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Biomedics escalate strike action over holiday pay dispute

By Lee Peart 15 September 2026

Biomedics at Royal Blackburn Teaching Hospital and Burnley General Teaching Hospital are escalating strike action this week in a dispute over holiday pay.

WORKFORCE

MPs endorse CQC chair appointment

By Lee Peart 14 September 2026

The Health and Social Care Committee has endorsed the Government’s intention to appoint Baroness Julia Neuberger as chair of the Care Quality Commission (CQC).

WORKFORCE

Call for resumption of talks to fix NHS salary scales

By Lee Peart 14 September 2026

Fourteen unions have called on the Government to resume talk to fix Agenda for Change (AfC) salary scales which they say have failed to keep pace with other parts of the NHS.

WORKFORCE

Chair to stand down when term ends in November

By Lee Peart 14 September 2026

Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust (SASH) chair, Dr Anita Donley, is to step down when her current term ends on 30 November 2026.

WORKFORCE

Staffing gaps behind home birth safety concerns

By Lee Peart 14 September 2026

Gaps in staffing levels are behind concerns about home birth safety, according to a national safety review.

DIGITAL

Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust appoints first chief digital officer

By Lee Peart 14 September 2026

Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust (CLCH) has appointed James Fleming as its first chief digital officer.

WORKFORCE

BREAKING NEWS: Humber trusts to scrap group structure

By Lee Peart 10 September 2026

Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) and Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) have agreed to end their Humber Health Partnership group structure.

WORKFORCE

Three-day strike action launched at Guy's and St Thomas'

By Lee Peart 09 September 2026

Three days of strike action over pay and workplace issues have been launched by band 2 workers at Guy’s and St Thomas’.

WORKFORCE

Day of strike action cancelled after NCA bosses agree to talks

By Lee Peart 09 September 2026

Strike action by operating staff at four hospitals run by Northern Care Alliance (NCA) Foundation Trust on Monday, 14 September has been called off after bosses agreed to talks this Friday.

WORKFORCE

Hot weather causes London Ambulance Service's busiest summer

By Lee Peart 09 September 2026

London Ambulance Service reported its busiest summer ever amid record temperatures.

WORKFORCE

Guy's and St Thomas' chair to continue until successor found

By Lee Peart 09 September 2026

Charles Alexander, chairman of Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, has said he will continue in his post until a successor is appointed with his term set to expire in December 2026.