IFS

Worsening mental health driving health-related benefits, says IFS

Worsening mental health driving health-related benefits, says IFS
By Lee Peart 12 March 2025

Mental health has worsened since the pandemic and is a key driver of higher health related benefit claims, according to an IFS report fun...

Mission-led innovation

Mission-led innovation
By Lee Peart 11 March 2025

Healthcare Innovation Network chair and Health Innovation Yorkshire & Humber chief executive, Richard Stubbs, explains how the Network im...

Tackling the elective backlog

Tackling the elective backlog
11 March 2025

Maximising primary and community care capacity for a shift towards preventative care, writes Matthew Taylor, chief executive of the NHS C...

ICB cuts will make delivering transformation harder, leader warns

By Lee Peart 14 March 2025

Matthew Taylor, chief executive of NHS Confederation, has warned plans to cut ICB running costs by 50% will make the task of delivering long-term transformation much harder.

AI could help detect and investigate foodborne illness outbreaks

By Liz Wells 14 March 2025

UKHSA is exploring the role that AI could play in helping to detect and investigate foodborne illness outbreaks.

Welsh schools helping to boost children's vegetable intake

By Liz Wells 14 March 2025

Almost 500 schools are taking part in the ‘Eat Them to Defeat Them’ campaign, which makes eating vegetables fun and encourages children to explore new foods, helping more than 100,000 children eat ...

Scottish government unveils £6m funding for health projects

By Liz Wells 14 March 2025

The Scottish government is to invest more than £6m as part of the Accelerated National Innovations Adoption (ANIA) programme to help people with type 2 diabetes, stroke patients and babies born wit...

Three hospitals announce merger

By Lee Peart 13 March 2025

Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital, The Queen Elizabeth Hospital King’s Lynn and the James Paget University Hospital have announced plans to operate under a group model.

North Yorkshire hospices facing £1.5m deficit

By Lee Peart 13 March 2025

Three North Yorkshire hospices have warned they are facing a combined £1.5m deficit.

frederica-diamanta

Director of Children & Young People

Up to £130,000 plus benefits

Dudley, West MidlandsUp to £130,000 plus benefits

RECRUITER: Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council

Travel Trainer

Band D, SCP 9 -17 (£26,409 - £30,060 per annum)

Sandwell, West MidlandsBand D, SCP 9 -17 (£26,409 - £30,060 per annum)

RECRUITER: Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council

Family Support Worker x 2 posts

£27,711 - £30,060 pro rata

Rotherham, South Yorkshire£27,711 - £30,060 pro rata

RECRUITER: Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council

frederica-diamanta

Director of Children & Young People

Up to £130,000 plus benefits

Dudley, West MidlandsUp to £130,000 plus benefits

RECRUITER: Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council

Travel Trainer

Band D, SCP 9 -17 (£26,409 - £30,060 per annum)

Sandwell, West MidlandsBand D, SCP 9 -17 (£26,409 - £30,060 per annum)

RECRUITER: Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council

Family Support Worker x 2 posts

£27,711 - £30,060 pro rata

Rotherham, South Yorkshire£27,711 - £30,060 pro rata

RECRUITER: Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council

Lee Peart
IFS

Worsening mental health driving health-related benefits, says IFS

'Mental health has worsened since the pandemic and is a key driver of higher health related benefit claims, according to an IFS report funded by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation and The Health Foundation. '

12 March 2025
Mission-led innovation

Mission-led innovation

'Healthcare Innovation Network chair and Health Innovation Yorkshire & Humber chief executive, Richard Stubbs, explains how the Network improves patient outcomes and drives growth'

11 March 2025

Self-refer service halves cancer diagnosis wait times

By Lee Peart 06 January 2025

A self-refer test service has more than halved cancer diagnosis waiting times for patients.

Smartwatch technology helps people quit smoking

By Liz Wells 02 January 2025

Smartwatches could help people give up smoking, new research reveals.

App to improve maternity care in Wales

By Liz Wells 30 December 2024

Pregnant women will benefit from better maternity care as a new app and electronic health record system is rolled out across Wales.

EXCLUSIVE: NHSE abolition a 'huge roll of the dice', says former minister

By Lee Peart 14 March 2025

Former health minister Steve Brine says NHSE abolition is a brave move but won’t necessarily deliver the change patients want and ministers desperately need before they face the electorate in 2028

BREAKING NEWS: Government abolishes NHS England

By Lee Peart 13 March 2025

Prime Minister Keir Starmer has announced the abolition of NHS England.

First daily pill for endometriosis approved for NHS use

By Liz Wells 13 March 2025

NICE has recommended the first long-term daily pill to treat endometriosis that could transform how the painful condition is managed.

NHS waiting lists fall for fifth month in a row

By Lee Peart 13 March 2025

Waiting lists fell for a fifth consecutive month by 35,000 from 7.46m to 7.43m in January.