How Van der Poel’s Alpecin-Deceuninck became heirs to classics throne

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Government has given NHS nearly £2bn to pay for extra staff cover during strikes, new documents show.

Would it have cost less to settle with the junior doctors?

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'Kent, who has championed the inquiry, listed the scrapping of the Audit Commission, the public body that oversaw local government accounting until 2015...among systemic failures.'

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York and Scarborough NHS trust staff survey results were 'worrying and disappointing', says CEO Simon Morritt

Just 46% of respondents said they would recommend the trust as a place to work, down from 60% a few years ago

Northern Lincolnshire & Goole and Hull University Hospitals have named their new trust group the 'Humber Health Partnership'

NHS productivity grew sharply in 2021/22, says ONS, but still remains well below pre-pandemic levels.

ONS says growth in output was the largest in a single year since 1996 when records began

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Victoria Atkins has published the second ever annual statement on mental health spending. It's slowly going up... but nowhere near enough to meet the sky-rocketing demand ( as Rob Findlay @ Insource expertly sets out here hsj.co.uk/quality-and-pe…)

Make sure you sign up for our annual symposium (this year on building trust and whistleblowing) City Journalism We have speakers from The Times and The Sunday Times The Guardian The Bureau of Investigative Journalism The BMJ firdaus Protect PulseToday Health Service Journal Full Fact
Looking forward to seeing you all there on 13 April!