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PREVENTION

RSV vaccine cuts baby hospital admissions by up to 85%

By Lee Peart 20 April 2026

Maternal RSV vaccinations provide over 80% protection for newborn infants, according to a new survey.

PREVENTION

Three meningitis cases reported in Dorset

By Lee Peart 20 April 2026

Antibiotics and MenB vaccinations are being offered to young people after three cases of meningitis were reported in Weymouth, Dorset.

WORKFORCE

Nursing apprenticeships targeted at deprived areas

By Lee Peart 20 April 2026

Backed by a £65.4m, the Government has targeted 2,000 nursing apprenticeships in areas facing the greatest training shortages and highest levels of deprivation.

LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Improvement notice lifted on Oxfordshire's SEND services

By Lee Peart 20 April 2026

An improvement notice for SEND services in Oxfordshire issued following an inspection by Ofsted and the Care Quality Commission in 2023 has been lifted.

COMMUNITY

Deadline set to submit neighbourhood health centre proposals

By Lee Peart 17 April 2026

NHS regions have been given to 28 May to set out their criteria for the next wave of neighbourhood health centres (NHCs).

WORKFORCE

North East trusts plan to cut 600 jobs by 2028

By Lee Peart 17 April 2026

County Durham and Darlington and University Hospitals Tees trusts have both confirmed plans to cut 600 jobs.

MENTAL HEALTH

'We have a once in a career opportunity to transform services', mental health leader says

By Lee Peart 17 April 2026

Mental health trusts have a ‘once in a career opportunity to transform services’, according to Dr Nick Broughton.

REGULATION

Police expand scope of medical negligence investigation

By Lee Peart 17 April 2026

A police investigation into allegations of medical negligence at University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust has been expanded to include a small number of cases relating to cardiothoracic sur...

ESTATES