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ESTATES

Building work begins at hospital's £1.9m cancer support centre

By Lee Peart 04 February 2025

Building work has begun on a Macmillan Cancer Support Centre at Ashford Hospital in Surrey.

REGULATION

CQC finds deterioration in leadership at mental health trust

By Lee Peart 04 February 2025

A deterioration in leadership has been found following a CQC inspection of Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust.

PHARMACIES

Online pharmacies to strengthen safeguards

By Liz Wells 04 February 2025

All online pharmacies in Great Britain will have to strengthen safeguards to prevent people from receiving medicines that are not clinically appropriate for them and may cause them harm.

FINANCE

Trust writes off £750k in unrecoverable debt owed by failed coffee company

By Lee Peart 04 February 2025

Over £750,000 in unrecoverable debt has been written off by Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust after a coffee company went into administration.

WORKFORCE

Sussex trust selects new chief executive

By Liz Wells 04 February 2025

Jayne Black, currently chief executive of Medway NHS Foundation Trust, has been appointed as chief executive of East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust.

UK GOVERNMENT

Government to confirm April pay rise for million of workers

By Liz Wells 04 February 2025

The Government is to lay legislation that confirms a new National Living Wage of £12.21 and a new National Minimum Wage of £10.00 per hour from April.

TECHNOLOGY

AI trial to tackle breast cancer launched

By Liz Wells 04 February 2025

Nearly 700,000 women across the country will take part in a trial to test how AI tools can be used to catch breast cancer cases earlier, the DHSC has announced.

OCKENDEN MATERNITY REVIEW

Police launch investigation into deleted file in Ockenden review

By Lee Peart 04 February 2025

Nottinghamshire Police have launched an investigation into how a file was deleted during a review into maternity failings at Nottingham University Hospitals (NUH) NHS Trust.

OXFORD UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST

Oxford trust opens new staff accommodation

By Liz Wells 03 February 2025

A new development of key worker accommodation has been officially opened at the John Radcliffe Hospital, part of Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (OUH).

CHILDREN'S SERVICE

Children's services need support to deal with increasing complexity

By Lee Peart 03 February 2025

The Government must introduce long-term funding mechanisms for children’s services to address increasing complexity and rising demand, a new report says.