NHS sickness absence at 'unsustainable levels', report finds

NHS sickness absence at 'unsustainable levels', report finds
By Lee Peart 04 June 2026

Sickness absence in the NHS has reached unsustainable levels at rates nearly three times higher than the private sector, a report has fou...

EXCLUSIVE: Shared systems are how local leaders get time back

EXCLUSIVE: Shared systems are how local leaders get time back
03 June 2026

Speaking ahead of the launch of a new NHS SBS report today, Stephen Sutcliffe, director of innovation & technology solutions at NHS Share...

EXCLUSIVE: Accelerating innovation through learning from across the pond

EXCLUSIVE: Accelerating innovation through learning from across the pond
28 May 2026

Writing exclusively for Healthcare Management, Barts Health NHS Trust chief executive, Shane DeGaris, reports back from his recent health...

John Browett named chair of NHS online hospital trust

By Lee Peart 04 June 2026

Former supermarket chief executive, John Browett, has been named chair of the NHS’s new online hospital trust.

MPs urge Government to end continence pad 'rationing'

By Lee Peart 04 June 2026

MPs have called on the Government to end continence pad ‘rationing’ after Freedom of Information (FOI) data revealed more than half of NHS trusts impose limits on the number of continence pads pati...

Costs spiral at delayed integrated care centre as legionella discovered again

By Lee Peart 04 June 2026

The cost of an integrated care centre that has been delayed for three-and-a-half years have ballooned from £34m to £49m following the discovery of legionella in the water system for a second time.

Hundreds of patients to benefit from ovarian cancer drug

By Lee Peart 04 June 2026

Hundreds of patients with ovarian cancer could benefit from a life-extending drug on the NHS from today.

Universities selected to deliver dental training expansion

By Lee Peart 04 June 2026

University of East Anglia (UEA) and University of Portsmouth are to each receive 25 new training places to help target rural and coastal ‘dental deserts’.

Trust stands down critical incident

By Lee Peart 04 June 2026

A critical incident has been stood down at Ashford and St Peter’s Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

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IAS Adviser

£30,193 - £34,104 per annum

Maidenhead, Berkshire£30,193 - £34,104 per annum

RECRUITER: The Royal Borough of Windsor & Maidenhead

Practice Supervisor - Early Help East

£47,181 - £51,356 per annum, pro rata

Scarborough, North Yorkshire£47,181 - £51,356 per annum, pro rata

RECRUITER: North Yorkshire Council

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NHS sickness absence at 'unsustainable levels', report finds

'Sickness absence in the NHS has reached unsustainable levels at rates nearly three times higher than the private sector, a report has found. '

04 June 2026
THE BIG INTERVIEW: Full in-tray

THE BIG INTERVIEW: Full in-tray

'Newly elected ADASS president Phil Holmes shares his views on neighbourhood health, ICB restructuring, joined up commissioning, the Casey Commission and the National Care Service. '

12 May 2026

THE BIG INTERVIEW: Full in-tray

By Lee Peart 12 May 2026

Newly elected ADASS president Phil Holmes shares his views on neighbourhood health, ICB restructuring, joined up commissioning, the Casey Commission and the National Care Service.

ROUNDTABLE: Why neighbourhood health's moment has arrived

By Lee Peart 05 May 2026

There is a quiet but determined shift underway in how health and care services are imagined and delivered across England. No longer confined to hospitals or GP surgeries, the future of care is bein...

Deadline set to submit neighbourhood health centre proposals

By Lee Peart 17 April 2026

NHS regions have been given to 28 May to set out their criteria for the next wave of neighbourhood health centres (NHCs).

Neighbourhood health blueprint could save NHS millions

By Lee Peart 08 April 2026

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.