Minister confirms £1bn cost of US pharma deal will be met by DHSC

Minister confirms £1bn cost of US pharma deal will be met by DHSC
By Lee Peart 04 February 2026

Science minister Lord Vallance has confirmed the £1bn cost of a US pharma deal will be funded by the DHSC.

Up for the challenge

Up for the challenge
By Lee Peart 26 January 2026

Recently appointed chief executive Laura Skaife-Knight shares the progress she and her team have made at Scotland’s most challenged healt...

'Split screen' leaders

'Split screen' leaders
26 January 2026

How to lead with both in the short term and the long term in view, writes Matthew Taylor, chief executive of the NHS Confederation

ICB reveals 'very serious' deficit

By Lee Peart 04 February 2026

NHS Kent and Medway ICB has forecast a ‘very serious’ deficit of almost £200m for 2025/26.

Long waits continue to fall in Scotland

By Liz Wells 04 February 2026

Waiting lists in Scotland have continued to fall, with waits of more than 52 weeks down seven months in a row.

GP surgery reprimanded after excessive medical history of terminally ill patient sent to insurer

By Liz Wells 04 February 2026

The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has reprimanded Staines Health Group for sending excessive medical details about a terminally ill patient to their insurance company.

Call for extension of funding for early years' services

By Lee Peart 04 February 2026

Council leaders have said disparities in funding provision for Family Hubs services restricts their ability to deliver integrated health and education provision.

Regulations to tackle alcohol misuse in Wales passed

By Liz Wells 04 February 2026

A landmark policy to help reduce deaths and harm from excess alcohol use is to be extended in Wales.

Surrey trusts select group chair

By Liz Wells 04 February 2026

Ashford and St Peter’s Hospitals and Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trusts have appointed Joss Bigmore as group chair.

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NHP on 'firmer footing' but RAAC hospitals will miss deadline, says NAO

'The New Hospital Programme (NHP) is on a ‘firmer footing’ but hospitals built from RAAC will miss their 2030 replacement deadline, according to the NAO. '

16 January 2026
Double vision

Double vision

'NHS staff in Manchester are reaping the benefits of a digital twin of six hospitals, which is being used to better manage the estates'

26 January 2026

Paddling in the same direction

26 January 2026

How NHS Leaders can effectively engage health and wellbeing boards on neighbourhood health

Neighbourhood shift could flounder without workforce investment, MPs say

By Lee Peart 08 January 2026

MPs have warned the shift to neighbourhood health could founder without strengthening the workforce.

Neighbourhood health simulation delivers millions in cost savings

By Lee Peart 18 December 2025

A neighbourhood health simulation carried out at the NHS Providers conference in November saved £77m through slashing unplanned hospital activity.

Breaking down the neighbourhood health service

By Tej Pradhan 04 December 2025

Britain's brand-new community-based healthcare service promises plenty of muscle, but a lack of structural bones may prove its downfall.