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ESTATES

Work begins on £17.8m diagnostic centre

By Lee Peart 23 October 2025

Construction work has begun on a £17.8m NHS diagnostic centre in Bridgwater, Somerset.

DIGITAL

NHS trusts trial digital app to help patients quit smoking

By Liz Wells 22 October 2025

Patients admitted to selected acute and mental health NHS trusts in the North East and Yorkshire are being offered access to a digital app to help them quit smoking as part of a new pilot.

DIGITAL

Electronic eye implant restores reading vision to blind eyes

By Liz Wells 22 October 2025

A new electronic eye implant, which restores reading vision to blind eyes, has seen ‘remarkable results’ in a European clinical trial.

SOCIAL PRESCRIBING

Socialising prescribing could reverse frailty in older people

By Liz Wells 22 October 2025

Socialising could help to reverse frailty in older people, new research reveals.

INTEGRATED CARE

Hospice with 'critically low' reserves facing 'heartbreaking choices'

By Lee Peart 22 October 2025

A Derbyshire hospice has said it is faced with ‘heartbreaking choices’ due to ‘critically low’ cash reserves.

ESTATES

Trust receives £22.7m for staff accommodation

By Lee Peart 22 October 2025

Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust has received £22.7m from the New Hospital Programme for staff accommodation at North Devon District Hospital.

WELSH GOVERNMENT

Prevention has 'power to radically improve' Wales' health

By Liz Wells 22 October 2025

More focus on prevention and public health is needed to improve people’s long-term health in Wales, according to Mental Health and Wellbeing Minister Sarah Murphy.

REGULATION

Two trusts removed from national maternity investigation

By Lee Peart 22 October 2025

Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) and Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust have been removed from the National Maternity and Neonatal Investigation.

ROYAL BERKSHIRE NHS FOUNDATION TRUST

Royal Berkshire trust chief executive to step down

By Liz Wells 22 October 2025

Steve McManus, the chief executive of the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust, is to step down in July after nearly a decade at the helm.

NHS SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES

NHS SBS unveils £150m framework agreement for access to ambient voice and AI scribing tools

By Liz Wells 22 October 2025

NHS Shared Business Services (NHS SBS) has launched its £150m next-generation framework agreement for digital dictation, speech recognition and outsourced transcription services.