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• Workshop fire - Bexley - London Fire Brigade

  02-02-2023 12:05 via news.google.com
  
  Workshop fire - Bexley  London Fire Brigade
  
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• Urgent warning issued over cardiac death risk

  28-09-2026 13:59 via hsj.co.uk
  
  A coroner has issued an urgent warning that the failure to implement an emergency cardiac pathway could result in more deaths
  
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• We’re providing ‘pretty awful’ care, says CEO

  21-09-2026 13:41 via hsj.co.uk
  
  A hospital trust is providing a “pretty awful” standard of care, its interim chief executive has declared.
  
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• Board shake-up at ailing hospital group

  18-09-2026 05:10 via hsj.co.uk
  
  The chair of a large hospital group has announced he will be stepping down after three years, amid a major board shake-up.
  
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• Managers ‘should not feel affronted’ by Letby inquiry, says CEO

  16-09-2026 15:30 via hsj.co.uk
  
  No NHS leader “should feel affronted” at being reminded of basic duties towards patients by the Letby inquiry, the chief executive of the Countess of Chester Hospital Foundation Trust has said.
  
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• EPR launch delayed by eight months

  15-09-2026 08:25 via hsj.co.uk
  
  An acute trust has delayed the full go-live of a new electronic patient record by eight months after a data problem, and to avoid launching in winter.
  
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• Controversial hospital group to be dissolved

  10-09-2026 16:37 via hsj.co.uk
  
  A troubled group board has voted to dissolve a controversial partnership between two trusts following recommendations by an external review.
  
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• Second trust’s delay telling Southport victims of data breaches was ‘appalling’

  02-09-2026 07:48 via hsj.co.uk
  
  An ambulance trust waited nearly two months before informing victims of the 2024 Southport attack that their patient records may have been accessed inappropriately by staff, HSJ  has discovered.
  
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• 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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• 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 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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