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Wiltshire healthcare workers lobby care board over NHS privatisation

By Liz Wells 21 November 2024

Healthcare workers in Wiltshire are stepping up their fight against privatisation with a lobby of the Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire ICB today (21 November).

Resident doctors in Scotland accept new 11% pay rise

By Liz Wells 21 November 2024

Resident doctors and dentists in training in Scotland have accepted a £64.1m investment in their pay and reward package.

South London hospitals facing winter disruption as more than 300 workers strike

By Liz Wells 21 November 2024

More than 300 workers are set to strike at multiple hospital sites across South London this winter.

More than one million people get RSV jab

By Liz Wells 21 November 2024

More than one million people have been vaccinated against Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV), after the NHS launched a rollout of the jab for the first time in its history this autumn.

Government acts to eradicate modern slavery from NHS

By Liz Wells 21 November 2024

The government is proposing new measures that would find public bodies who buy goods and equipment for the NHS in breach of the law if they fail to mitigate the risk of modern slavery in supply cha...

Greater Manchester trust launches AI solution to diagnose lung cancer quicker

By Liz Wells 20 November 2024

Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (WWL) is to begin using new AI technology that will help doctors to detect diseases, including lung cancer, quicker.

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Liverpool NHS strike ends as workers win Covid bonus

By Liz Wells 20 November 2024

Strike action by more than 130 workers at Royal Liverpool Hospital has ended after workers won their covid bonus.

Dentists 'left in the dark' over NICs hikes, say Lib Dems

By Liz Wells 20 November 2024

The Liberal Democrats have revealed that the government made no assessment of its recent tax hike on NHS dentists.

King's Health Partners and South London and Maudsley appoint Prof Hotopf

By Liz Wells 20 November 2024

Professor Matthew Hotopf has been appointed deputy executive director at King’s Health Partners and chief academic officer for South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust.

Government launches review of physician and anaesthesia associates

By Liz Wells 20 November 2024

The Government has launched an independent review of physician and anaesthesia associate professions to consider how these roles are deployed across the health system, in order to ensure that patie...