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Swansea Bay health workers secure back pay deal

By Liz Wells 27 October 2025

Swansea Bay University Health Board has agreed a deal to settle a long-running dispute with more than 1,000 healthcare support workers.

LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Local authorities to fund half of increased labour costs under fair pay agreement

By Lee Peart 27 October 2025

Local authorities are projected to fund over half (52%) of increased labour costs passed on by providers as a result of the fair pay agreement for social care, analysis has fund.

WORKFORCE

RCN reports surge in members facing racist abuse

By Liz Wells 27 October 2025

The RCN has reported a 55% increase in racism complaints from its members in three years, with its advice line receiving three calls a day from global majority nursing staff from across the UK.

DIGITAL

Prostate surgery innovation helps tackle waiting lists

By Lee Peart 27 October 2025

Pioneering robot-assisted technology has helped Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust treat a record number of men in a single day with enlarged prostates.

WORKFORCE

North East trust appoints new interim chair

By Liz Wells 27 October 2025

County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust (CDDFT) has appointed Alison Marshall as interim chair.

REGULATION

Regulator makes record illicit weight loss medicine seizure

By Lee Peart 27 October 2025

Officers from the Criminal Enforcement Unit (CEU) of the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) have made a record seizure at an illicit weight loss medicine production facility.

WORKFORCE

Government will not be 'held to ransom' by striking doctors, says Streeting

By Liz Wells 27 October 2025

Health secretary Wes Streeting says the government will not 'be held to ransom' by striking doctors.

ESTATES

NHS delivers 500,000 extra appointments through independent sector

By Lee Peart 27 October 2025

Almost 500,000 additional NHS appointments have been delivered through the independent sector.

ESTATES

Record healthcare property investment forecast for 2025

By Lee Peart 27 October 2025

Record annual property investment of £12bn in 2025 has been forecast by global property adviser Knight Frank.

DHSC

Funding gap could derail waiting times progress and NHS reforms, warn leaders

By Lee Peart 27 October 2025

A £3bn funding gap due to redundancy costs, industrial action and higher drug prices could derail progress on NHS waiting lists and reforms, leaders have warned.