Matt Mathers

Community diagnostic centres could become a financial "burden" on providers without extra funding and changes to how tests are paid for, the programme's architect has warned in an internal review obtained by HSJ.

A trust "alliance" that includes England's top-rated general acute provider has been stifled by leadership churn and a shift in national policy, but will now develop an ambitious joint clinical strategy, it has revealed.

An acute trust has made its interim chief executive permanent, in the latest of a string of senior appointments in the North East.

The chair of a panel responsible for advising ministers on contested NHS service changes has resigned after six years in the job.

Sharply divergent performance in the last quarter of 2025-26 saw dramatic movement within NHS England's league table for acute trusts, with six providers moving up or down rankings by 30 places or more.

The number of metrics used to measure the performance of acute trusts by NHS England has been increased from 23 to 35.

Cancer centres in nearly every region of England reported significant rises in recruitment freezes to oncology posts over the past year, according to new figures shared with HSJ.

NHS England's failure to deliver recommended reforms to pathology services has cost the service billions of pounds in lost savings over the last decade, a senior peer who previously reviewed the sector has claimed.

Private providers have accused 10 integrated care boards of blocking access to eye care, which they argue is redirecting tens of thousands of patients to A&E and GPs.

Eleven trusts recorded swings of more than 20 percentage points on the headline waiting target for diagnostic tests over the past year.