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MHRA reforms will speed up path for rare therapies

By Liz Wells 03 November 2025

The rulebook for rare disease therapies will be overhauled to make it quicker and easier to get these therapies tested, manufactured and approved in the UK, the MHRA has announced in a new paper.

REGULATION

Requires improvement rating a 'catalyst for change', says trust

By Lee Peart 03 November 2025

St George’s University Hospital Trust has said a requires improvement CQC rating had been a ‘catalyst for change’ after the regulator found evidence of a ‘blame culture’.

GMC

GMC reviews key workplace and patient safety guidance

By Liz Wells 31 October 2025

The GMC has launched a review of key guidance to doctors, physician associates (PAs) and anaesthesia associates (AAs)

PAY REVIEW BODY

Unions slam government's suggested pay rise for healthcare professionals in 2026

By Liz Wells 31 October 2025

Trade unions representing healthcare professionals have reacted angrily to the government's submission to the NHS Pay Review Body for 2026/27.

CORRIDOR CARE

Ministers must 'set a date' to end corridor care

By Liz Wells 31 October 2025

A third of people said they would be less likely to go to hospital because of the Corridor Care crisis, and 53% said that they would feel more anxious if they found themselves there, a new survey s...

THE NUFFIELD TRUST

State of district nursing workforce a 'reality check' Government's NHS reforms

By Liz Wells 31 October 2025

Government plans to move more NHS care into the community won’t be achievable unless action is taken to address the ‘dire state’ of district nursing, with an estimated one in four district nurses h...

COMMUNITY

Millions more using online GP consultation requests

By Liz Wells 30 October 2025

Millions of people are using online consultation requests to contact their GP practice each month, new NHS data reveals.

ONS

Children in long-term workless households reaches nine-year high

By Liz Wells 30 October 2025

An estimated 1.2 million children (9.4%) lived in long-term workless households last year, up 1.2 percentage points on 2023, new data reveals.

WORKFORCE

Hospital leaders report surgery delays due to anaesthetist shortages

By Liz Wells 30 October 2025

Patients are facing regular delays to their planned operations because hospitals do not have enough anaesthetists, a new report reveals.

NHS SBS

NHS SBS solution makes sexual health services easier to access online

By Liz Wells 30 October 2025

Corporate services provider NHS Shared Business Services (NHS SBS) has unveiled a new Online Sexual Health Services framework agreement to help local authorities and NHS healthcare organisations de...