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Nine-month delay to publication of Ockenden Maternity Review findings

By Lee Peart 03 February 2025

Publication of the findings of a review of maternity services at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is to be delayed by nine months after up to 300 more cases for investigation we...

PRIMARY CARE

GPs accept revised contract offer from the Welsh Government

By Liz Wells 03 February 2025

The BMA’s Welsh GP committee has voted to accept the revised 24/25 General Medical Services contract offer proposed by the Welsh Government.

TECHNOLOGY

NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde develops digital tool for neurological condition

By Liz Wells 31 January 2025

NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde has developed a digital tool to help patients and their families manage dissociative seizures, a little known but potentially serious and disabling condition.

ICB

Scrutiny committee 'disappointed' after DHSC snubs ICB intervention request

By Lee Peart 31 January 2025

Oxfordshire's Joint Health Overview and Scrutiny Committee (JHOSC) has said it is ‘disappointed’ at the DHSC’s decision not to intervene in the restructuring of Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and Ber...

TECHNOLOGY

Public sector workers 'eager' to embrace AI

By Liz Wells 31 January 2025

Public sector workers are eager to embrace AI to help them calculate the productivity and value for money of their work, data skills provider Multiverse says.

PREVENTATIVE

NHS launches groundbreaking sickle cell gene therapy

By Lee Peart 31 January 2025

A groundbreaking gene editing treatment is being offered to patients with sickle cell disease from today.

RESIDENT DOCTORS

Resident doctors in England vote to go into dispute over conditions

By Liz Wells 31 January 2025

The BMA resident doctors committee has voted to go into dispute over conditions in the 2024 pay deal.

INDUSTRIAL ACTION

Great Western Hospital strike paused for talks

By Liz Wells 31 January 2025

A two-day strike due to begin this week at Great Western Hospital in Swindon has been paused to allow for talks between all sides.

ESTATES

Same Day Emergency Care Unit to begin construction

By Lee Peart 31 January 2025

Construction work on a Same Day Emergency Care Unit (SDEC) at Bedford Hospital is to begin in the coming weeks.

ESTATES

Planning application submitted for site to power £1-1.5bn hospital

By Lee Peart 31 January 2025

Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (MCHFT) has submitted a planning application to build an electrical substation that will power a new hospital in Crewe.