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Council and ICB 'taking decisive action' to tackle SEND failings

By Lee Peart 10 November 2025

Slough Local Area Partnership, which comprises Slough Borough Council and NHS Frimley ICB, have said they it is taking decisive action to improve the quality and consistency of SEND services.

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Mayor partners with NHS Confederation on aligning health and economic strategies

By Lee Peart 07 November 2025

Mayor of Hull and East Yorkshire, Luke Campbell, is partnering with the NHS Confederation on aligning health and economic prosperity.

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Taskforce report calls for 'systemic changes' to ADHD services

By Lee Peart 06 November 2025

A taskforce report commissioned by NHS England has called for ‘systemic changes’ to address long waits for ADHD services.

LOCAL GOVERNMENT

LGA calls for public health budget boost

By Lee Peart 05 November 2025

Local authority leaders are urging the Government to make significant public health funding commitments in the Autumn Budget to help deliver the ‘healthiest generation of children’.

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EXCLUSIVE: Fair Pay Agreement 'too long to wait', says union boss

By Heather Jameson 05 November 2025

Government’s plans for a Fair Pay Agreement for social care workers are ‘too long to wait’, Unison general secretary Christina McAnae has said.

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Employer-led vanguards to tackle workplace ill-health

By Lee Peart 05 November 2025

Employer-led vanguards will drive forward Government plans to get people with ill-health and disabilities back into work.

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'We need urgent clarity on redundancies funding,' warn ICB leaders

By Lee Peart 04 November 2025

ICB leaders have warned the Government that clarity on £1bn funding for redundancies is urgently required to move NHS reforms forward.

LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Applications invited for digital healthcare accelerator programme

By Lee Peart 28 October 2025

Applications are invited for a digital healthcare accelerator programme run by Health Innovation Yorkshire & Humber with funding from the West Yorkshire Combined Authority and UK Government.

LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Local authorities to fund half of increased labour costs under fair pay agreement

By Lee Peart 27 October 2025

Local authorities are projected to fund over half (52%) of increased labour costs passed on by providers as a result of the fair pay agreement for social care, analysis has fund.

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Scottish councils demand £750m social care lifeline

By William Eichler 24 October 2025

Scotland’s political leaders have been told they face a ‘defining moment’ for local services — with social care at the centre of a new call for action from the nation’s 32 councils.