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FLU

More critical incidents stood down following flu peak

By Lee Peart 14 January 2025

Critical incidents have been stood down by University Hospitals of Liverpool Group and Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

NHS GREATER GLASGOW AND CLYDE

Glasgow opens UK's first safer drug consumption facility

By Liz Wells 14 January 2025

The UK's first safer drug consumption facility has opened in Glasgow.

CANCER

NHS expands lifesaving bowel cancer screening programme

By Lee Peart 14 January 2025

A lifesaving screening programme for bowel cancer is being expanded by the NHS.

CARE ENGLAND

Social care on the brink and cannot wait for 2028 reform, report warns

By Lee Peart 14 January 2025

Social care is on the brink of collapse and cannot wait for Government reform in 2028, a report has warned.

CRIME

Man charged with attempted murder after nurse stabbed

By Lee Peart 13 January 2025

A man has been charged with attempted murder after a nurse was stabbed at The Royal Oldham Hospital in Greater Manchester.

WALES

Wales' chief medical officer steps down

By Liz Wells 13 January 2025

Sir Dr Frank Atherton is to stand down after eight-and-a-half years as the Welsh Government’s chief medical officer.

LIBERAL DEMOCRATS

Corridor care becoming 'normalised', say Liberal Democrats

By Lee Peart 13 January 2025

The Liberal Democrats warned corridor care is becoming ‘normalised’ in the NHS as they revealed a record of 518,000 ‘trolley waits’ of 12 hours or more in 2024.

CRITICAL INCIDENT

Critical incidents stood down in Cornwall and Birmingham

By Lee Peart 13 January 2025

Critical incidents have been stepped down by NHS services in Cornwall and Birmingham following a spike in flu cases.

HEREFORDSHIRE AND WORCESTERSHIRE HEALTH AND CARE NHS TRUST

Herefordshire and Worcestershire trust tackles anxiety in young people

By Liz Wells 13 January 2025

Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust is giving all children aged 7-12 and their families on-demand access to a therapeutic mobile game, which can ease childhood anxiety.

PREVENTION