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Nurses rally for fair pay after waiting years for decision on grades

By Liz Wells 22 August 2025

District nurses rallied outside the headquarters of NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde, Scotland's biggest health board, over pay and grades.

WIRRAL COMMUNITY HEALTH NHS FOUNDATION TRUST

Wirral trusts appoint joint non-executive director

By Liz Wells 22 August 2025

Wirral Community Health NHS Foundation Trust and Care and Wirral University Teaching Hospital have selected Haris Sultan as their new joint non-executive director.

UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF NORTH MIDLANDS NHS TRUST

Ultrasound training programme helps patients get scan results quicker

By Liz Wells 21 August 2025

University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust (UHNM) is pioneering a training initiative to help to cut patient waiting times for diagnostic scans.

SOUTH WEST YORKSHIRE PARTNERSHIP NHS FOUNDATION TRUST

Rehabilitation support workers step up rebanding campaign

By Liz Wells 21 August 2025

Rehabilitation support workers in Barnsley have launched a petition as part of their campaign for managers to move them up a level on the NHS Agenda for Change pay scale, to reflect the types of ta...

AIREDALE NHS FOUNDATION TRUST

Airedale hospital workers set to strike

By Liz Wells 18 August 2025

Airedale hospital workers have voted to strike over the trust's 'two-tier workforce' structure.

PAY DEALS

Nottingham NHS staff win pay deal and backdated wages

By Liz Wells 18 August 2025

Healthcare support workers at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust have secured back pay of up to £2,500 and a permanent wage rise.

UNITED MEDICAL ASSOCIATE PROFESSIONALS

Union loses bid for temporary block on medical associate changes

By Liz Wells 18 August 2025

The legal team representing physician associates (PAs) and anaesthesia associates (AAs) failed to secure injunctive relief against the implementation of the recommendations of the Leng Review.

WORKFORCE

NHS Ayrshire & Arran chief executive stepping down

By Liz Wells 15 August 2025

NHS Ayrshire & Arran has confirmed that its chief executive, Claire Burden, will be stepping down from her position to take time out and pursue further academic study.

PHYSICIAN ASSOCIATES

Leng Review injunction case heads to court

By Liz Wells 14 August 2025

The legal team representing physician associates (PAs) and anaesthesia associates (AAs) in their bid for an injunction against NHS England to halt Leng Review changes will be in court tomorrow (15 ...

CONSULTANTS

Northern Ireland consultants open fresh pay dispute with Government

By Liz Wells 14 August 2025

Northern Ireland consultants are in formal dispute with the government over yet ‘another impasse on pay’.

NURSING

Male A-level students encouraged to consider a career in nursing

By Liz Wells 14 August 2025

The NHS’s Chief Nursing Officer for England, Duncan Burton, is encouraging male students getting their A-level exam results today not to be put off by outdated stereotypes about the profession.