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Hospital beds lost to seasonal viruses greater than population of Malta

By Lee Peart 03 April 2025

The amount of hospital beds taken up by seasonal viruses this winter numbered more than the population of Malta, according to NHS data.

LIVERPOOL HEART AND CHEST HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST

Liverpool hospital integrates psychology into EPR

By Liz Wells 02 April 2025

The Clinical Health Psychology team at Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital NHS Foundation Trust has extended, digitised and integrated its service into its trust-wide EPR.

SOCIAL CARE

Charity that helped ease NHS pressures forced to close

By Lee Peart 02 April 2025

A charity that supported vulnerable people to stay at home and ease pressure on the NHS has been forced to close.

SOCIAL CARE

Advisory council to help accelerate social care reform

By Lee Peart 02 April 2025

An advisory council has been appointed by the Social Care Foundation (SCF) think-tank to help the Casey Commission implement faster reform.

ESTATES

Hospital procedure room to help patients get faster treatment

By Lee Peart 02 April 2025

An Essex hospital will offer almost 3,000 extra procedures each year thanks to a new £1.3m procedure room.

TECHNOLOGY

Electronic Frailty Index updated

By Liz Wells 02 April 2025

The Electronic Frailty Index (eFI) tool, which enables GPs to predict older patients’ risks of living with frailty and therefore prevent falls and limit hospital stays and medication, has been upda...

PREVENTION

UKHSA launches call for evidence to tackle rising TB cases

By Liz Wells 02 April 2025

The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has launched a call for evidence to help shape the next five-year Tuberculosis (TB) National Action Plan for England, which will run from 2026 to 2031, as infe...

SIR JIM MACKEY

Sir Jim Mackey reveals NHS and ICB cost-cutting plans

By Lee Peart 02 April 2025

Newly installed NHS England chief executive Sir Jim Mackey has set out plans to cut costs at NHS trusts and ICBs.

WORKFORCE

Liverpool lab workers balloted for strikes over patient safety fears

By Liz Wells 02 April 2025

Unite members working at the microbiology department at Liverpool Clinical Laboratories, run by NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group, are being balloted for strikes over 'patient safety fears'.

PREVENTION

Big Tobacco 'must pay' to cut smoking rates, say MPs

By Liz Wells 02 April 2025

Big Tobacco should be forced to fund initiatives that reduce smoking rates and reduce the gap in healthy life expectancy between the richest and poorest, a new report says.