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Long-serving NHS Gloucestershire chief executive to retire

By Liz Wells 28 November 2024

Mary Hutton, chief executive of NHS Gloucestershire ICB, is to retire in spring 2025 after 14 years.

GMC

UK risks 'sleepwalking' into a waste of doctors' skills

By Liz Wells 28 November 2024

The UK risks wasting the talents of tens of thousands of overlooked and undervalued doctors, to the detriment of patient care, General Medical Council (GMC) chief executive Charlie Massey warns in ...

WORKFORCE

Southampton hospital porter strike suspended

By Liz Wells 28 November 2024

Scheduled strikes by more than 60 Southampton hospital porters have been suspended after last-ditch talks.

CQC

CQC chair will not seek reappointment

By Liz Wells 28 November 2024

Ian Dilks, chair of the CQC, has confirmed that he will not be seeking reappointment when his three-year term ends on 31 March 2025.

WORKFORCE

Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust selects interim chief nursing officer

By Liz Wells 26 November 2024

Paula Gardner will join The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) as interim chief nursing officer in early December 2024.

WORKFORCE

Walsall trust names new chief operating officer

By Liz Wells 26 November 2024

Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust has selected Will Roberts as its new chief operating officer.

HAMPSHIRE HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST

Hampshire trust selects new chair

By Liz Wells 26 November 2024

Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has appointed Martin Earwicker as its new chair.

INDUSTRIAL ACTION

Essex and Suffolk health staff launch three-week strike

By Liz Wells 26 November 2024

Cleaners, porters, housekeepers and other facilities staff have started three weeks of strikes to keep their jobs in the East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust (ESNEFT).

IPPR

Restoring NHS productivity could unlock billions, says IPPR

By Lee Peart 26 November 2024

Restoring NHS productivity to pre-pandemic levels could unlock billions of pounds in funding, the IPPR has said.

PAY NEGOTIATIONS

Ditch 'unfit for purpose pay body', say unions

By Liz Wells 26 November 2024

The government must bypass the independent panel that reviews NHS pay if the health service is to be fit for the future, say three of the UK’s largest health unions.