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EAST KENT HOSPITALS UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST

Kent trust selects new chair

By Liz Wells 25 March 2025

East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust (EKHUFT) has chosen Dr Annette Doherty as its new chair.

CHESHIRE AND MERSEYSIDE DIAGNOSTICS PROGRAMME

Senior responsible officer for diagnostics in Cheshire and Merseyside appointed

By Liz Wells 25 March 2025

Cheshire and Merseyside Diagnostics Programme has chosen Rob Cooper as its new senior responsible officer (SRO).

SUSTAINABILITY

Trust awarded £1.3m for solar panel installation

By Lee Peart 25 March 2025

University Hospitals Dorset (UHD) has been awarded £1.3m to install further solar panels at Poole Hospital and the Royal Bournemouth Hospital (RBH).

INTEGRATED CARE

Decision to be made on closure of maternity and neonatal services

By Lee Peart 25 March 2025

A decision will be made this afternoon on proposals to close maternity and neonatal services at the Royal Free Hospital.

WALES

WEBINAR: Leaders debate how the NHS can think like a business

By Lee Peart 25 March 2025

Healthcare leaders and experts have debated how to get the NHS to think like a business during a webinar event.

WORKFORCE

Urgent action needed to 'protect victims of systemic bullying' in the NHS

By Liz Wells 25 March 2025

Urgent action is needed to protect victims of systemic bullying in the NHS, according to researchers from the University of Salford.

LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Care providers launch legal action over NICs rise

By Lee Peart 24 March 2025

Care England has launched legal action over the Government’s rise in National Insurance Contributions (NICs) for care providers.

WORKFORCE

Managerial aptitude not clinical performance is 'key to management success'

By Liz Wells 24 March 2025

NHS managers need to be appointed on merit of their managerial aptitude not clinical skills to do the job effectively, says a report by University of Central Lancashire researchers.

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Streeting considering 'next steps' following calls for maternity inquiry

By Lee Peart 24 March 2025

Health and social care secretary Wes Streeting said he is considering the Government’s ‘next steps’ following a meeting with families who had lost babies under the care of Nottingham University Hos...

TECHNOLOGY