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Flavell to leave Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust

By Liz Wells 14 November 2024

Hayley Flavell, executive director of nursing at The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust, is leaving the trust at the end of November.

Midlands trust reverses plan to cut overtime rates

By Liz Wells 14 November 2024

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust has agreed to lift the changes it made to pre-existing pay rates for doctors who do extra work, above and beyond their contracted working week.

Birth defects to be prevented by fortifying flour with folic acid

By Liz Wells 14 November 2024

Legislation is being introduced that will require millers and flour producers to fortify non-wholemeal wheat flour with folic acid from the end of 2026.

NHS Grampian trials tech to help patients self-administer drugs

By Liz Wells 14 November 2024

The medical ward at Royal Aberdeen Children’s Hospital has provided the first testing site in the UK for a new intelligent cabinet, which stores routine medicines securely and alerts patients when ...

Merseyside trusts appoint joint chair and chief executive

By Liz Wells 13 November 2024

Wirral Community Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust (WCHC) and Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (WUTH) have appointed Sir David Henshaw as joint chair and Janelle Holmes a...

Pharmacies vote to reduce services after funding cuts

By Liz Wells 13 November 2024

Pharmacy owners in England, Wales and Northern Ireland have voted in favour of the first collective action in their history.

Streeting pledges to contain NHS agency spend

By Liz Wells 12 November 2024

The government and NHS England are set to reveal plans to reduce the service's reliance on agency staff, which costs £3bn a year. 

Trusts braced for another gruelling winter

By Liz Wells 12 November 2024

Trust leaders are bracing themselves for another tough winter with concerns mounting over whether the health service can meet key performance targets, a new NHS Providers survey reveals.

NHS rolls out new 'stop-smoking' drug

By Liz Wells 12 November 2024

An improved anti-smoking drug is to be rolled out on the NHS in England in a bid to save thousands of lives.

Ask Dr Bob - class conflict

By Liz Wells 11 November 2024

Our resident expert tackles your management dilemmas