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Community diagnostic centre to help cut hospital waiting times

By Lee Peart 17 November 2025

Council leaders have visited a new health centre that is designed cut hospital waiting times and get local people the tests they need sooner in Southend.

LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Council invests £3.2m in hospital through developer levy

By Lee Peart 13 November 2025

Runnymede Borough Council is investing £3.2m in funding raised through a community infrastructure levy at St Peter’s Hospital in Chertsey.

LOCAL GOVERNMENT

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.

PREVENTION

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.

LOCAL GOVERNMENT

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’.

LOCAL GOVERNMENT

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.

PREVENTION

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.