Bath and North East Somerset news

• Strikes at two hospitals extended

  10-08-2026 05:41 via hsj.co.uk
  
  A fresh round of strikes set to last 20 days has been announced at hospitals in Lancashire in a row over holiday pay.
  
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• Exclusive: Blindsided NHSE bosses to launch snooping probe

  04-08-2026 05:46 via hsj.co.uk
  
  Blindsided NHS England bosses have ordered a “thorough investigation” into the trust at the centre of a scandal involving staff inappropriately accessing patients’ records, HSJ   can reveal.
  
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• Exclusive: ‘Divisive and toxic’ culture found at trust

  27-07-2026 06:04 via hsj.co.uk
  
  A damning review of a trust’s senior leadership found “adversarial and mistrustful” relationships had fostered “a divisive and toxic culture”, and staff felt “fearful, anxious and unable to speak openly”, HSJ can reveal.
  
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• Army medics could support ‘unsafe’ service

  21-07-2026 16:19 via hsj.co.uk
  
  Army medics could be brought into a service currently deemed “unsafe”, according to a struggling trust.
  
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• Army medics could plug gaps in ‘unsafe’ service

  21-07-2026 16:19 via hsj.co.uk
  
  Army medics could be used to prop up a service at risk of closure, a struggling trust has declared.
  
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• I was told to close down 4,000 safety reports, claims manager

  20-07-2026 05:57 via hsj.co.uk
  
  A senior NHS manager told an inquiry into more than 2,000 deaths he was asked to remove thousands of outstanding safety incident reports while his trust was in the middle of the probe.
  
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• Women put at ‘unacceptable’ risk by ‘deviating’ service

  10-07-2026 13:38 via hsj.co.uk
  
  Pregnant women were put at “unacceptable risk” by a service which was “deviat[ing] from guidelines”, had poor “surgical competency”, and was over-reliant on a single consultant at “significant risk of burnout”.
  
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• CEO admits underestimating requirements of deaths inquiry

  06-07-2026 18:40 via hsj.co.uk
  
  A trust has been slow to provide records to an inquiry examining more than 2,000 deaths, because it underestimated the resources needed, its former CEO has admitted.
  
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• Exclusive: Another major trust sacks staff over snooping

  26-06-2026 06:17 via hsj.co.uk
  
  Members of staff from yet another NHS trust have been sacked for inappropriately viewing patient medical records, HSJ can reveal.
  
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• Boss leaves troubled trust after six months

  17-06-2026 05:42 via hsj.co.uk
  
  The managing director of one of England’s worst-performing trusts is leaving after just six months, in a move her boss acknowledged could raise “understandable questions”.
  
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• CEO who said he wouldn’t ‘go on forever’ returns as group boss

  16-06-2026 05:46 via hsj.co.uk
  
  A trust CEO who said he had chosen not to “keep going forever” when he retired at the age of 70 in 2024 is to return as the interim leader of a struggling hospital group.
  
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• Long-serving deputy appointed acute trust’s CEO

  10-06-2026 17:41 via hsj.co.uk
  
  An acute trust’s deputy chief executive has been appointed its next CEO, following a decade serving on the board.
  
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• Revealed: 33,000 patients had data stolen in trust cyber attack

  02-06-2026 16:09 via hsj.co.uk
  
  A hospital provider has admitted that confidential patient information relating to almost 33,000 of its patients was stolen and shared on the dark web, two years after the cyberattack took place.
  
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• Trust announces ‘exceptional’ leader as new chair

  27-05-2026 06:10 via hsj.co.uk
  
  A Yorkshire trust has appointed an experienced healthcare leader as its new chair.
  
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• CEO returns to English trust after four years in Wales

  20-05-2026 08:20 via hsj.co.uk
  
  The CEO of a Welsh health board is taking over a large mental health and community trust.
  
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• Exclusive: Trust pleads guilty after patient fire death

  19-05-2026 06:29 via hsj.co.uk
  
  A trust has pleaded guilty to fire safety offences relating to a patient’s death in a rare case where a fire service has brought a prosecution against an NHS provider, HSJcan reveal.
  
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• Exclusive: Southport attack victim accuses trust of ‘cover up’ over care records breach

  15-05-2026 06:41 via hsj.co.uk
  
  Hospital staff inappropriately accessed the medical records of victims of the 2024 mass stabbing at a dance class in Southport, HSJ can reveal.
  
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• Hospital trust ‘deeply sorry’ for harm to dozens of children

  12-05-2026 13:37 via hsj.co.uk
  
  At least 40 children suffered harm – with over 20 cases classed as “moderate or severe” – due to delays while receiving care from a hospital’s audiology department, HSJ can reveal.
  
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• Councillor hits out at Bath RUH staff transfer plans - mnrjournal.co.uk

  12-05-2026 13:02
  Councillor hits out at Bath RUH staff transfer plans  mnrjournal.co.uk
  
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• Bath International Music Festival - Bath & North East Somerset Council

  09-05-2026 07:57
  Bath International Music Festival  Bath & North East Somerset Council
  
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• Ex-civil servant made trust CEO

  05-05-2026 16:59 via hsj.co.uk
  
  Cambridge University Hospitals Foundation Trust has appointed Nicola Ayton as its new permanent chief executive, the provider has announced.
  
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• Retired ‘top CEO’ to chair trust

  28-04-2026 07:11 via hsj.co.uk
  
  A former HSJ  top chief executive is set to become the chair of a mental health and community trust.
  
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• Former trust leader arrested for perverting the course of justice

  23-04-2026 14:31 via hsj.co.uk
  
  A former senior leader of the Countess of Chester Hospital Foundation Trust has been arrested on suspicion of perverting the course of justice.
  
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• Promoting race equality and tackling racism - Bath & North East Somerset Council

  22-04-2026 13:32
  Promoting race equality and tackling racism  Bath & North East Somerset Council
  
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• Unqualified therapist treated patients for 10 months

  20-04-2026 13:56 via hsj.co.uk
  
  An individual worked as a cognitive behavioural therapist at a trust for 10 months without having the qualifications to do so, HSJ can reveal.
  
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• Ex-director ‘removed and silenced over race concerns’

  10-04-2026 07:28 via hsj.co.uk
  
  A former finance director has claimed he was ousted and subjected to a campaign to “silence” him by his trust after he asked “inconvenient” questions about race inequalities.
  
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• Manvers Street works - Bath & North East Somerset Council

  10-04-2026 04:15
  Manvers Street works  Bath & North East Somerset Council
  
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• Trust accused of ‘legal bullying’ after attempt to sue worker

  08-04-2026 07:25 via hsj.co.uk
  
  A trust which took an employee to court for thousands of pounds has been accused of “legal bullying”.
  
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• Inquiry trust CEO quits to join neighbouring provider

  27-03-2026 08:18 via hsj.co.uk
  
  The chief executive of a mental health trust subject to a statutory inquiry into more than 2,000 deaths is leaving for a role at a neighbouring acute trust.
  
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• Inquiry trust CEO quits to join neighbour

  27-03-2026 08:18 via hsj.co.uk
  
  The chief executive of a mental health trust subject to a statutory inquiry into more than 2,000 deaths is leaving for a role at a neighbouring acute trust.
  
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• Private provider criticised for ‘unfair’ decision to quit site

  23-03-2026 07:24 via hsj.co.uk
  
  A private provider “just exited” the site from which it was providing diagnostic services without giving formal notice and against the wishes of the commissioning integrated care board, HSJ  has discovered.
  
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• Ex-national director to lead £1.7bn acute trust

  19-03-2026 14:05 via hsj.co.uk
  
  A major hospital trust battling serious performance problems has recruited its new chief executive from a neighbouring provider.
  
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• Ex-national director to lead £1.7bn acute group

  19-03-2026 14:05 via hsj.co.uk
  
  A major hospital trust battling serious performance problems has recruited its new chief executive from a neighbouring provider.
  
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• CEO: We have ‘hurt and let down’ our staff

  13-03-2026 07:02 via hsj.co.uk
  
  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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• Bath and North East Somerset social care a council 'priority' - BBC

  11-03-2026 16:42
  Bath and North East Somerset social care a council 'priority'  BBC
  
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• NHSE halts four-way group plan

  11-03-2026 13:49 via hsj.co.uk
  
  NHS England has rejected four trusts’ proposals to strengthen their group and potentially merge, blaming a failure to show patient benefit and other serious concerns.
  
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• Four-way group plan halted by NHSE

  11-03-2026 13:49 via hsj.co.uk
  
  NHS England has rejected four trusts’ proposals to strengthen their group and potentially merge, blaming a failure to show patient benefit and other serious concerns.
  
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• Nearly 300 patients to be moved from ‘unacceptable’ hospital

  09-03-2026 17:22 via hsj.co.uk
  
  NHS England has ordered the removal of nearly 300 patients from a mental health provider’s flagship hospital amid major safety concerns and a police probe.
  
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• NHSE takes action against two more trusts in £178m deficit system

  04-03-2026 13:40 via hsj.co.uk
  
  NHS England has served two more trusts with enforcement action in a system forecasting one of the largest deficits this year.
  
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• Maximum council tax rise approved by Bath and North East Somerset Council - somersetlive.co.uk

  26-02-2026 09:00
  Maximum council tax rise approved by Bath and North East Somerset Council  somersetlive.co.uk
  
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• Maximum council tax rise approved by Bath and North East Somerset Council - Yahoo News UK

  26-02-2026 08:12
  Maximum council tax rise approved by Bath and North East Somerset Council  Yahoo News UK
  
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• Maximum council tax rise approved by Bath and North East Somerset Council - Somerset Live

  26-02-2026 08:12
  Maximum council tax rise approved by Bath and North East Somerset Council  Somerset Live
  
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• NHSE takes power to remove directors from two city trusts

  10-02-2026 06:09 via hsj.co.uk
  
  NHS England has served two more trusts in the North West with enforcement action over their finances.
  
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• Campaign launched to protect bus services in Bath and North East Somerset - mnrjournal.co.uk

  07-02-2026 10:03
  Campaign launched to protect bus services in Bath and North East Somerset  mnrjournal.co.uk
  
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• Trust CEO departs after five years

  04-02-2026 07:24 via hsj.co.uk
  
  A chief executive has announced he will retire this summer after five years in leadership roles at a small acute trust in the North West.
  
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• NHSE takes action against neighbouring trusts

  30-01-2026 13:24 via hsj.co.uk
  
  A third acute trust in the North West has been hit with enforcement action by NHS England, HSJ  has discovered.
  
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• CQC praises maternity units for recruiting more staff

  30-01-2026 06:10 via hsj.co.uk
  
  The Care Quality Commission has upgraded all three of a trust’s maternity units to “good” ratings, saying its “maternity leaders had increased the number of midwives and specialists” so it could provide “a better standard of care”.
  
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• Inquiry examining thousands of deaths will not report until 2028

  28-01-2026 07:11 via hsj.co.uk
  
  A high-profile inquiry into mental health deaths will not be complete until at least 2028, after its chair announced a delay to its timeline.
  
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• Children’s social care managers in Bath and North East Somerset ballot for strike action - UNISON South West

  23-01-2026 12:41
  Children’s social care managers in Bath and North East Somerset ballot for strike action  UNISON South West
  
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• Bath and North East Somerset Council - somersetlive.co.uk

  19-01-2026 16:59
  Bath and North East Somerset Council  somersetlive.co.uk
  
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