Creating change together

Creating change together
By Lee Peart 07 July 2025

Through her roles as Proud2bOps founder and director and director of NHS Horizons, Emma Challans-Rasool shares best practice and inspires...

A seat at the table

A seat at the table
By Lee Peart 07 July 2025

Homeless charity chief executive Wendy Lewington shares how providing long-term psychotherapy and working with the NHS is growing ever-mo...

Editor's comment - A neighbourhood health service

Editor's comment - A neighbourhood health service
By Lee Peart 07 July 2025

Publication of the highly anticipated 10-Year Health Plan represents a watershed moment in the Government’s aim to turn around what it ha...

Fifth of trainee doctors feel hesitant about escalating patient care

By Liz Wells 15 July 2025

More than one in five trainee doctors have felt hesitant about escalating patient care, new research reveals.

Government publishes road map for Employment Right's Bill

By Liz Wells 15 July 2025

The UK Government has published its road map for implementing the Employment Rights Bill in Great Britain.

Call to increase vaccination uptake following measles death

By Lee Peart 15 July 2025

Cllr David Fothergill, chairman of the Local Government Association’s Community Wellbeing Board, said there was an urgent need to address falling immunisation rates after a child died at Alder Hey ...

Four key drivers behind youth mental health crisis identified

By Lee Peart 15 July 2025

Financial insecurity, deteriorating sleep quality, social media use and cuts to children's and youth services have been identified as the leading drivers in the recent alarming decline in mental he...

Eye vision self-test supports 10-Year Health Plan vision

By Lee Peart 15 July 2025

Addenbrooke’s Hospital in Cambridge has become the first UK hospital to use digital technology that enables patients to test their own vision in minutes while waiting to see their eyecare clinician.

Research aims to address health inequalities in Deaf communities

By Lee Peart 15 July 2025

Researchers at University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust (UHDB) are leading a new study to tackle long-standing health inequalities in the Deaf* community.

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Social Worker - WMF2136e

£41,511 - £42,708

Penrith, Cumbria£41,511 - £42,708

RECRUITER: Westmorland and Furness Council

Registered Manager - Short Breaks Home for Disabled Children WMF2131e

£49,764 - £50,788

Ulverston, Cumbria£49,764 - £50,788

RECRUITER: Westmorland and Furness Council

Disabled Children and Young People’s Assistant Team Manager

£45,718 - £49,764

Scarborough, North Yorkshire£45,718 - £49,764

RECRUITER: North Yorkshire Council

frederica-diamanta

Social Worker - WMF2136e

£41,511 - £42,708

Penrith, Cumbria£41,511 - £42,708

RECRUITER: Westmorland and Furness Council

Registered Manager - Short Breaks Home for Disabled Children WMF2131e

£49,764 - £50,788

Ulverston, Cumbria£49,764 - £50,788

RECRUITER: Westmorland and Furness Council

Disabled Children and Young People’s Assistant Team Manager

£45,718 - £49,764

Scarborough, North Yorkshire£45,718 - £49,764

RECRUITER: North Yorkshire Council

Lee Peart

Premature deaths twice as likely in deprived areas, analysis finds

'People are almost twice as likely to die before the age of 75 in local authority areas with the highest rates of premature deaths than those with the lowest rates, new analysis has found. '

08 July 2025
Helping hands

Helping hands

'Uncovering the hidden value of hospital volunteers'

08 July 2025
Same day emergency care delivers transformational change

Same day emergency care delivers transformational change

By Lee Peart 28 May 2025

University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust (UHDB) has been leading the way in same day emergency care (SDEC), which combines services from different areas to see, diagnose, treat...

Birmingham Community Healthcare pilots electronic medication monitoring

By Liz Wells 21 May 2025

Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust has piloted an electronic medication monitoring system at Moseley Hall Hospital.

Surrey hospital opens simulation ward for clinicians to hone their skills

By Liz Wells 19 May 2025

A new three-bed simulation ward has opened at St Peter’s Hospital, Surrey, which enables clinical staff and medical students to practice simulated medical procedures, including the treatment of car...

BREAKING NEWS: Neighbourhood health services to target deprived communities

By Lee Peart 09 July 2025

Deprived communities with the greatest need are the first to be targeted with the Government’s roll-out of neighbourhood health services.

A cart without a horse

08 July 2025

Leaving social care out of the 10-Year Plan is a significant mistake, writes Martin Green, chief executive of Care England

BREAKING NEWS: Resident doctors in England vote for industrial action 

By Liz Wells 08 July 2025

Resident doctors in England are urging health secretary Wes Streeting to immediately negotiate a new pay deal after voting overwhelmingly in favour of strike action.

Premature deaths twice as likely in deprived areas, analysis finds

By Lee Peart 08 July 2025

People are almost twice as likely to die before the age of 75 in local authority areas with the highest rates of premature deaths than those with the lowest rates, new analysis has found.