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BMA urges Government to fix 'broken' student finance system

By Liz Wells 05 February 2025

The BMA is warning that insufficient government funding for medical students in England is pushing many into financial hardship.

WORKFORCE

NHS Lincolnshire ICB chief executive to retire

By Liz Wells 05 February 2025

NHS Lincolnshire ICB has announced that chief executive John Turner is to retire from the role in June 2025.

DHSC

Streeting appoints adviser to shape 10-year plan

By Liz Wells 05 February 2025

The DHSC has appointed Tom Kibasi to help it turn the ideas for a better health service, coming from tens of thousands of patients and frontline staff, into in the 10 Year Health Plan.

BEST PRACTICE

Care Transfer Hub helps people return home from hospital

By Lee Peart 04 February 2025

A Care Transfer Hub is playing a vital role in getting people home from hospital as soon as they are medically ready.

ESTATES

Building work begins at hospital's £1.9m cancer support centre

By Lee Peart 04 February 2025

Building work has begun on a Macmillan Cancer Support Centre at Ashford Hospital in Surrey.

REGULATION

CQC finds deterioration in leadership at mental health trust

By Lee Peart 04 February 2025

A deterioration in leadership has been found following a CQC inspection of Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust.

PHARMACIES

Online pharmacies to strengthen safeguards

By Liz Wells 04 February 2025

All online pharmacies in Great Britain will have to strengthen safeguards to prevent people from receiving medicines that are not clinically appropriate for them and may cause them harm.

FINANCE

Trust writes off £750k in unrecoverable debt owed by failed coffee company

By Lee Peart 04 February 2025

Over £750,000 in unrecoverable debt has been written off by Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust after a coffee company went into administration.

WORKFORCE

Sussex trust selects new chief executive

By Liz Wells 04 February 2025

Jayne Black, currently chief executive of Medway NHS Foundation Trust, has been appointed as chief executive of East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust.

UK GOVERNMENT

Government to confirm April pay rise for million of workers

By Liz Wells 04 February 2025

The Government is to lay legislation that confirms a new National Living Wage of £12.21 and a new National Minimum Wage of £10.00 per hour from April.