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NORTHUMBRIA HEALTHCARE NHS FOUNDATION TRUST

Northumbria Health and Care Academy officially opens

By Liz Wells 05 June 2025

Northumbria Health and Care Academy, a facility providing training and education to current and future NHS nurses, midwives and allied health professionals, has officially opened.

NORTH EAST AND NORTH CUMBRIA ICB

North East and North Cumbria ICB launches medicines strategy

By Liz Wells 05 June 2025

North East and North Cumbria ICB has unveiled a new medicines strategy, to cut down on unnecessary prescriptions and make the best use of NHS resources.

Free school meals eligibility expanded by Government

By Lee Peart 05 June 2025

The Government has announced it is providing over half a million more free school meals.

MENTAL HEALTH

Mental health 'secondary status' jeopardises 'three shifts', leaders warn

By Lee Peart 05 June 2025

The ‘secondary status’ of mental health risks undermining delivery of the Government’s ‘three shifts’, NHS trust leaders have warned.

WORKFORCE

Gloucestershire phlebotomists urge chief executive to meet them face to face

By Liz Wells 04 June 2025

Striking phlebotomists at Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust have written to chief executive Kevin McNamara to call for direct face-to-face talks to resolve their ongoing pay dispute.

WORKFORCE

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,...