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PREVENTION

Teenage pregnancies rise for first time in 14 years

By Lee Peart 11 September 2025

Councils have called for investment in prevention after teenage pregnancies rose for the first time in 14 years.

CANCER

Red tape blocking access to cutting edge cancer treatments, say doctors

By Lee Peart 11 September 2025

Patient access to cutting edge cancer treatments is being blocked by current commissioning and funding structures, doctors have warned.

SCOTTISH GOVERNMENT

Scottish Government launches palliative care strategy

By Liz Wells 10 September 2025

Greater training and support for healthcare staff are among measures set out in a new strategy to improve palliative care across Scotland.

WORKFORCE

Ambulance service unveils five-year wellbeing strategy

By Liz Wells 10 September 2025

South East Coast Ambulance Service (SECAmb) is to introduce a wellbeing forum for staff as part of its new five-year Wellbeing Strategy.

WORKFORCE

NHS SBS unveils latest audit services framework

By Lee Peart 10 September 2025

Leading corporate services provider NHS Shared Business Services (NHS SBS) has unveiled the latest iteration of its audit services framework, Audit Services for Health, providing the NHS and wider ...

ESTATES

Government urged to develop new models of PPP for NHS

By Lee Peart 10 September 2025

The Government has been urged to develop new models of public private partnerships to renew the NHS estate.

WORKFORCE

Hundreds of overseas nurses recruited in Swansea Bay

By Liz Wells 10 September 2025

A recruitment drive aimed at filling hundreds of nursing vacancies in Swansea Bay has ended after successfully reaching its goal.

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE

Plan to prevent cardiovascular disease in Wales

By Liz Wells 10 September 2025

Identifying and treating up to 70,000 more people in Wales who have high blood pressure will prevent more than 1,000 heart attacks and strokes, saving nearly £18m for the NHS and social care sector...

LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Council withdraws legal threat over ICB recovery programme

By Lee Peart 10 September 2025

St Helens Borough Council has said it is no longer considering legal action against NHS Cheshire and Merseyside ICB over its recovery programme.

FOOD INSECURITY

Significant increase in number of households going without food

By Liz Wells 10 September 2025

More than 14.1 million people, including 3.8 million children, faced hunger in the UK last year because they didn’t have enough money for food, new research reveals.