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WELSH AMBULANCE SERVICE

Welsh Ambulance Service staff to vote on strike action over pay award

By Liz Wells 23 October 2025

Welsh Ambulance Service staff are to be balloted for industrial action over their below-inflation pay award.

EAST OF ENGLAND AMBULANCE SERVICE TRUST

Strike action averted at East of England Ambulance Service

By Liz Wells 23 October 2025

The East of England Ambulance Service Trust (EEAST) has avoided industrial action after proposed changes to working arrangements were scrapped.

WELSH GOVERNMENT

Prevention has 'power to radically improve' Wales' health

By Liz Wells 22 October 2025

More focus on prevention and public health is needed to improve people’s long-term health in Wales, according to Mental Health and Wellbeing Minister Sarah Murphy.

ROYAL BERKSHIRE NHS FOUNDATION TRUST

Royal Berkshire trust chief executive to step down

By Liz Wells 22 October 2025

Steve McManus, the chief executive of the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust, is to step down in July after nearly a decade at the helm.

WORKFORCE

Streeting and Reeves reported at loggerheads over redundancy payments

By Lee Peart 21 October 2025

Health and social care secretary Wes Street and chancellor Rachel Reeves are in a stand-off over a £1.3bn bill for NHS redundancies, according to reports.

NHS CHESHIRE AND MERSEYSIDE

Interim chair confirmed for Cheshire and Merseyside ICB

By Liz Wells 21 October 2025

Sir David Henshaw has been confirmed as the new interim chair of NHS Cheshire and Merseyside for up to 18 months.

DIGITAL

UK's largest robotic-assisted surgery training centre opens

By Liz Wells 21 October 2025

Intuitive, a global technology leader in minimally invasive care, has opened its new UK & Ireland headquarters, which includes the UK’s largest da Vinci robotic-assisted surgery (RAS) training centre.

NHS SOUTH YORKSHIRE ICB

South Yorkshire ICB selects interim chief executive

By Liz Wells 21 October 2025

South Yorkshire ICB has appointed Chris Edwards as interim chief executive until 31 March 2026, following the recent retirement of Gavin Boyle.

WORKFORCE

Chair of Cumbria trust steps down because of ill health

By Liz Wells 20 October 2025

Steven Morgan has stepped down from his role as chair of North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust (NCIC) following a period of illness.

WORKFORCE

NHS faces 'new normal' sickness crisis

By Liz Wells 20 October 2025

NHS staff sickness has settled at a substantially higher, "new normal" baseline since the pandemic, pointing to a worsening and sustained health crisis among healthcare workers, new analysis reveals.