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Lancashire County Council social care support staff balloted in pay grade row

By Liz Wells 04 August 2025

More than 200 social care support officers at Lancashire County Council are being asked to back further strikes in a long-running dispute over extra work and pay grades.

NORTHERN IRELAND EXECUTIVE

RCN Northern Ireland lodges formal dispute over failure to implement pay award

By Liz Wells 04 August 2025

The RCN has lodged a formal pay dispute with the Northern Ireland Executive and HSC employers.

WAITING TIMES

Welsh health board tells NHSE to keep patients waiting

By Lee Peart 04 August 2025

Hospitals in England have been told by Powys Teaching Health Board to keep its patients waiting as long as they would have to wait in Wales, it has been revealed.

PRIMARY CARE

Primary care research receives £630k funding boost

By Lee Peart 04 August 2025

Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust’s primary care research partners in north west London are to receive an additional £630,000 in funding.

WESTERN ISLES NHS BOARD

Chair reappointed to Western Isles NHS Board

By Liz Wells 04 August 2025

Gillian McCannon has been reappointed as chair of Western Isles NHS Board.

WORKFORCE

NHS protected thousands more appointments during doctors' strike

By Liz Wells 04 August 2025

More than 10,000 extra patients received care during last week’s five-day resident doctors’ strike, compared to similar industrial action last year (27 June – 2 July), new data reveals.

LOCAL GOVERNMENT

ICBs and councils replace vital services following NRS Healthcare collapse

By Lee Peart 04 August 2025

ICBs and councils around the country have announced new partnerships to replace vital services previously provided by NRS Healthcare after it went to liquidation last week.

PRIMARY CARE

Health minister sets out primary care expansion plans

By Lee Peart 01 August 2025

Northern Ireland health minister Mike Nesbitt has announced plans to create hundreds of thousands of additional primary care appointments.

LOCAL GOVERNMENT

BREAKING NEWS: Healthcare equipment maker goes into liquidation

By Lee Peart 01 August 2025

Healthcare equipment maker NRS Healthcare has gone into liquidation with a winding-up order having been issued.

DIGITAL WORKERS

Digital workers help trust beat backlog with speedy appointment booking

By Liz Wells 01 August 2025

A project that uses custom-built ‘digital workers’ to automate NHS admin is helping to speed up access to care for people in South Tyneside and Sunderland.