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Drug prices look set to increase

By Liz Wells 09 October 2025

The price the NHS pays for drugs looks set to rise as Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer is set to agree to US President Donald Trump’s demands to pay pharmaceutical companies more money, in a bid to ...

WAITING LIST

Waiting list rises for third consecutive month

By Lee Peart 09 October 2025

The overall NHS waiting list rose for the third consecutive month by 11,988 in August to 7.41m.

PREVENTION

Government to crackdown on traders selling vapes to children

By Lee Peart 09 October 2025

New rules for retailers selling tobacco, vapes and nicotine products are being proposed by the Government.

INTEGRATED CARE

Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland and Northamptonshire ICB cluster approved

By Lee Peart 08 October 2025

NHS England and the Government have approved an ICB cluster covering Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland, and Northamptonshire.

'Decisive action has been taken' – trust responds to requires improvement rating

By Lee Peart 08 October 2025

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust (ESNEFT) said it has taken ‘decisive action’ after again being rated requires improvement for medical care and urgent and emergency care following ...

COMMUNITY

Urgent treatment centre brings care closer to home

By Lee Peart 07 October 2025

A re-designation of a Minor Injuries Unit (MIU) as an Urgent Treatment Centre (UTC) has brought care for a wider range of urgent but non-life-threatening health conditions closer to home.

WORKFORCE

Dorset strikes off after NHS England guidance

By Liz Wells 07 October 2025

Strike action involving hundreds of health staff in Dorset has been called off after NHS England issued guidance saying proposals to move staff into separate companies would be paused and would onl...

WORKFORCE

Trust targets 150 job cuts as part of cost improvement drive

By Lee Peart 07 October 2025

The Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust (RCHT) is proposing to 150 around job cuts to its admin workforce from just over 600 to around 450 as part of a national requirement to reduce corporate service s...

WORKFORCE

First-year doctors in England support strike action over jobs

By Liz Wells 07 October 2025

First-year resident doctors in England have voted ‘resoundingly’ for strike action over job security.

WORKFORCE

Surrey trusts select group director of transformation and digital

By Liz Wells 07 October 2025

Ruth Colburn Jackson has been appointed group director of transformation and digital across Royal Surrey and Ashford and St Peter's Hospitals NHS Foundation Trusts.