'Slapdash' – BMA slams NHS on advanced practitioners
By Lee Peart 27 April 2026The BMA has accused NHS trust of a ‘slapdash’ approach to advanced practitioners (APs) after finding almost half (48%) used them to cover doctors’ rota gaps.
Housing secretary Steve Reed has urged councils to work with ICBs on creating neighbourhood health centres.
A Parliamentary event last week explored the potential for cardiovascular disease (CVD) prevention to unlock GDP growth.
Dr MaryAnn Ferreux, chief medical officer, Health Innovation Kent Surrey Sussex discusses opportunities in women’s health
The need to consider lifetime obesity exposure in clinical decision-making and precision care has been highlighted in a new report.
Time has run out for the assisted dying bill to become law after it failed to clear the House of Lords last week.
Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust has marked a major milestone in its transformation of outpatient care delivery with an ambient voice technology deal.
The BMA has accused NHS trust of a ‘slapdash’ approach to advanced practitioners (APs) after finding almost half (48%) used them to cover doctors’ rota gaps.
Housing secretary Steve Reed has urged councils to work with ICBs on creating neighbourhood health centres.
One in ten operations are cancelled within 24 hours of planned surgery, according to a new survey.
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NHS regions have been given to 28 May to set out their criteria for the next wave of neighbourhood health centres (NHCs).
A trailblazing neighbourhood health model developed in Cornwall could save the NHS hundreds of millions of pounds a year, according to new research from healthcare volunteering charity Helpforce.
Health minister Mike Nesbitt has published a Neighbourhood Model of Health and Wellbeing Framework for Northern Ireland.
The Government is investing £50m in launching the first 27 neighbourhood health centres in seven regions of higher deprivation by 2027.