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Staff at Gloucester and Cheltenham hospitals set for 72-hour strike over pay

By Liz Wells 05 March 2025

Phlebotomists at hospitals in Gloucester and Cheltenham are to take three days of strike action later this month over ‘unfair pay and grading’.

NHS DERBY

East Midlands ICBs appoint joint chief finance officer

By Liz Wells 05 March 2025

NHS Derby and Derbyshire ICB and NHS Nottingham and Nottinghamshire ICB have selected Bill Shields as their new chief finance officer.

ASSOCIATION OF THE BRITISH PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY

Delivering the NHS 10-Year Plan will require a fourth 'shift'

By Liz Wells 05 March 2025

Investing in medicines and vaccines could revolutionise healthcare and help the government deliver the economic growth it wants to see, new research suggests.

NHS

NHS rolls out AI that predicts falls and viruses

By Liz Wells 05 March 2025

A new AI tool is being rolled out across the NHS that can predict a patient’s risk of falling with 97% accuracy, preventing as many as 2,000 falls and hospital admissions each day.

BEST PRACTICE

'Staggering' - trust delivers 16% of NHS waiting list reduction

By Lee Peart 04 March 2025

University Hospitals Sussex delivered 16% of the total NHS waiting list reduction in England in 2024.

WORKFORCE

St George's Hospital workers protest

By Liz Wells 04 March 2025

A dozen hospital workers employed by Mitie demonstrated outside St George’s Hospital today (4 March).

DHSC

New chief executive appointed at MHRA

By Liz Wells 04 March 2025

Lawrence Tallon has been appointed as the new chief executive of the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA).

WORKFORCE

Staff leaving the NHS among lowest in over a decade

By Liz Wells 04 March 2025

NHS staff retention schemes have helped cut the number of workers leaving the health service to one of its lowest levels in over a decade, new analysis reveals.

NHS ENGLAND