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BREAKING NEWS: Leader confirms 50% cuts for NHSE and ICBs

By Lee Peart 13 March 2025

NHSE chief financial officer and deputy chief executive, Julian Kelly, has confirmed plans to reduce the size of NHSE and ICBs by 50%.

NORTHERN IRELAND AMBULANCE SERVICE

NI Ambulance workers vote for industrial action in shift dispute

By Liz Wells 13 March 2025

Paramedics and ambulance workers at Northern Ireland Ambulance Service (NIAS) have voted for industrial action over a proposed new shift system.

NHS ENGLAND

Frontline NHS staff facing rise in physical violence

By Liz Wells 13 March 2025

One in seven NHS staff (14%) experienced physical violence from patients, their relatives or other members of the public in 2024, new research reveals.

TECHNOLOGY

Guy's and St Thomas' forms strategic collaboration with US hospital

By Lee Peart 13 March 2025

Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust has formed a strategic partnership with US non-profit hospital Cedars-Sinai.

WORKFORCE

Rules prioritise recruiting care workers in England

By Liz Wells 12 March 2025

Care providers will be required to prioritise recruiting international care workers already in England before recruiting from overseas under new rules laid in Parliament.

CQC

Trust warned to resolve urgent and emergency services overcrowding

By Lee Peart 12 March 2025

Medway Maritime Hospital has been warned to resolve urgent and emergency services overcrowding following a CQC inspection.

REGULATION

Perinatal mental health unit rated good by the CQC

By Lee Peart 12 March 2025

The CQC has praised the ‘safe, responsive and welcoming environment’ at Leeds and York Partnership NHS Trust’s mother and baby unit.

WHITEHALL

MP blasts trust's £1.25m spend on accountancy advice

By Lee Peart 12 March 2025

Tory MP Mark Francois has slammed his local NHS trust for spending £1.25m on accountancy advice from PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC).

TECHNOLOGY

Welsh health board launches digital weight management service

By Liz Wells 12 March 2025

Aneurin Bevan University Health Board is partnering with Gro Health to provide eligible residents across Gwent with a free digital weight management service.