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Union condemns hospital plan to cut managers' salaries

By Lee Peart 17 August 2026

The Managers in Partnership (MiP) union has condemned a hospital consultation to cut the salaries of managers at Blackpool Victoria Hospital.

REGULATION

NHSBT apologises over organ transplant data breach

By Lee Peart 17 August 2026

NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) has apologised after sending unencrypted data relating to people data and receiving organ transplants via pagers.

REGULATION

Surgeon suspended over sexual misconduct claims

By Lee Peart 17 August 2026

Mohammed Asif, a consultant lung specialist at the Golden Jubilee hospital in Clydebank, has been suspended over sexual misconduct allegations.

WORKFORCE

Hospitals breaching NHS maximum temperature limits

By Lee Peart 17 August 2026

All but one of 33 surveyed NHS trusts have breached NHS maximum temperature limits this summer, according to Lib Dem survey findings.

PREVENTION

NHS begins earliest ever winter preparations

By Lee Peart 17 August 2026

Millions of people are able to book their flu jab from today as health service starts its earliest ever winter preparations.

WORKFORCE

Consultants sign no confidence letter in group leadership

By Lee Peart 17 August 2026

A no-confident letter in the leadership of Humber Health Partnership has been signed by over three-quarters if consultants at Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust.

WORKFORCE

Jonathan Webb appointed NHS West Yorkshire ICB chief executive

By Lee Peart 17 August 2026

Jonathan Webb has been appointed chief executive of NHS West Yorkshire ICB.

PREVENTION

RSV vaccination halves intensive care admissions

By Lee Peart 13 August 2026

RSV intensive care admissions have more than halved following the introduction of an NHS vaccination programme.

WORKFORCE

Staffing shortages force temporary UTC and MIU closures

By Lee Peart 13 August 2026

Six urgent treatment centres (UTCs) and a minor injuries unit (MIU) run by Somerset NHS Foundation Trust are being frequently closed at short notice because of staffing shortages.

COMMUNITY

Trust group announces merger plans

By Lee Peart 13 August 2026

Two years after forming Lincolnshire Community and Hospitals NHS Group, Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust and United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust have announced plans to...