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Call for ban on patient brokering in addiction treatment services

By Lee Peart 05 December 2025

A ban on patient brokering in addiction treatment services has been called for by the Local Government Association (LGA).

COMMUNITY

Framework launched to help respiratory patients stay well at home

By Lee Peart 05 December 2025

A new framework designed to help respiratory patients stay well at home this winter has been launched by NHS Shared Business Services (NHS SBS).

PREVENTION

Government pledges to lift half a million children out of poverty

By Lee Peart 05 December 2025

The Government has pledged to lift half a million children out of poverty by 2030.

GMC

GMC unveils new deputy medical director

By Liz Wells 05 December 2025

The GMC has appointed Professor Alan Denison as its new deputy medical director.

IMPERIAL COLLEGE HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST

Imperial College Healthcare appoints chief operating officer

By Liz Wells 05 December 2025

Ian Bateman has been appointed as chief operating officer at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust.

NURSES

Sharp drop in international recruitment of nurses and midwives

By Liz Wells 05 December 2025

The number of nurses, midwives and nursing associates who can practise in the UK has risen to a record 860,801, but there has been a sharp fall in international recruitment, new data reveals.

COMMUNITY

Local people invited to take control of £20m Pride in Place investment

By Lee Peart 04 December 2025

Local people are being invited to join neighbourhood boards to decide how £20m will be spent in their communities over the next decade.

SEND

Government confirms access to early SEND support

By Liz Wells 04 December 2025

The government has confirmed that new community-based early SEND intervention is to roll out in every Best Start Family Hub from April.

DHSC

Streeting says NHS will 'weather the storm' of flu-demic and strikes

By Lee Peart 04 December 2025

Health and social care secretary Wes Streeting has said the NHS will seek to ‘weather the storm’ in the face of record flu levels and December strikes.

GPS

Over quarter of GPs use AI but national policy 'failing' to keep up with pace of change

By Liz Wells 04 December 2025

More than a quarter of GPs (28%) say they use AI tools to help with their work but they are faced with a ‘wild west’ when deciding which tools to use and how, due to a lack of consistent national g...