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NHS scanning trucks help thousands get liver cancer checks

By Liz Wells 26 August 2025

Thousands more people are being referred for potentially life-saving liver cancer checks following the expansion of the NHS’ community liver health check programme.

PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANIES

Streeting vows not to let drug companies 'rip off' UK taxpayers

By Liz Wells 26 August 2025

Health and social care secretary Wes Streeting has vowed not to allow pharmaceutical companies to 'rip off' British taxpayers after failed talks over drug pricing.

SWANSEA BAY UNIVERSITY HEALTH BOARD

Swansea Bay's virtual wards service reaches milestone

By Liz Wells 26 August 2025

Swansea Bay University Health Board’s virtual wards service has supported more than 12,000 patients.

DEMENTIA

NHS supporting record numbers of people living with dementia

By Liz Wells 26 August 2025

A record half a million people have received a dementia diagnosis on the NHS, new data reveals.

GMB

Nurses rally for fair pay after waiting years for decision on grades

By Liz Wells 22 August 2025

District nurses rallied outside the headquarters of NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde, Scotland's biggest health board, over pay and grades.

RCN

Cuts to ICBs 'could put patient safety at risk', warns RCN

By Liz Wells 22 August 2025

The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) is warning that cuts to ICBs could put patient safety at risk and undermine the government’s 10-Year Health Plan and is calling for every ICB to retain a chief nu...

DIABETES

Smartphone test set to revolutionise prevention for type 2 diabetes

By Liz Wells 22 August 2025

Digital health diagnostics company PocDoc has launched the world’s first smartphone-based test for type 2 diabetes risk.

WIRRAL COMMUNITY HEALTH NHS FOUNDATION TRUST

Wirral trusts appoint joint non-executive director

By Liz Wells 22 August 2025

Wirral Community Health NHS Foundation Trust and Care and Wirral University Teaching Hospital have selected Haris Sultan as their new joint non-executive director.

UK GOVERNMENT

Government introduces healthier food standards to give babies best start in life 

By Liz Wells 22 August 2025

DHSC has unveiled new guidelines for commercial baby food to reduce salt and sugar, along with clearer labelling to help parents make informed decisions.   

ROYAL PAPWORTH HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST

Trust pays compensation after infection in water supply linked to patient deaths

By Liz Wells 21 August 2025

Health bosses at the Royal Papworth Hospital, in Cambridge, have paid out compensation after nine transplant patients contracted a serious bacterial infection linked to a hospital’s water supply.