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Government unveils £50m boost for mental health research

By Liz Wells 10 October 2025

The government is to invest up to £50m over the next five years to develop more effective treatments for mental health conditions.

Scottish Parliament publishes bill to regulate commonly-performed cosmetic procedures

By Liz Wells 10 October 2025

The Scottish Parliament has published a new bill to regulate some of the most commonly performed non-surgical procedures.

UHNM appoints chief medical officer

By Liz Wells 09 October 2025

University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust (UHNM) has selected Dr Di Adamson as its new chief medical officer.

Humber Health Partnership selects new interim chair

By Liz Wells 09 October 2025

NHS Humber Health Partnership, a partnership between Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust and Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust, has appointed Murray Macdonald as its new...

UK and US regulators forge new collaboration on medical technologies and AI

By Liz Wells 09 October 2025

The MHRA has outlined moves to deepen collaboration with the US on medical technology regulation, with initiatives to accelerate innovation, strengthen patient safety, and reduce transatlantic barr...

Three-quarters of GPs say patient safety is being 'compromised' by workload

By Liz Wells 09 October 2025

Almost 75% of GPs report that patient safety is being compromised by their workload pressures, new research reveals.

Job advisers to be embedded in GP surgeries

By Liz Wells 09 October 2025

Nine additional areas across England are to benefit from a £167m investment in Connect to Work.

Drug prices look set to increase

By Liz Wells 09 October 2025

The price the NHS pays for drugs looks set to rise as Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer is set to agree to US President Donald Trump’s demands to pay pharmaceutical companies more money, in a bid to ...

Dorset strikes off after NHS England guidance

By Liz Wells 07 October 2025

Strike action involving hundreds of health staff in Dorset has been called off after NHS England issued guidance saying proposals to move staff into separate companies would be paused and would onl...

First-year doctors in England support strike action over jobs

By Liz Wells 07 October 2025

First-year resident doctors in England have voted ‘resoundingly’ for strike action over job security.