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Cambridge University Hospitals staff protest against job cuts

By Liz Wells 04 June 2025

Unite members at Cambridge University Hospitals are today (4 June) demonstrating at Addenbrooke's Hospital against job cuts in the region.

PAY DEALS

Unite to ballot NHS members over 'substandard' pay award

By Liz Wells 04 June 2025

Unite has begun balloting its NHS members over the recent pay award from the government.

ESTATES

Surgical hub launches to help tackle NHS waiting lists

By Lee Peart 04 June 2025

A surgical hub has launched to help tackle waiting lists in North West England.

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE

Foot-recognition AI scanner can prevent heart failure hospitalisations

By Liz Wells 04 June 2025

An AI device with ‘foot recognition’, similar to face-recognition technology, could potentially flag when heart failure is becoming severe and life-threatening, new research reveals.

ROYAL COLLEGE OF MIDWIVES

New midwives ready to work, but no jobs available, says RCM

By Liz Wells 04 June 2025

More than eight out of 10 student midwives due to qualify this year are ‘not confident’ they will find a job once graduating, despite maternity services across the UK struggling with understaffing,...

LOCAL GOVERNMENT

'Burning platform' warning on early years' services

By Lee Peart 04 June 2025

Early years’ services are on a ‘burning platform’ with UK outcomes among the ‘worst in the civilized world’, a leader has warned.

PREVENTION

MHRA approves lung cancer drug

By Lee Peart 04 June 2025

A medicine to treat non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) has been approved by the MHRA.

PREVENTION

Injection could help millions with high blood pressure

By Lee Peart 03 June 2025

Giving people with high blood pressure an injection of zilebesiran every six months can lead to a meaningful, sustained reduction in their blood pressure, a trial has found.

DENTAL SCHOOLS COUNCIL

Dental schools urge government action on training places amid workforce crisis

By Liz Wells 03 June 2025

The Dental Schools Council (DSC), representing the UK’s dental schools, is calling on the Government to urgently commit to expanding dental training places to address the UK’s escalating oral healt...

SEXUAL HEALTH