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NHS England abolition 'the beginning, not the end', warns Streeting

By Lee Peart 17 March 2025

Health and social care secretary Wes Streeting has warned last week’s abolition of NHS England is the ‘beginning and not the end’ of cutting inefficiency and waste.

DHSC

Crack doctors help cut waiting lists at twice the speed

By Lee Peart 17 March 2025

Teams of crack doctors have been helping cutting waiting lists by more than double the national average in deprived areas.

SCOTTISH GOVERNMENT

Scottish government unveils £6m funding for health projects

By Liz Wells 14 March 2025

The Scottish government is to invest more than £6m as part of the Accelerated National Innovations Adoption (ANIA) programme to help people with type 2 diabetes, stroke patients and babies born wit...

PREVENTION

Welsh schools helping to boost children's vegetable intake

By Liz Wells 14 March 2025

Almost 500 schools are taking part in the ‘Eat Them to Defeat Them’ campaign, which makes eating vegetables fun and encourages children to explore new foods, helping more than 100,000 children eat ...

TECHNOLOGY

AI could help detect and investigate foodborne illness outbreaks

By Liz Wells 14 March 2025

UKHSA is exploring the role that AI could play in helping to detect and investigate foodborne illness outbreaks.

INTEGRATED CARE

ICB cuts will make delivering transformation harder, leader warns

By Lee Peart 14 March 2025

Matthew Taylor, chief executive of NHS Confederation, has warned plans to cut ICB running costs by 50% will make the task of delivering long-term transformation much harder.

INTEGRATED CARE

Three hospitals announce merger

By Lee Peart 13 March 2025

Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital, The Queen Elizabeth Hospital King’s Lynn and the James Paget University Hospital have announced plans to operate under a group model.

INTEGRATED CARE

North Yorkshire hospices facing £1.5m deficit

By Lee Peart 13 March 2025

Three North Yorkshire hospices have warned they are facing a combined £1.5m deficit.

TECHNOLOGY

High street opticians could use AI to help diagnose dementia with an eye scan

By Liz Wells 13 March 2025

Opticians could play a key role in identifying people at risk of dementia by spotting distinctive patterns in the back of the eye linked to early signs of the condition, new research reveals.

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