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Virtual treatment research brings benefits for eating disorder patients

By Liz Wells 16 March 2026

Virtual treatment for people with severe eating disorders can prevent inpatient admissions and support recovery after hospital, new research reveals.

NHS SCOTLAND

NHS Scotland chief executive to step down

By Liz Wells 16 March 2026

NHS Scotland chief executive Caroline Lamb is to step down after five years in the role.

REGULATION

CCTV footage shows staff assaulting patients at St Andrew's

By Lee Peart 16 March 2026

A CQC inspection of St Andrew’s hospital in Northampton has found CQC footage showing the use of inappropriate restraint and staff assaulting patients.

COMMUNITY

Welsh pharmacies carry out record number of consultations for common health issues

By Liz Wells 16 March 2026

Pharmacies across Wales carried out more than 600,000 clinical consultations for a wide range of common health issues in the past 12 months.

COMMUNITY

NHS funding crisis forces one in six pharmacies to cut weekend opening times

By Liz Wells 13 March 2026

A crisis in NHS funding led to a cut in pharmacy weekend opening hours of more than 20 per cent since 2022, new research reveals.

WORKFORCE

Chair appointed to NHS Tayside board

By Liz Wells 13 March 2026

Tom Spink has been selected as chair of the NHS Tayside board.

ESTATES

Hospital simulates emergency services fire response

By Lee Peart 13 March 2026

Gloucestershire Royal Hospital has hosted a multiagency emergency services exercise to test co-ordinated responses to a fire involving explosive material.

INEQUALITIES

Tool to help cut stigma of child poverty

By Lee Peart 13 March 2026

A new initiative has been launched to help parents and teachers with important conversations with children living in poverty.

MENTAL HEALTH

Local authority inconsistencies creating academic barriers for children in care

By Lee Peart 13 March 2026

Inconsistence in local authority practice are creating academic barriers for children in care, a new report has found.

COMMUNITY

NUH receives £10.5m funding for diagnostic centre scanning equipment

By Lee Peart 13 March 2026

Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust (NUH) has received £10.5m in funding to triple the number of MRI and CT scanners at the Broad Marsh community diagnostic centre (CDC).