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BUDGET

Autumn Budget likely to be 'helpful but no NHS game changer', says analyst

By Lee Peart 23 October 2024

A policy analyst has predicted next week’s Autumn Budget will be ‘helpful for the NHS but no game changer’.

NATIONAL LIVING WAGE

Real Living Wage increases across the UK

By Liz Wells 23 October 2024

The real Living Wage rate is to rise by 5% to £12.60 an hour across the UK and by 5.3% to £13.85 an hour in London.

WORKFORCE

CQC interim chief executive steps down

By Liz Wells 22 October 2024

CQC's interim chief executive, Kate Terroni, has revealed that she will be leaving CQC with immediate effect.

PREVENTION

NIHR Imperial Biomedical Research Centre awarded over £1m for research equipment

By Liz Wells 22 October 2024

The National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Imperial Biomedical Research Centre has been awarded more than £1m by the NIHR for equipment that will support vital translational research.

NHS SOMERSET

ICB identifies up to 30 unfit-for-purpose buildings

By Lee Peart 22 October 2024

NHS Somerset ICB has identified 28-30 buildings that are not fit for purpose under an infrastructure strategy review.

NICE gives green light to AI to help prevent bone fractures

By Liz Wells 22 October 2024

The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has recommended platforms powered by artificial intelligence for use on the NHS to help prevent medics from missing bone fractures on X-...

ACADEMY OF MEDICAL ROYAL COLLEGES

Call for transformative shift to community-based care

By Lee Peart 22 October 2024

A new report by The Academy of Medical Royal Colleges, supported by IMPOWER, has called for a transformative shift to community-based care.

DHSC

Lib Dems call for £1.5bn ring-fenced winter crisis fund for NHS

By Lee Peart 22 October 2024

The Liberal Democrats have called for a £1.5bn, four-year winter crises fund for the NHS after revealing a 20% rise in 12-hour A&E waits this year.

TECHNOLOGY

AI investment helping quicker diagnosis and treatment of lung cancers in Teesside

By Liz Wells 22 October 2024

University Hospitals Tees is rolling out artificial intelligence to help staff diagnose lung cancers and other issues quickly and accurately.

ROYAL UNITED HOSPITALS BATH FOUNDATION TRUST

West Country trusts appoint joint chief executive

By Liz Wells 21 October 2024

Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, the Royal United Hospitals Bath Foundation Trust and Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust have appointed Cara Charles-Barks as their joint chief executive.