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Primary Care services in Northern Ireland at 'risk of collapse' without government intervention

By Liz Wells 03 December 2024

Community pharmacists, GPs, dentists and optometrists must be protected from the National Insurance Contribution increases to continue delivering primary care services, the four bodies representing...

Sussex trust to drive transformation with Nervecentre

By Liz Wells 03 December 2024

East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust has become the latest acute trust to select Nervecentre as its preferred electronic patient record (EPR) supplier.

Most people open to sharing health data to develop AI in the NHS

By Liz Wells 03 December 2024

Three-quarters of the public support sharing some of their personal health data for the development of artificial intelligence systems in the NHS, new research reveals.

DHSC leader becomes head of civil service

By Liz Wells 02 December 2024

Sir Chris Wormald, the current leader of the Department of Health and Social Care, has been appointed as the prime minister’s most senior official and head of the service.

Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire West ICB selects new chief medical officer

By Liz Wells 02 December 2024

Dr Ben Riley has been appointed as chief medical officer of NHS Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire West ICB.

Plummeting visa numbers leave social care sector 'in crisis'

By Liz Wells 02 December 2024

Care England is ‘gravely concerned’ by new figures showing a 65% drop in health and care worker visa grants over the past year.

AI tool offers insights to improve safety in maternity care

By Liz Wells 02 December 2024

An artificial intelligence (AI) tool that identifies the key human factors influencing maternity care outcomes, supporting ongoing efforts to improve safety for mothers and babies, has been develop...

Hundreds of South London hospital workers march on ISS HQ

By Liz Wells 02 December 2024

GMB members employed by ISS within Croydon NHS and South London and Maudsley NHS Trusts are demonstrating outside ISS headquarters in Canary Wharf today (2 December).

International nurse recruitment slows in UK

By Liz Wells 02 December 2024

The register of all nursing and midwifery professionals who can practise in the UK has reached a record 841,367, but a pillar of recent growth – international recruitment – has slowed in pace, new ...

Alder Hey operating as normal amid ransomware claims

By Liz Wells 02 December 2024

Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust says its services are ‘operating as normal’ amid ransomware claims.