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SOCIAL CARE

Visiting rights in hospitals and care homes to be strengthened

By Lee Peart 19 March 2026

Visiting rights in hospitals, care homes and hospices are to be strengthened under Government legislation.

DIGITAL

Streeting warned NHS technological revolution must not come at expense of staff

By Liz Wells 18 March 2026

Health Secretary Wes Streeting needs to pursue his digital transformation strategy for the NHS with great care, says the Society of Occupational Medicine (SOM).

NATIONAL SOCIAL WORK AGENCY

National agency set to transform social work in Scotland

By Liz Wells 18 March 2026

Scotland's National Social Work Agency (NSWA), a dedicated body to drive improvement and support social work workforce, has launched.

REGULATION

Patients to get new medicines up to six months earlier

By Lee Peart 18 March 2026

Patients are to get some new medicines up to six months earlier under a streamlined approval process launched by the MHRA and NICE.

ASSISTED DYING

Scottish Parliament votes against assisted dying

By Lee Peart 18 March 2026

Members of the Scottish Parliament (MSPs) have voted against an assisted dying bill.

REGULATION

Legislation to make non-surgical procedures safer passed in Scotland

By Liz Wells 18 March 2026

The Non-surgical Procedures and Functions of Medical Reviewers (Scotland) Bill, which regulates higher-risk cosmetic procedures such as Botox and fillers, has been passed.

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Neighbourhood health targets set out by NHSE

By Lee Peart 18 March 2026

Targets for the neighbourhood health programme have been announced by NHSE.

WORKFORCE

Nottinghamshire trust selects new chief executive

By Liz Wells 18 March 2026

Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust has appointed Mark Axcell as its new chief executive.

INTEGRATED CARE

Hospices face 'funding cliff-edge', MPs warn

By Lee Peart 18 March 2026

Hospices face a ‘funding cliff-edge’ in April with the Government and NHS England failing to respond with the urgency the critical situation demands, MPs have warned.

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BREAKING NEWS: 'Not currently a national incident,' Streeting reassures on meningitis

By Lee Peart 18 March 2026

Health and social care secretary Wes Streeting has said the meningitis outbreak which has so far claimed two lives in Canterbury is ‘not currently a national incident’.

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