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Long term NHS waits cut by 20% for people with musculoskeletal issues

By Lee Peart 30 March 2026

Long term NHS waits for people with musculoskeletal issues (MSK) have been cut by 20% in 17 targeted areas, according to the Government.

PREVENTION

Place-based partnership to receive Sport England funding

By Lee Peart 30 March 2026

Energize Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin, on behalf of Shropshire Integrated Place Partnership (SHIPP), is to receive over £500,000 in Sport England funding to tackle inactivity and health inequalitie...

WORKFORCE

ICB chief executive cleared in whistleblowing investigation

By Lee Peart 27 March 2026

Mark Fisher, chief executive of NHS Greater Manchester, has been cleared in a whistleblowing investigation.

COMMUNITY

Council provides update on delayed integrated care centre

By Lee Peart 26 March 2026

An update has been provided on the delay to the opening of an integrated care centre following the discovery of legionella bacteria.

COMMUNITY

Plans for former hospital to become health and care hub revealed

By Lee Peart 26 March 2026

Plans to transform the former Accrington Victoria Hospital into a health and care hub have been unveiled by East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust (ELHT).

INTEGRATED CARE

Health devolution deals to give greater powers to mayors

By Lee Peart 26 March 2026

Two new health devolution deals are to give greater powers to mayors in Greater Manchester and South Yorkshire.

WELSH GOVERNMENT

Welsh Government to invest over £12m on new scanners and X-ray equipment

By Liz Wells 24 March 2026

The Welsh Government is investing more than £12m to replace ageing imaging systems at nine hospitals, helping more patients to be seen and treated more quickly.

LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Palliative care reforms must address children's end of life services, MPs say

By Lee Peart 24 March 2026

Children’s end of life services must be addressed in coming palliative care reforms, according to the Health Committee.

LOCAL GOVERNMENT

ICB savings risk shifting care costs to councils, think-tank warns

By Lee Peart 19 March 2026

An ICB’s £277m savings programme for 2025/26 risks shifting care costs to local councils and residents, the Nuffield Trust has warned.

INTEGRATED CARE

Hospices face 'funding cliff-edge', MPs warn

By Lee Peart 18 March 2026

Hospices face a ‘funding cliff-edge’ in April with the Government and NHS England failing to respond with the urgency the critical situation demands, MPs have warned.

INTEGRATED CARE

ICBs decided to combine children's and adult's A&E services

By Lee Peart 17 March 2026

NHS Cheshire and Merseyside and NHS Lancashire and South Cumbria ICBs have decided to combine children’s and adult’s A&E services at Southport Hospital.