Emily Townsend

C difficile cases rose to their highest level in more than a decade, official data published this month shows.

Government to propose legal duty of candour on individuals Will also begin consultation on options for regulation of NHS managersNHS managers could be prosecuted for failing to respond to concerns about patient safety under new government proposals.

Bereaved parents have described maternity investigations carried out by a watchdog as "deeply flawed" after it failed to make recommendations to trusts in 182 cases of deaths and harm.

One of the country's most financially challenged systems faces a £242m deficit, nearly three times as high as its target, an external report has said.

A major consultation on introducing professional regulation of NHS managers and leaders proposes applying the measures to NHS England board members.

The chair of the Care Quality Commission is to leave the organisation next spring, having admitted the past three years have "at times been intensely challenging".

The chair of the Care Quality Commission is to leave the organisation next spring, having admitted the past three years have "at times been intensely challenging".

The trusts where maternity experience has improved the most and deteriorated the furthest have been revealed by the Care Quality Commission.

The former CEO of a major hospital trust was paid around £180,000 for working on an "external programme" for five months after he stepped down, it has emerged.

Nearly 1,000 women were diverted to other NHS trusts or units while in labour within a six-month period this year, HSJ can reveal.