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BREAKING NEWS: Resident doctors strike to go ahead as Streeting fails to 'make significant offer'

By Liz Wells 22 July 2025

Resident doctors in England have confirmed they will be going ahead with industrial action this week, after determining health secretary Wes Streeting’s letter to the BMA's Resident Doctors Committ...

Sheffield Teaching Hospitals selects new chair

By Liz Wells 22 July 2025

Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has appointed Mahmud Nawaz as its new chair.

App helps families stay connected to premature babies

By Liz Wells 22 July 2025

A new video messaging app has launched at King’s College Hospital and Princess Royal University Hospital (PRUH) to keep families in touch with their babies on neonatal units.

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NHS professionals to be trained on ME and chronic fatigue syndrome

By Liz Wells 22 July 2025

NHS healthcare professionals in England are to receive new training to be better able to support patients with chronic fatigue syndrome and ME.

BMA warns NHS England that its strike plans risk patient safety

By Liz Wells 22 July 2025

The BMA is warning NHS England that its change in approach to planning for this week’s resident doctors strikes will ‘risk patient safety’ for those seeking routine and emergency treatment.

Airedale Hospital workers to vote on strike action

By Liz Wells 22 July 2025

Airedale Hospital workers will begin a strike vote on Friday (25 July).

Charity urges Government to act on Hughes Report recommendations

By Liz Wells 21 July 2025

Charity Epilepsy Research Institute has written to Baroness Merron, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, urging the Government to act on the recommendations made by th...

Almost half of people do not think 10-Year Plan will boost NHS access

By Liz Wells 21 July 2025

Almost half of people think the Government's 10-Year Health Plan will have no difference, or make it harder to get a GP appointment, a new survey shows.

Healthcare professionals doubt NHS' ability to provide ongoing care for weight loss jabs

By Liz Wells 21 July 2025

More than 90% of healthcare professionals doubt the NHS can provide safe, ongoing care for patients on weight loss jabs, new research reveals.

North Cumbria's chief to take interim leadership role at Humber trust

By Liz Wells 21 July 2025

North Cumbria Integrated Care (NCIC) NHS Foundation Trust’s chief executive, Lyn Simpson, is to take on a temporary role as acting chief executive of the Humber Health Partnership to help support i...