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ESTATES

End of an era as Birmingham City Hospital closes

By Lee Peart 13 November 2024

The end of an era has been marked with the closure of the 130-year-old Birmingham City Hospital.

BEST PRACTICE

Community Diagnostic Centre reaches key milestone

By Lee Peart 13 November 2024

A Community Diagnostic Centre (CDC) at Woking Community Hospital has reached a key milestone.

WIRRAL COMMUNITY HEALTH AND CARE NHS FOUNDATION TRUST

Merseyside trusts appoint joint chair and chief executive

By Liz Wells 13 November 2024

Wirral Community Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust (WCHC) and Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (WUTH) have appointed Sir David Henshaw as joint chair and Janelle Holmes a...

PHARMACIES

Pharmacies vote to reduce services after funding cuts

By Liz Wells 13 November 2024

Pharmacy owners in England, Wales and Northern Ireland have voted in favour of the first collective action in their history.

REGULATION

Public bodies condemn anti-social behaviour at North Wales hospital

By Lee Peart 13 November 2024

Three public bodies have condemned a campaign of anti-social behaviour against a local hospital.

DHSC

League tables part of tough Streeting NHS reforms

By Lee Peart 13 November 2024

League tables are to be part of tough NHS reforms designed to improve performance announced by the health and social care secretary at the NHS Providers Conference in Liverpool today.

ED DAVEY

Six-month waits for care assessments almost double

By Lee Peart 13 November 2024

The Liberal Democrats have called for more funding for social and an exemption from national insurance hikes after revealing six-month waits for care assessments have almost doubled.

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Streeting pledges to contain NHS agency spend

By Liz Wells 12 November 2024

The government and NHS England are set to reveal plans to reduce the service's reliance on agency staff, which costs £3bn a year. 

DISCHARGE

Fifty-day challenge aims to speed-up hospital discharge and community care

By Lee Peart 12 November 2024

The Welsh Government has launched a 50-day challenge to help people return home from hospital and ease winter pressures.

NHS PROVIDERS

Trusts braced for another gruelling winter

By Liz Wells 12 November 2024

Trust leaders are bracing themselves for another tough winter with concerns mounting over whether the health service can meet key performance targets, a new NHS Providers survey reveals.