It's time for the HSJ team to take stock and make their predictions for what the new year could bring for the NHS, from the survival of Healthwatch, to why the NHS App could be in for a tough year.

A small hospital's general surgery service is being taken over by a neighbour, after a review found "unacceptable" care standards and reported concerns about a "toxic culture".

Nearly 200 NHS England staff have been told they may need to leave because they cannot work for the Daprtment of Health and Social Care as they are not UK or Commonwealth nationals.

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The “rapid national investigation” into maternity care failings launched by Wes Streeting will not formally evaluate the performance of the 12 trusts involved, it has emerged, as families criticised ...

Government will reduce the Department of Health and Social Care budget by £800m in a single year to fund NHS redundancies, official documents reveal.

Sir Jim Mackey formally signed on as the "transition chief executive" of NHS England earlier this year. His job was three-fold: to stabilise the service's finances, to speed up the elective recovery ...

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A mental health trust has been fined £565,000 over the death of a 22-year-old, a figure reduced because the judge took into account the “parlous state” of its finances.