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NHS Forth Valley launches plan to tackle racism

By Liz Wells 24 February 2026

NHS Forth Valley has launched a new anti-racism plan, which sets out the health board’s commitment to identify and challenge racism wherever it exists and drive meaningful change for all patients, ...

CWM TAF MORGANNWG UNIVERSITY HEALTH BOARD

Health visitors in Wales strike over pay

By Liz Wells 24 February 2026

Health workers at Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board, in South Wales, have begun four-weeks of industrial action over incorrect pay banding.

WORKFORCE

Chesterfield Royal Hospital selects new chair

By Liz Wells 24 February 2026

Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust has appointed former Nursing and Midwifery Council chief executive Jackie Smith as its new chair.

WORKFORCE

New app to help refugees explore careers in NHS

By Liz Wells 24 February 2026

NHS Employers, in partnership with Ryalto, has launched a new app designed to help refugees explore and access employment opportunities across the NHS.

DIGITAL

Three-quarters of healthcare professionals fear AI could replace roles

By Liz Wells 23 February 2026

Healthcare workers are among the most concerned in the UK about the impact of AI on jobs, patient care and public trust, a new survey reveals.

NHS CONFEDERATION

Data and the destination

23 February 2026

New local productivity data is a useful tool but only if it is used to understand what enables good care rather than to apportion blame, writes Matthew Taylor, chief executive of the NHS Confedera...

PATIENT COMMUNICATION

Left-shift views - comms and cultural change

23 February 2026

Our correspondent Melissa Harvard looks outside the box to provide a radical solution for healthcare

NHS LANARKSHIRE

NHS Lanarkshire welcomes new director of dentistry

By Liz Wells 19 February 2026

NHS Lanarkshire has appointed of Geraldeen Irving as its new director of dentistry, strengthening leadership for dental services across the region.

WORKFORCE

Two people sentenced in connection with misuse of hospital data

By Liz Wells 18 February 2026

Two people have been sentenced in connection with data breaches at Kettering General Hospital.

WORKFORCE

Ten healthcare workers arrested in police investigation into serious allegations

By Liz Wells 18 February 2026

Ten staff members at St Andrew's Hospital, Northampton, have been arrested and bailed on charges, including wilful neglect and ill treatment.

NHS COUNTER FRAUD AUTHORITY

Suspended sentences for paramedic and recruiter who defrauded £60k from NHS

By Liz Wells 18 February 2026

A former NHS locum paramedic and a recruitment consultant have received suspended sentences after defrauding the NHS out of more than £60,000, following an NHS Counter Fraud Authority (NHSCFA) inve...