Matt Discombe

More than 90,000 cases of corridor care were recorded in English NHS hospitals in May - an average of 3,000 per day - according to the first official stats on the scale of the problem.

A trust has had its leadership rating downgraded from "good" to "inadequate", and been told it has "significant and serious safety concerns" in surgical services.

Most trusts that earned capital funding for improved A&E waiting times in March saw their performance deteriorate in the months after, HSJ can reveal.

NHS England has made three senior appointments as it readies itself for absorption by the Department of Health and Social Care, HSJ can reveal.

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A mental health trust has once again recruited its chief executive from its neighbouring provider.

A major trust chief executive has claimed money is being "top sliced" from acute hospitals for "well-meaning" neighbourhood schemes which just send work back to hospitals - and has called for more clarity on how the "left shift" will be funded.

Large acute trusts are shouldering unreasonable financial risk because their funding has been "top sliced" to pay for "well meaning" neighbourhood health schemes, a leading London CEO has told HSJ.

A royal college has added to concerns that a shift in NHS funding to expand "neighbourhood" care risks undermining "safe, sustainable hospital services".

Addressing urgent and emergency care recovery, including reducing A&E wait times and corridor care, remain top operational priorities for the NHS. This week's Recovery Watch newsletter, by deputy bureau chief Matt Discombe, reports on progress towards these goals.