE director: 50% cut to ICB costs ‘may well not be right number’
External reviews ordered over trust’s baby death rates
Nine systems get extra deficit funding
Senior pay rules ‘demotivating’ leaders, say government advisers
Planning, teamwork and understaffing criticised at troubled unit
Trust takes legal action over delays to £100m construction project
Streeting 'pushing for stronger action' on maternity failings
South comes off worst from government capital funding boost
Govt cut threatens leadership training
New CEO named at trust facing calls for public inquiry
Pioneering ICB set to be split up
Up to a third of ICBs to remain independent despite budget cut
£2.8bn trusts name shared chair for ‘new era’
Ten-year plan will ‘end one size fits all primary care’
NHSE funding rule ‘deliberately unfair’ to non-acute trusts
Trusts spending too much ‘pursuing executive talent’
Senior managers face real terms pay cut as govt rejects pay recommendation
‘No staffing growth’ policy implicated in patient’s death
CQC hires trust director as chief inspector of hospitals
Trust predicts ‘standstill’ in very long waits
NHSE tells ICBs to slow elective referrals
Five trusts accelerate move to shared leadership
Staff locked in hospital during ‘unprecedented’ power cut
Trust’s contract management ‘poor or non-existent’
Trust adopts neighbour’s EPR
Ministers sign off capital boost for ‘high-performing’ systems
Troubled trust to appoint shared CEO with community provider
NHS facing another national maternity services review