Bath and North East Somerset news

• 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.
  
  Read more

• 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.
  
  Read more

• 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.
  
  Read more

• 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.
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• 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.
  
  Read more

• 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.
  
  Read more

• 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.
  
  Read more

• 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
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• Bath International Music Festival - Bath & North East Somerset Council

  09-05-2026 07:57
  Bath International Music Festival  Bath & North East Somerset Council
  
  Read more

• 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.
  
  Read more

• 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.
  
  Read more

• 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.
  
  Read more

• 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
  
  Read more

• 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.
  
  Read more

• 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.
  
  Read more

• Manvers Street works - Bath & North East Somerset Council

  10-04-2026 04:15
  Manvers Street works  Bath & North East Somerset Council
  
  Read more

• 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”.
  
  Read more

• 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.
  
  Read more

• 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.
  
  Read more

• 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.
  
  Read more

• 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.
  
  Read more

• 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.
  
  Read more

• 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
  
  Read more

• 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.
  
  Read more

• 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.
  
  Read more

• 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.
  
  Read more

• 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.
  
  Read more

• 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
  
  Read more

• 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
  
  Read more

• 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
  
  Read more

Follow @Bath_NESomerset on Twitter!