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NEW HOSPITAL PROGRAMME

First tranche of funding to be released for hospital redevelopment

By Lee Peart 07 February 2025

Funding of £19.4m is to be released for the redevelopment of St Mary’s Hospital in Paddington this month.

NEW HOSPITAL PROGRAMME

Lib Dems call for a 'crumbling hospitals taskforce'

By Lee Peart 07 February 2025

Liberal Democrat leader Ed Davey has called on the Government to create a ‘crumbling hospitals taskforce’ headed by chief medical officer Chris Whitty.

INTEGRATED CARE

ICB and three trusts placed on national recovery programme

By Lee Peart 07 February 2025

One ICB and three trusts in Lancashire and South Cumbria have been placed on NHS England’s national recovery support programme.

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Councils 'deeply concerned' about trust's performance

By Lee Peart 06 February 2025

The Joint Health Overview and Scrutiny Committee (JHOSC) of Shropshire Council and Telford & Wrekin Council has written to health and social care secretary Wes Streeting about concerns over the per...

VALDO CALOCANE

Investigation finds 'clear failings' in treatment of Nottingham killer

By Lee Peart 06 February 2025

An NHS England investigation has found ‘clear failings’ in the care and treatment of Valdo Calocane who killed Ian Coates, Grace O’Malley-Kumar and Barnaby Webber in Nottingham on 13 June 2023.

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Norovirus surge drives busiest week for hospitals this winter

By Lee Peart 06 February 2025

Hospitals admissions have hit a new high this winter as norovirus cases continue to surge.

INEQUALITIES

Government urged to introduce national health inequalities strategy

By Lee Peart 06 February 2025

A Local Government Association (LGA) report has urged the Government to introduce a national health inequalities strategy to tackle England’s widening health inequality gap.

INTEGRATED CARE

ICS reports £26m financial deficit

By Lee Peart 06 February 2025

Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin ICS has reported a financial deficit of £26.4m for the year to date (April to December 2024).

WORKFORCE

Michelin executive joins NHS in Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent

By Liz Wells 05 February 2025

Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent ICB has selected Mike Lawton as its new non-executive board member.

WORKFORCE

Programme to address challenges faced by international healthcare workers goes Londonwide

By Liz Wells 05 February 2025

Ask Aunty, a successful programme to address the challenges faced by international healthcare workers arriving in the UK, is being extended across London.