NHSE chair: Trusts sat on land worth ‘trillions’ The chair of NHS England has stated that mental health trusts are sitting on land worth £3 trillion, as she questioned claims about the sector not having enough money.

Enough to employ *80 million* nurses!

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Governors block CEO appointment pushed by NHSE A trust's governors voted to block an NHS England proposal to appoint a new chief executive without an open recruitment process, claiming the move would "bypass due process".

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Latest development in the Humber Health Partnership saga: Governors at one of the trusts voted to block the appointment of the current interim as permanent CEO.

They claimed the move - backed by NHS England - would "bypass due process"

Wes Streeting must cancel Palantir’s FDP contract now Palantir is not the right partner for the NHS, says Green Party leader Zack Polanski

Green party leader Zack Polanski calls on Wes Streeting to scrap the NHS's contract with Palantir

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Safety risks ‘normalised’ under ‘ineffective’ group model A trust group that has seen a rise in "never events" has been heavily criticised for "inadequate" oversight and management of patient safety.

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A damning internal review has criticised leadership at two NHS trusts in Hull and North Lincs. It said:
- There was “inadequate rigour in the management of never events"
- patient safety risks “normalised over time"
- Culture described as “them and us”
- Board is "fragmented"

Ex-CEO’s £300k payout should be investigated, says MP A £300,000 exit payment given to a former integrated care board CEO should be investigated, a senior Labour MP has told HSJ.

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A senior MP has called an investigation into a £300k exit payment to an ex-integrated care board CEO.

Clive Betts and Lord Blunkett have also raised concerns over South Yorkshire ICB's restructuring exercise.

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Resident Doctors: Industrial Action - Hansard - UK Parliament Hansard record of the item : 'Resident Doctors: Industrial Action' on Thursday 26 March 2026.

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Update: In the Commons earlier today, Wes Streeting said "those jobs will not materialise if the BMA rejects this deal"

Says NHS trust bosses "were not convinced" about need for training posts due to concerns about the "conduct of resident doctors and the BMA"

NHS England executive Glen Burley said today that plans for 1k extra medical training places would "not be moving forward"

This would be a significant development as training posts are meant to be filled from August - not mentioned by Wes Streeting in his statement earlier...

The BMA has accused the government of "“chang[ing] the goalposts on the pay element of the offer at the 11th hour”.

Resident drs committee chair Jack Fletcher told members the overall package for pay “was reduced and stretched in the last two weeks” of negotiations.

War of words as NHS boss accuses BMA of timing strikes to cause "maximum harm"

Glen Burley also said he was "really shocked" the govt offer had not been put to resident doctors for a vote, and said a planned expansion of 1,000 training posts would now not go ahead.

‘Flawed and rushed’ consultation reopened by ICB An integrated care board is reopening a consultation on its restructure and staffing cuts after unions said the process was "flawed and rushed".

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Bosses at NHS South Yorkshire have reopened a consultation on restructuring following concerns raised by unions

They say “other ICBs are in a similar space" - are more set to follow?

A&E performance recovery lauded by NHSE ‘may not be real’ The "substantial improvements" in a trust's A&E performance praised by NHS England directors "may not be real" according to a paper prepared by its local health and care partnership.

"What performance improvements? Where the heck are they? Can you see them?"

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‘Only two weeks of stock’ at key supplier after Iran-linked cyber attack NHS England believes there is only two weeks' stock of crucial surgical equipment and other products following an Iran-linked cyber attack on a major medical technology supplier.

Key NHS supplier down to two weeks' stock following Iran-linked cyber attack

from @jackserle.bsky.social

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‘We’ll wake up on 8 May and realise that the Conservative party’s gone’: Inside Reform’s plan to devour the Tories When Zia Yusuf first walked into the headquarters of Reform UK, he gestured at the empty room and asked: ‘Where’s the office?’ Ed Sumner, the party’s director of communications, replied: ‘This is it. ...

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Fascinated to see who the "NHS officials" Farage has promised for his shadow cabinet turn out to be

Best and worst hospital trusts to work at New NHS staff survey figures show the best and worst acute trusts to work at, according to their staff.

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In more positive news, it looks like York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals has started to turn a corner (despite financial and other challenges) - one of the most improved trusts on % of staff recommending it as a place to work

ICB morale plummets amid restructures Nearly half of integrated care boards opted out of the 2025 Staff Survey, and those that took part saw a huge drop in morale amid restructuring.

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Just 24% of staff at Humber and North Yorkshire ICB would recommend their organisation as a place to work - one of the lowest in the country.

Last year was a tough one, with major leadership turnover on top of the cuts other organisations are going through

CEO: We have ‘hurt and let down’ our staff A hospital group CEO says its leaders have "managed to let people down" and, in some cases, "disconnected" from their staff, in response to very poor NHS Staff Survey scores.

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Interesting comment on story by @jamesillman.bsky.social
that highlights the human cost of a push for productivity that is focused on sweating existing assets (as opposed to investing in processes and removing bottlenecks).

"Doctor, I have trouble sleeping."
"Go and see the great singer Morrissey, you'll be asleep in no time."
"But Doctor..."

Streeting admits another cut to mental health spend share The proportion of the NHS budget spent on mental healthcare will be cut for the third year in a row, the health secretary has admitted.

Number 10 / Treasury / DHSC clearly staking everything on delivering fairly small improvements in elective waiting list (which actually doesn't even cover all physical health care)

Risk is other services continue to decline or don't improve

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Undoubtedly positive news, but at this rate it will take *25 years* for the elective waiting list to be eliminated

Huge numbers of people waiting for care is now normalised and not going to go away anytime soon

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Perks of the FT!