Chief executive for West Midlands ICB cluster confirmed
By Liz Wells 29 September 2025
Simon Whitehouse has been confirmed as the chief executive of the ICB cluster for NHS Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent and NHS Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin.
Norfolk and Suffolk ICB selects chief executive designate
By Liz Wells 29 September 2025
Ed Garratt has been named chief executive designate of the new NHS Norfolk and Suffolk ICB.
Government to limit NHS outsourcing
By Liz Wells 26 September 2025
The government has written to NHS bosses telling them that it will change the national guidance regarding the use of outsourcing companies.
Chief executive designate appointed for new East Midlands ICB cluster
By Liz Wells 26 September 2025
Amanda Sullivan has been appointed as the chief executive designate for Derby and Derbyshire, Lincolnshire and Nottingham and Nottinghamshire ICBs.
Social care leader blasts 'potentially catastrophic' Farage migrant pledge
By Lee Peart 26 September 2025
A social care leader has said a pledge by Reform UK leader Nigel Farage to abolish indefinite leave to remain (ILR) would be ‘potentially catastrophic’ for social care.
Less than third of healthcare workers feel 'properly trained' to support trans patients
By Liz Wells 26 September 2025
Less than one third of GPs and healthcare professionals feel they have received sufficient medical training to support their trans patients, new research reveals.
BMA enters dispute with Black Country trusts
By Liz Wells 25 September 2025
The BMA has entered into dispute with four trusts in the Black Country over cuts to bank pay rates for doctors doing extra-contractual work from 1 October.
Dorset Healthcare workers vote to strike in outsourcing row
By Liz Wells 25 September 2025
Health workers in Dorset have voted for strike action over plans that could see thousands of employees transferred out of the NHS.
Agency nurses urged to help identify barriers that prevent them speaking up
By Liz Wells 24 September 2025
Agency nurses are being urged to get involved in an independent review to ensure nurses working on temporary assignments can speak up without fear, and that their views are listened to, respected a...
Trust apologises after 'racist and bullying behaviours' reported to CQC
By Lee Peart 24 September 2025
The interim boss of Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Brendan Brown, has apologised after staff reported ‘racist and bullying behaviours’ to the CQC.
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