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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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NewsMackey’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.
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NewsTrusts 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.
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HSJ Local‘Lack of trust’ in provider’s leadership uncovered by NHSE
An NHS England review into one of the busiest A&Es in the country has raised concerns about the behaviour of senior doctors and a “general lack of trust” in its leadership.
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NewsRevealed: The winners and losers of £750m estates repair fund
The government has revealed which trusts will benefit from a £750m investment fund targeted at addressing the safety risks posed by the NHS’s ageing estate.
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NewsCEO accuses trusts of defying NHSE target
Acute trusts in the West Midlands have been criticised by an ambulance service CEO for not implementing an NHS England instruction to keep handover times under 45 minutes.
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NewsNine systems get extra deficit funding
Nine integrated care systems have been allowed to set higher planned deficits than last year, new figures show.
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NewsPlanning, teamwork and understaffing criticised at troubled unit
A regional haematology unit with a history of quality problems has admitted new failures in planning transplants and teamworking, amid concerns about short staffing.
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News‘No staffing growth’ policy implicated in patient’s death
Repeated refusals by NHS England to fund extra staff was a key factor in a patient’s death, a coroner has said.
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NewsTrust predicts ‘standstill’ in very long waits
A trust has called in a private provider to help address very long diagnostic waits, but admits they will remain at a “standstill” without “further investment”.
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NewsNHSE tells ICBs to slow elective referrals
NHS England has told integrated care boards they need to slow down elective referrals dramatically – nearly eliminating year-on-year growth – with high-profile waiting list targets under threat.
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NewsTroubled trust to appoint shared CEO with community provider
A struggling acute trust has announced plans to share a chief executive with its neighbouring community provider as it explores a new group model.
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NewsAcute and mental health trusts appoint first shared chair
An acute trust and a mental health trust in the Midlands have announced they are to share a chair, which they say will create more opportunities for joined-up care.
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NewsSmallest ICB appoints chair despite consolidation talks
The integrated care board with the smallest population has appointed a new chair, despite the expected consolidation of ICBs.
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NewsHospital sends GPs 15,000 letters in a single day
A “technical failure” caused a hospital trust to send 15-20,000 discharge letters to local GP practices on the day before the Easter bank holiday weekend, some of which dated back four months.
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NewsTrusts cut use of private ambulances despite performance woes
Two ambulance trusts with some of the worst performance on a key response time target are reducing the use of private ambulance firms.
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NewsRevealed: Best and worst trusts to work at, according to bank staff
NHS bank staff are almost always more likely to recommend their employer as a good place to work than permanent staff.
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NewsKey recovery target hit
Ambulance services hit a crucial “interim” target for responding to the bulk of emergency calls last month, and showed marked improvements for the most serious category of incidents.
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NewsRevealed: ICBs spending the most and least on staffing
New figures shared with HSJ reveal how much each integrated care board spends on its staffing, with a two-fold variation per head of population.
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NewsICBs will have to merge, says ex-NHSE chief
Some integrated care boards will need to merge in order to cut their running costs in half, according to Sir David Nicholson — leaving trust groups such as the one he now chairs well placed to organise local services.