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Attacks on NHS staff reach three-year high

By Liz Wells 12 March 2026

Almost one in seven NHS staff (14.47%) were physically attacked by a patient or the public last year, the highest rate for three years, new data reveals.

GLOUCESTERSHIRE HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST

Gloucestershire phlebotomists end year-long NHS strike

By Liz Wells 11 March 2026

Phlebotomists at Gloucestershire Royal and Cheltenham General hospitals have voted to accept a pay review offer that brings their long-running strike to a close.

WORKFORCE

Humber Health Partnership selects new chair

By Liz Wells 11 March 2026

Humber Health Partnership has appointed Alan Downey as its new substantive chair.

WORKFORCE

Striking Romford NHS workers demonstrate at Streeting's constituency office

By Liz Wells 11 March 2026

Striking workers from Queen’s Hospital, Romford, are demonstrating outside of their constituency MP Wes Streeting’s office.

WORKFORCE

Nottingham CityCare appoints new chair

By Liz Wells 10 March 2026

Nottingham CityCare Partnership has appointed Vicky Bailey as its new chair.

PEOPLE MOVES

Member appointed to NHS Tayside board

By Liz Wells 09 March 2026

Kris Bryce has been appointed as a member of the NHS Tayside board.

WORKFORCE

Aneurin Bevan University Health Board welcomes new chair

By Liz Wells 09 March 2026

Andrew Morgan has been selected as the new chair of Aneurin Bevan University Health Board.

WORKFORCE

Buckinghamshire Healthcare confirms substantive appointment

By Liz Wells 09 March 2026

Raghuv Bhasin has been appointed substantively as chief executive at Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust.

WORKFORCE

A new era

By Lee Peart 06 March 2026

In his last column for Healthcare Management, Matthew Taylor looks forward to a new era as NHS Confederation and NHS Providers merge to form The NHS Alliance.

MATERNITY

Who is responsible for damaging NHS maternity services?

06 March 2026

Lorin Lakasing, author of Delivering the truth: Why NHS maternity care is broken and how we can fix it together, discusses how a tox dynamic has evolved in maternity care.