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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).

CYBER ATTACK

Merseyside trust declares 'major' cyber security incident

By Liz Wells 26 November 2024

Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust has declared ‘a major' cyber security incident at Arrowe Park Hospital.

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.

GOOD BOOST

Start-up secures £500k investment for aqua rehabilitation technology

By Liz Wells 26 November 2024

A Bristol-based start-up, which is already working with several councils and trusts in the UK, has secured a £150,000 investment from British Design Fund to accelerate the development of its world-...

DWP

NHS waiting lists to be tackled as part of plan to Get Britain Working

By Lee Peart 26 November 2024

Extra capacity will be deployed to reduce waiting lists in 20 NHS Trusts across England with the highest levels of economic inactivity as part of employment reforms unveiled by the Government.

JULIAN KELLY

BREAKING NEWS: NHS £650m off plan Public Accounts Committee hears

By Lee Peart 25 November 2024

The NHS is around £650m off plan after the first six months of the current financial year, the Public Accounts Committee was told today.

WORKFORCE

Mersey Care selects new research and innovation director

By Liz Wells 25 November 2024

Professor Dan Joyce has been selected as Mersey Care’s new director of research and innovation to spearhead the trust’s research agenda, innovative projects and collaborations.

WORKFORCE

Swansea Bay hospital staff to strike for two days in row over pay

By Liz Wells 25 November 2024

Hundreds of healthcare support workers at hospitals in Swansea, Neath and Port Talbot are to strike for two days over pay.

WORKFORCE

Former NHS England director and NHS chief executive joins AI vendor

By Liz Wells 25 November 2024

Richard Samuel, former NHS England director and NHS chief executive, has joined conversational AI vendor to the healthcare sector EBO as director of healthcare strategy.