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Scottish Government launches new body to drive transformation across health and social care

By Liz Wells 04 March 2026

The Scottish Government has announced that a new body to drive transformation across the health and care system and the wider public sector will be established on 1 April 2026.

WOMEN AND EQUALITIES COMMITTEE

Improving menstrual health 'must be prioritised' in Women's Health Strategy and wider NHS reforms

By Liz Wells 04 March 2026

Women’s health is not being sufficiently prioritised in the Government’s system-wide NHS reforms, a new report warns.

NHS EMPLOYERS

NHS Employers unveils new director of pay, reward and employment relations

By Liz Wells 04 March 2026

NHS Employers has appointed Oonagh Monkhouse as director of pay, reward and employment relations.

DIGITAL

Public backs new NHS App functions

By Liz Wells 04 March 2026

The public backs most of the proposed new functions for the NHS App, new research reveals.

COMMUNITY

Trust restates commitment to urgent treatment centres

By Lee Peart 04 March 2026

North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust has restated its commitment to the future of Keswick and Penrith urgent treatment centres following ongoing temporary closures.

MEDICATION

Life-changing drug identified for children with rare epilepsy

By Liz Wells 04 March 2026

A new experimental treatment for children with a hard-to-treat form of epilepsy is safe and can reduce seizures dramatically, the findings of a UCL and Great Ormond Street Hospital-led internationa...

REGULATION

Man jailed for selling prescription-only medicines

By Lee Peart 04 March 2026

A man has been jailed for 10 years for selling prescription-only medicines online worth over £3.7m.

CORRIDOR CARE

Over 50,000 patients waited over 24 hours in corridor care

By Lee Peart 04 March 2026

Over 52,000 patients waited over 24 hours to be admitted to hospitals in the North West last year, an investigation has found.

FINANCE

North Yorkshire trusts appoint KPMG for financial review

By Lee Peart 04 March 2026

York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust have appointed KPMG to carry out a financial and governance review.

ESTATES

New safety concerns over flagship hospital

By Lee Peart 04 March 2026

New safety concerns have emerged at Glasgow's Queen Elizabeth University Hospital (QEUH), which is the subject of a national inquiry into alleged links between patient infections and its water syst...

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