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REGULATION

Mental health trust's leadership rated requires improvement

By Lee Peart 23 October 2025

Leadership at Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust (NSFT) has been rated requires improvement by the CQC.

EAST OF ENGLAND AMBULANCE SERVICE TRUST

Strike action averted at East of England Ambulance Service

By Liz Wells 23 October 2025

The East of England Ambulance Service Trust (EEAST) has avoided industrial action after proposed changes to working arrangements were scrapped.

WOMEN'S HEALTH

Menopause to be added to routine NHS health checks

By Liz Wells 23 October 2025

Millions of women across England will benefit from the menopause being included in routine NHS health checks for the first time.

CQC

BREAKING NEWS: CQC chief executive steps down over maternity inquiry

By Liz Wells 23 October 2025

Sir Julian Hartley is stepping down as chief executive of the CQC with immediate effect due to his links with Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, which is the subject of an independent inquiry into...

SEND

SEND crisis: EHCP demand soars 250%, warns IPPR

By Lee Peart 23 October 2025

The UK’s system for supporting children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) is ‘no longer fit for purpose’, according to a new report by the Institute for Public Policy Research ...

ESTATES

Work begins on £17.8m diagnostic centre

By Lee Peart 23 October 2025

Construction work has begun on a £17.8m NHS diagnostic centre in Bridgwater, Somerset.

DIGITAL

NHS trusts trial digital app to help patients quit smoking

By Liz Wells 22 October 2025

Patients admitted to selected acute and mental health NHS trusts in the North East and Yorkshire are being offered access to a digital app to help them quit smoking as part of a new pilot.

DIGITAL