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PREVENTION

Public health team leads investigation into high infant mortality rate

By Lee Peart 24 September 2026

Public health workers at Warwickshire County Council are leading research into high infant mortality rates in Rugby.

KENT AND MEDWAY MENTAL HEALTH TRUST

Kent and Medway publishes Quality Improvement Plan

By Lee Peart 24 September 2026

Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust has published its new Quality Improvement Plan, building on over 200 improvements over the past year.

DIGITAL

Trust apologises for accident loss of maternity data

By Lee Peart 23 September 2026

Nottingham University Hospitals (NUH) NHS Trust has apologised after announcing the accidental loss of maternity data during routine technical work.

WORKFORCE

NHS North West regional chief pharmacist Karen O'Brien retires

By Lee Peart 23 September 2026

NHS North West regional chief pharmacist Karen O’Brien retires next week after a 51-year career.

WORKFORCE

Queen Victoria Hospital announces new leadership as part of group partnership

By Lee Peart 23 September 2026

Queen Victoria Hospital (QVH) has announced new leadership after it joined a strategic partnership between Ashford and St Peter’s Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (ASPH) and Royal Surrey NHS Foundati...

MATERNITY

Hospital 'not consistently keeping women and babies safe'

By Lee Peart 23 September 2026

A CQC inspection has found Worthing Hospital, run by University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust is not ‘consistently keeping women and babies safe’.

KEEP BRITAIN WORKING

Plans for UK's first Workplace Health System revealed

By Lee Peart 23 September 2026

Sir Charlie Mayfield has set out plans to deliver the UK’s first Workplace Health System.

REGULATION

Funding opportunity to establish centres of excellence

By Lee Peart 23 September 2026

Researchers, academic organisations, healthcare organisations, industry and innovators are being invited to bid for funding to establish four Centres of Excellence for Regulatory Science and Innova...

TOBACCO LAWS

Retailers urged to prepare for tobacco and vape laws

By Lee Peart 23 September 2026

Retailers are being urged to prepare for upcoming changes to tobacco and vape laws.

WORKFORCE

Operating department practitioner struck off for kissing colleague

By Lee Peart 23 September 2026

An operating department practitioner who kissed a colleague without their consent has been struck off by the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC).