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Waiting list drops again despite record winter

By Lee Peart 12 March 2026

The NHS waiting list fell again in January despite record winter demand.

NHS England endorses NHS SBS framework agreements

By Lee Peart 12 March 2026

NHS Shared Business Services (NHS SBS) has secured NHS England endorsements for two framework agreements.

REGULATION

Coroner finds admin error led to worse care

By Lee Peart 12 March 2026

A coroner has found a mistake on a form led to worse care for an 88-year-old woman who later died.

SOCIAL CARE

Casey urged to consider potential of LATCos for social care

By Paul Marinko 11 March 2026

Baroness Louise Casey has been urged to look at local authority trading companies (LATCo) providing an ‘antidote’ to billions of pounds being drained from social care.

DIGITAL

Over 3,100 families take part in early genetic testing study

By Lee Peart 11 March 2026

Bristol NHS Group has helped over 3,100 families to take part in a national project to detect rare but treatable genetic conditions at birth.

INTEGRATED CARE

Trust wins community health services contract

By Lee Peart 11 March 2026

NHS Lancashire and South Cumbria ICB has awarded the contract for community health services in West Lancashire to NHS Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (MWL).

ESTATES

Clinical research suite opens in Peterborough

By Lee Peart 11 March 2026

A clinical research suite has been opened by Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust (CPFT).

PREVENTION

Call for national eating disorder health register

By Lee Peart 11 March 2026

Leading mental health charities, MPs and clinicians have called for a national strategy for eating disorders.

CORRIDOR CARE

BREAKING NEWS: Corridor care 'actively killing patients', MPs told

By Lee Peart 11 March 2026

Corridor care is ‘being normalised’ and ‘progressively getting worse’, an MPs’ committee has heard.

GLOUCESTERSHIRE HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST

Gloucestershire phlebotomists end year-long NHS strike

By Liz Wells 11 March 2026

Phlebotomists at Gloucestershire Royal and Cheltenham General hospitals have voted to accept a pay review offer that brings their long-running strike to a close.