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Almost half NHS trusts lack physiotherapist maternity cover funding

By Lee Peart 10 November 2026

Almost half (49%) NHS trusts in England lack maternity cover funding for physiotherapists.

WORKFORCE

Fraudster simultaneously held five public sector roles

By Lee Peart 10 November 2026

Kashim Chowdhury has been found guilty of holding five full-time jobs paying a full-time salary and being contracted to 183 hours of work per week.

WORKFORCE

Policy alone cannot reform the NHS: frontline staff must be empowered

09 November 2026

Emily Harrison, founder and managing director of Nexus Healthcare Education, explores why NHS reform risks stalling unless frontline teams are equipped to put policy into practice.

WORKFORCE

Trust recruits additional staff to tackle orthodontics backlog

By Lee Peart 09 November 2026

Lincolnshire Community and Hospitals NHS Group (LCHG) has recruited additional staff to tackle delays in orthodontic appointments.

WORKFORCE

BREAKING NEWS: Pay rise withheld from underperforming trust bosses

By Lee Peart 05 November 2026

Very senior managers (VSMs) at underperforming trusts will be excluded from the 2026/27 pay rise, NHSE has announced.

REGULATION

Doctor struck off after submitting sham CV

By Lee Peart 05 November 2026

A doctor who made over 20 false claims in his CV has been struck off following a hearing at the Medical Practitioners Tribunals Service.

COMMUNITY

Three-quarters of GP clinicians say AI scribe improves patient interactions

By Lee Peart 04 November 2026

Three-quarters (74%) of GP clinicians in a pilot across 55 general practices in Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire (BNSSG) found Heidi’s AI scribe improved patient interactions.

WORKFORCE

Moorfields Eye Hospital appoints Aruna Mehta as chair

By Lee Peart 04 November 2026

Arun Mehta has been appointed chair of Moorfields Eye Hospital from 1 November.

WORKFORCE

Health Innovation Kent Surrey Sussex makes board appointments

By Lee Peart 03 November 2026

Health Innovation Kent Surrey Sussex (KSS) has appointed Dr Nicolas Huber and Gautam Kainth as non-executive directors.

LOCAL GOVERNMENT

BREAKING NEWS: Five-year settlement rights given to health and care workers

By Lee Peart 02 November 2026

Care workers earning £25,000 and doctors and nurses will be given settlement rights after five years under reforms announced by the home secretary.

DIGITAL

Staff suspended over inappropriate access of Southport attack records

By Lee Peart 02 November 2026

Two staff members at Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital have been suspended as part of an investigation into inappropriate access of patients’ records connected to the Southport attacks of July 202...