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Care workers' pay just above minimum wage, data reveals

By Liz Wells 26 February 2026

The median hourly rate for care workers stood at £12.60 in December 2025 - just 39p above the National Living Wage - and a growing proportion of staff sitting on or just above the minimum wage, new...

A&E

A&E handovers slashed by seven minutes

By Lee Peart 26 February 2026

Ambulance handovers have been slashed by over seven minutes despite patient numbers reaching a five-year high.

MATERNITY CARE

Maternity and neonatal services failing to deliver for too many, Baroness Amos finds

By Lee Peart 26 February 2026

Maternity and neonatal services are not consistently delivering continuous, safe and equitable care for many women, babies and families, Baroness Amos has found.

DIGITAL

Cambridge tech company brings new perspective to NHS surgical training

By Liz Wells 25 February 2026

St Mark's National Bowel Hospital has partnered with Cambridge-based technology company Revolve Labs to produce an immersive VR training module.

DIGITAL

NHS Forth Valley set to introduce robotic-assisted surgery

By Liz Wells 25 February 2026

NHS Forth Valley has approved plans to introduce Robotic Assisted Surgery (RAS) after securing £2.5m of Scottish Government funding.

NORTH TEES AND HARTLEPOOL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST

Teesside NHS staff secure new pay and benefits deal

By Liz Wells 25 February 2026

Cleaners, caterers, porters and security staff at North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust have secured a deal to give them terms and conditions that bring them in line with their colleagues.

WORKFORCE

NHS England's director of national cyber operations steps down

By Liz Wells 25 February 2026

Mike Fell, director of national cyber operations for NHS England, is stepping down from his role mid-May 2026.

MHRA

MHRA disrupts facilities suspected to be involved in supply of illegal weight loss medicines

By Liz Wells 25 February 2026

Officers from the MHRA's Criminal Enforcement Unit (CEU) have raided two separate premises as part of an ongoing investigation into an organised criminal network involved in the manufacture and sal...

BONE CEMENT

Bone cement 'rescue package' secured by NHS

By Lee Peart 25 February 2026

A deal to provide alternative bone cement has been secured by the NHS after trusts were hit by a global supply shortage.

NEIGHBOURHOOD HEALTH

Programme lead sees neighbourhood health work in action

By Lee Peart 25 February 2026

National Neighbourhood Health Implementation Programme lead Dr Minal Bakhai has visited Kendal Leisure Centre to learn about the neighbourhood health work taking place across Morecambe Bay and Sout...