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Calls for a Public Inquiry Grow as Families Seek Answers Over Botched Children’s Surgeries
More than fifty patients have asked the Health Secretary to investigate how a surgeon’s work went unchecked for so long
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NHSE Proposes New Financial Freedom for Top Trusts Through ‘Advanced Foundation Trust’ Status
A proposed policy from NHS England would allow the highest-performing hospital trusts to retain and reinvest their own revenue surpluses into capital projects
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Eight Trusts Selected for New “Advanced Foundation Trust” Status in Shift Toward Local Autonomy
Government names first wave of high-performing NHS organisations to pilot greater freedoms, with two also considered for population-health contracts
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Hospitals Making Hundreds of 999 Calls for On-Site Transfers Amid ‘Fragmented Systems’
Freedom of information data reveal hundreds of emergency calls made between hospital buildings on the same site due to internal transfer gaps
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Funding Changes Impact Primary Care, Communities and Neighbourhood Care
When politicians pledge to put more money into the NHS, many frontline staff and local leaders ask a simple question: where does the funding actually land?
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Health Foundation’s Productivity Commission Risks Repeating Familiar Mistakes
Experts examining NHS productivity have been criticised for relying on familiar government narratives rather than addressing underlying systemic issues.
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The Future of NHS England: What We Know to Date
Sir Jim Mackey signals a slower, more deliberate transition, raising questions about funding, focus, and the government’s health reform agenda.
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A Pound an Hour and a Crisis Deferred: Why Resident Doctors Are Striking Again
The announcement of new strike dates by England’s resident doctors has reignited one of the NHS’s most enduring conflicts: a workforce at breaking point, and a government unwilling or unable to meet it halfway.
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