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Greater Manchester Mental Health chair to step down

By Lee Peart 21 October 2026

Professor Tony Warne, chair of Greater Manchester Mental Health (GMMH) NHS Foundation Trust, is to step down at the end of this year.

WORKFORCE

The deadly silence protecting dangerous doctors

By Paul Day 20 October 2026

A culture of silence, fear of retaliation and reluctance to challenge medical authority can allow dangerous practitioners to harm patients for years, according to two doctors who have examined criminal cases in healthcare.

WORKFORCE

BREAKING NEWS: UNISON slams 'derisory' 2.4% NHS staff pay proposal

By Lee Peart 19 October 2026

The Government’s proposal to the NHS Pay Review Body for a 2.4% rise for NHS staff has been dismissed as ‘derisory’ by UNISON.

DIGITAL

THE BIG INTERVIEW: Work smarter, not harder

By Lee Peart 19 October 2026

Dr Nadine Hachach-Haram, chief executive and founder of intelligent operating room system, Proximie, shares her mission to help the NHS ‘work smarter, not harder’.

WORKFORCE

Mental health trust chair to step down

By Lee Peart 15 October 2026

Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust (AWP) chair Paul Miller is to step down at the end of December.

WORKFORCE

EXCLUSIVE: Minister champions specialist doctors

14 October 2026

Following SAS Week, Parliamentary under-secretary of state in the Department of Health and Social Care, James Frith, outlines how the Government is supporting and championing this vital workforce.

WORKFORCE

East London NHS trust workers balloted over strike action

By Lee Peart 14 October 2026

Health workers, including mental health nurses, psychologists, health care assistants, and administrative workers, are being balloted over strike action.

INTEGRATED CARE

Stephanie Elsy appointed NHS Kent and Medway chair

By Lee Peart 14 October 2026

Stephanie Elsy has been appointed chair of NHS Kent and Medway ICB.

WORKFORCE

Basildon midwives win £750,000 over gas exposure

By Paul Day 13 October 2026

More than 120 maternity staff were exposed to nitrous oxide at up to 30 times the legal limit over two years, in a case described as the largest group action brought by midwives in the UK.

WORKFORCE

Government urged to retain five-year settlement period for healthcare workers

By Lee Peart 13 October 2026

NHS Employers and unions have urged the Government to retain the five-year settlement period for healthcare support workers and other NHS staff already living and working in the UK.

COMMUNITY