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RCGPs calls on home secretary to remove barriers for international GPs

By Liz Wells 28 November 2025

The Royal College of GPs has written to Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood calling for urgent action to address the barriers International Medical Graduates (IMGs), who have completed their GP specialt...

COMMUNITY

Streeting hits out BMA over GP contracts changes

By Liz Wells 28 November 2025

Health secretary Wes Streeting has accused the BMA of being 'impossible' and issuing 'misleading' information.

RESIDENT DOCTORS

BMA to ballot resident doctors in England to extend strike mandate

By Liz Wells 28 November 2025

The BMA resident doctors committee in England (RDC) is to reballot its members for another six months of industrial action.

ADASS

EXCLUSIVE: ICB restructuring having 'big impact' on local areas

By Lee Peart 28 November 2025

Significant disruption to the delivery of local services is being caused by ICB restructuring, according to ADASS president Jess McGregor.

SOCIAL CARE

Health minister warns of 'forces of division and darkness'

By Lee Peart 27 November 2025

Health minister Stephen Kinnock has warned there are ‘forces of division and darkness waiting at the gate’ if the Government does not get health and social care reform right.

NHS CONFEDERATION

Report sets out how to make integrated health organisations a success

By Liz Wells 27 November 2025

The ingredients of a successful integrated health organisation (IHO) are set out in a new policy paper by The NHS Confederation and UK and Ireland law firm Browne Jacobson.

PEOPLE MOVES

Leader appointed for Health Data Research Service

By Liz Wells 27 November 2025

Baroness Nicola Blackwood has been appointed as chair of the Health Data Research Service (HDRS), which will transform how researchers and innovators access health and care data across the UK.

BMA

BMA staff launch formal pay dispute

By Liz Wells 27 November 2025

Staff at the BMA have entered into a formal dispute with their employer in a row over pay.

COMMUNITY

GPs managed record number of online requests in October

By Liz Wells 27 November 2025

More than eight million people submitted their GP request online during October 2025, up 21% on September and a 68% increase on last year, new data reveals.

DONCASTER AND BASSETLAW TEACHING HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST

Strike action takes place within Bassetlaw Hospital's ICU

By Liz Wells 27 November 2025

Strike action started within the intensive care unit at Bassetlaw Hospital this morning (27 November) and is due to last until 7:45am on 29 November.

REGULATION

MHRA and NICE receive £2m Wellcome funding for digital mental health tech

By Lee Peart 27 November 2025

The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) and the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) have secured a £2m funding boost from Wellcome to improve safety and ...