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New £38m radiotherapy unit to improve access to cancer care

By Lee Peart 31 March 2025

A £38m radiotherapy unit in Abergavenny will bring additional radiotherapy capacity to south east Wales cancer treatment services.

ESTATES

Surgical centre to help reduce hospital waiting times

By Lee Peart 31 March 2025

A surgical centre has been opened at Ashford Hospital in Surrey to meet growing demand for elective procedures and help cut waiting times.

TECHNOLOGY

AI-powered respiratory diagnostics set to transform NHS lung care

By Liz Wells 31 March 2025

The NHS is to introduce N-Tidal Diagnose, an AI-powered test that is set to transform the way serious lung conditions are detected and managed, from April 2025.

INTEGRATED CARE

ICB 'far too hasty' with hospital closure plans

By Lee Peart 31 March 2025

Plans to shut a community hospital in Sussex have been described as ‘utterly inadequate’.

NHS SUFFOLK AND NORTH EAST ESSEX INTEGRATED CARE BOARD

Suffolk and North East Essex ICB confirms job cuts

By Liz Wells 31 March 2025

Suffolk and North East Essex Integrated Care Board (SNEE ICB) is to reduce its workforce by 468 across West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust and East Suffolk and North Essex Foundation Trust (ESNEFT).

ESTATES

Green light given for new urgent treatment centre

By Lee Peart 31 March 2025

Planning permission has been granted for a new urgent treatment centre in Newcastle upon Tyne.

ESTATES

Trust secures £6m solar energy funding for three hospitals

By Lee Peart 31 March 2025

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust has secured £6m in Government funding to install solar panels and energy storage systems across three hospitals.

PHARMACY

Pharmacies to launch new services under record funding deal

By Liz Wells 31 March 2025

DHSC has agreed a new funding deal with Community Pharmacy England worth an extra £617m over two years after a six-week consultation.

MATERNITY

Council seeks assurances over maternity ward closure

By Lee Peart 31 March 2025

Camden Council has sought assurances over plans for the closure of the maternity ward at the Royal Free Hospital.

REGULATION

Coroner delivers damning verdict on trust's maternity services

By Lee Peart 28 March 2025

A coroner has delivered a damning verdict on maternity services at by University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust following an inquest into the death of Ida Lock.