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WORKFORCE

West Yorkshire ICB selects new chair

By Liz Wells 20 March 2026

West Yorkshire ICB has appointed Mark Chamberlain as its new chair.

PREVENTION

Government scraps two-child Universal Credit limit

By Lee Peart 20 March 2026

The scrapping of the two-child Universal Credit limit has become law.

PREVENTION

Phoenix Hospital Group launches prostate cancer screening service

By Lee Peart 20 March 2026

Phoenix Hospital Group has launched a Prostate MRI Cancer Screening service at its Harley Street hospital in central London and Phoenix Chelmsford Hospital in Essex.

REGULATION

Single set of health and social care standards to strengthen public protection

By Lee Peart 20 March 2026

The Professional Standards Authority (PSA) for Health and Social Care has introduced a single set of standards across regulators and Accredited Registers to strengthen public protection.

PREVENTION

BREAKING NEWS: Further rise in meningitis cases as vaccination drive expanded

By Lee Peart 20 March 2026

Two more cases of meningitis have been confirmed following the Kent outbreak bringing the total to 29.

COVID-19 INQUIRY

BREAKING NEWS: UK Covid-19 Inquiry report recounts 'devastating' impact on healthcare staff and patients

By Liz Wells 19 March 2026

The UK’s healthcare systems ‘came close to collapse’ during the Covid-19 pandemic, they ‘coped, but only just’, a new report reveals.

WORKFORCE

Social care body set to improve social care pay and conditions in Scotland

By Liz Wells 19 March 2026

A new voluntary social care bargaining body will be established in Scotland to help improve pay and conditions for more than 110,000 workers.

DIGITAL

Suffolk and North East Essex ICB launches AI cancer detection pilot

By Liz Wells 19 March 2026

Suffolk and North East Essex ICB has launched a pilot using AI to help identify people at risk of upper gastrointestinal cancers in north east Essex.

PREVENTION

Landmark £10m asthma and COPD partnership announced

By Lee Peart 19 March 2026

A landmark £10m partnership that aims to shift care for patients with asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) from hospitals to the community has been announced.

REGULATION