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REGULATION

Fraudster jailed for stealing and selling stock back to NHS

By Lee Peart 27 October 2026

A fraudster who stole hospital stock and then sold it back to the NHS has been jailed for eight years.

WORKFORCE

Matthew Winn appointed interim NHS England regional director

By Lee Peart 27 October 2026

Chief executive of East of England Community Health and Care Trust, Matthew Winn, has been appointed interim NHS England South East regional director.

REGULATION

Hospital secures £8m to make tower block fire safe

By Lee Peart 27 October 2026

Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust has received a further £8m in Government funding to make Torbay Hospital’s Tower Block fire safe.

ESTATES

Imperial College Healthcare completes CDC expansion

By Lee Peart 27 October 2026

Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust has completed the expansion of Wembley community diagnostic centre (CDC) offering an extra 26,000 MRI scans each year.   

ICB

ICB refutes report it plans to cut beds by 9%

By Lee Peart 27 October 2026

NHS West and North London (WNL) ICB has said it has no plans to reduce its hospital beds by 9% over the next 10 years.

WORKFORCE

Ambulance control rooms handle record call numbers

By Lee Peart 27 October 2026

East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust (EEAST) emergency call handlers answered a record breaking 1.5m calls in 20225/26.

INTEGRATED CARE

Greater Manchester to pilot new mental health programme for young people

By Izzy Lepone 26 October 2026

A new mental health pilot is being rolled out in Greater Manchester to help young people being supported by social care.

INTEGRATED CARE

AJM Healthcare wins ICB wheelchair services contract

By Lee Peart 26 October 2026

AJM Healthcare has been awarded a contract by NHS Black Country ICB to provide a wheelchair service in Dudley.

PREVENTION

MPs urge Government to boost weight loss drugs access

By Lee Peart 26 October 2026

MPs have urged the Government to boost access to weight loss drugs to end a two-tier system determined by ability to pay.

HSSIB

HSSIB abolition dropped from Health Bill

By Lee Peart 26 October 2026

Plans to abolish the Health Services Safety Investigations Body (HSSIB) and merge its functions with the CQC have been dropped in a Health Bill amendment.

WORKFORCE