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Male health workers 'should carry out' breast screening examinations

By Liz Wells 29 April 2025

The Society of Radiographers (SoR) says male health workers should be permitted to perform breast screening examinations to help relieve ‘critical’ staff shortages.

PRESCRIPTION CHARGES

Prescription charges frozen

By Liz Wells 29 April 2025

The government is to freeze prescription charges for the first time in three years, keeping the cost of a prescription below £10.

PREVENTATIVE

Ultra-processed foods linked with early death

By Lee Peart 29 April 2025

High consumption of ultra-processed foods (UPFs) has been linked with early deaths in new research.

REGULATION

Chair promises to 'seek out the truth' in mental health inquiry

By Lee Peart 29 April 2025

Chair Baroness Lampard has pledged to ‘seek out the truth’ as she launched the evidence sessions of the first public inquiry into mental health deaths yesterday.

WORKFORCE

Trusts launch Bristol NHS Group

By Lee Peart 28 April 2025

North Bristol NHS Trust and University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust have confirmed the formation of Bristol NHS Group.

REGULATION

Ambulance service and trust admit failures following musician's death

By Lee Peart 28 April 2025

London Ambulance Service and East London NHS Foundation Trust have admitted breaching their duty of care after a musician died following a fall from a third-floor window.

UK GOVERNMENT

Government encourages NHS clinicians to use 'gamechanging' AI

By Liz Wells 28 April 2025

The government has published new guidance that encourages and supports NHS clinicians to use AI tools, which convert spoken words into structured medical notes and letters in primary and secondary ...

REGULATION

Trust welcomes Good CQC rating for mental health service

By Lee Peart 28 April 2025

Brockfield House forensic service, which is run by Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (EPUT), has been rated good again by the CQC.

CARE HOME

Raizer chair helps reduce ambulance call-outs to care homes

By Lee Peart 28 April 2025

A chair that helps lift care home residents safely and quickly after a fall has helped reduce ambulance call-outs.

NHS APP

NHS App expansion cuts waiting times

By Liz Wells 28 April 2025

Reform of the NHS App has prevented 1.5 million hospital appointments from being missed, saving 5.7 million staff hours since July, new Government data reveals.