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Healthcare innovator joins Health Data Research Service

By Liz Wells 13 January 2026

Dr Melanie Ivarsson has been appointed as chief executive of the new Health Data Research Service (HDRS) to accelerate medical breakthroughs.

MATERNITY

Royal College of Midwives backs whole-system approach to maternity safety

By Lee Peart 13 January 2026

The Royal College of Midwives (RCM) has welcomed a new Maternity Care Bundle published by NHS England, aimed at improving maternity safety, reducing maternal deaths and serious illness, and tacklin...

BEDFORDSHIRE HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST

Bedfordshire Hospitals extends timeline for selecting new chair

By Liz Wells 12 January 2026

Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has appointed non‑executive director, David Harrison, as interim chair from April 2026 until a new chair is recruited.

WORKFORCE

National review of end-of-life skills, education and training begins

By Liz Wells 12 January 2026

A review of the skills and training framework that supports the delivery of end-of-life care has been launched.

RESIDENT DOCTORS

BREAKING NEWS: Resident doctors strike in Scotland averted

By Liz Wells 09 January 2026

Resident doctors in Scotland have called off proposed strike action as the BMA considers a revised pay and contract reform offer.

VISAS

Sharp decline in healthcare worker visa applications

By Liz Wells 09 January 2026

Applications for visas to come to the UK as a health and care worker fell sharply in 2025, new figures reveal.

FINANCE

Hospital trust to fall short of savings target despite job cuts

By Lee Peart 09 January 2026

University Hospital Southampton (UHS) has warned it will fall short of its savings target this financial year despite cutting hundreds of jobs.

WORKFORCE

Outsourced workers protest over pay and working conditions

By Liz Wells 08 January 2026

Cleaners, porters and ward hosts at Lewisham Hospital have been demonstrating on-site today (8 January) over pay and working conditions.

WORKFORCE

Imperial College Healthcare appoints trust-level chief executive

By Liz Wells 08 January 2026

Professor Julian Redhead has been appointed trust-level chief executive for Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust from 1 April 2026.

WORKFORCE

Investigation finds corridor care 'best worst option'

By Lee Peart 08 January 2026

Caring for hospital patients in temporary spaces is now seen as the ‘best worst’ option compared with the alternatives of leaving people at home, in ambulances or unseen in waiting rooms, an invest...