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Dorset strikes off after NHS England guidance

By Liz Wells 07 October 2025

Strike action involving hundreds of health staff in Dorset has been called off after NHS England issued guidance saying proposals to move staff into separate companies would be paused and would onl...

WORKFORCE

Trust targets 150 job cuts as part of cost improvement drive

By Lee Peart 07 October 2025

The Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust (RCHT) is proposing to 150 around job cuts to its admin workforce from just over 600 to around 450 as part of a national requirement to reduce corporate service s...

WORKFORCE

First-year doctors in England support strike action over jobs

By Liz Wells 07 October 2025

First-year resident doctors in England have voted ‘resoundingly’ for strike action over job security.

WORKFORCE

Surrey trusts select group director of transformation and digital

By Liz Wells 07 October 2025

Ruth Colburn Jackson has been appointed group director of transformation and digital across Royal Surrey and Ashford and St Peter's Hospitals NHS Foundation Trusts.

HEALTH INNOVATION MANCHESTER

Health Innovation Network appoints new executive chair

By Liz Wells 06 October 2025

Professor Ben Bridgewater has been appointed as the new executive chair of the Health Innovation Network, representing England’s 15 regional health innovation networks.

ANTISEMITISM

Streeting planning law change to stamp out NHS antisemitism

By Liz Wells 06 October 2025

Health secretary Wes Streeting is planning to change the law to make it easier for regulators to take action against antisemitism in the NHS, reports suggest.

PUBLIC HEALTH

Wider public health workforce will 'face shortages' without action

By Liz Wells 06 October 2025

The Royal Society of Public Health has revealed that professions such as pest control, food safety, and environmental health are facing recruitment and retention challenges that could 'pose signifi...

WORKFORCE

NHSE rejects claim Mackey supported surgeon linked to patient harm

By Lee Peart 06 October 2025

NHS England has said claims chief executive Sir Jim Mackey supported a surgeon linked with cases of avoidable harm are ‘categorically untrue’.

WORKFORCE

NHS Confederation and NHS Providers members back merger

By Lee Peart 06 October 2025

NHS Confederation and NHS Providers members have called for the bodies to fully merge.

SWANSEA BAY UNIVERSITY HEALTH BOARD

Swansea health workers want strike ballot after deal 'pulled at 11th hour'

By Liz Wells 03 October 2025

Healthcare support workers employed at Swansea Bay University Health Board want a ballot for strike action after being told a deal to 'correct years of underpayment' was pulled at the last minute.