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New trust leadership drives 'significant improvements'

By Lee Peart 02 June 2025

A new leadership team has been praised for driving ‘significant improvements’ at Liverpool University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (UHL).

REGULATION

Mental health trust leadership downgraded by CQC

By Lee Peart 02 June 2025

Leadership at Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership (AWP) NHS Trust has been downgraded from good to requires improvement following an inspection by the CQC in July 2024.

LEEDS TEACHING HOSPITALS NHS TRUST

AI chest x-ray software to speed up diagnosis and boost care at Leeds

By Liz Wells 02 June 2025

Thousands of patients in Leeds are set to benefit from faster and more accurate chest X-ray diagnoses thanks to a new AI software that is undergoing clinical evaluation at Leeds Teaching Hospitals ...

ESTATES

Call for £3.3bn yearly NHS capital investment in Spending Review

By Lee Peart 02 June 2025

NHS Confederation has called for an at least extra £3.3bn annual capital investment part funded by private investment in next week’s Spending Review.

Volunteers donate over 6m hours to NHS England

By Liz Wells 02 June 2025

Around 70,000 people volunteer with the NHS, spending an average of a fortnight helping the NHS each year, new figures reveal.

LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Complex needs failure driving 'very high cost' placements, says LGA

By Lee Peart 30 May 2025

Failure to support children and young people with complex needs is driving an escalation in ‘very high cost’ placements, the Local Government Association (LGA) has revealed.

BEST PRACTICE

Conference puts patient voices at the heart of healthcare reform

By Lee Peart 30 May 2025

Global Insight Conferences will host the 7th Annual Patient Centricity & Engagement Conference at One America Square, a leading London venue in the heart of the City.

ESTATES

Royal Bournemouth Hospital opens emergency department

By Lee Peart 30 May 2025

University Hospitals Dorset (UHD) has opened an emergency department in its new BEACH building at Royal Bournemouth Hospital (RBH).

WAITING LISTS

Outpatient waits over two years hit record levels in Scotland

By Lee Peart 30 May 2025

The number of people waiting two years for an outpatient appointment in Scotland has hit record levels.

MENTAL HEALTH

Around 300,000 children to benefit from £9.5m neurodiversity support

By Lee Peart 30 May 2025

Around 300,000 primary school children are to benefit from earlier and better neurodiversity support following the extension of a Government programme.