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ICB scales back intensive care unit services due to recruitment challenges

ICB scales back intensive care unit services due to recruitment challenges

By Lee Peart 16 July 2025

A temporary suspension of Level 3 care at Furness General Hospital’s (FGH) intensive care unit has been made permanent due to staff shortages.

North West Ambulance Service strikes continue

By Liz Wells 16 July 2025

Ambulance workers in the north west are continuing strike action over the ‘withdrawal of bonus payments’.

'We're not kicking the can,' Streeting defends social care record

By Lee Peart 16 July 2025

Health and social care secretary Wes Streeting has defended the Government’s record on social care while giving evidence to MPs.

Government unveils Life Sciences Sector Plan to 'transform' NHS

By Liz Wells 16 July 2025

The government has launched a new Life Sciences Sector Plan, which sets out a 10-year mission to harness British science and innovation to deliver a stronger, prevention-focused NHS.

Strikes start at six Northumbria hospitals in 'missing wages row'

By Liz Wells 16 July 2025

Hundreds of healthcare assistants employed by Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust are set to walk out for two days today (16 July) in a dispute over ‘missing wages’.

Research aims to address health inequalities in Deaf communities

By Lee Peart 15 July 2025

Researchers at University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust (UHDB) are leading a new study to tackle long-standing health inequalities in the Deaf* community.

Call to increase vaccination uptake following measles death

By Lee Peart 15 July 2025

Cllr David Fothergill, chairman of the Local Government Association’s Community Wellbeing Board, said there was an urgent need to address falling immunisation rates after a child died at Alder Hey ...

Four key drivers behind youth mental health crisis identified

By Lee Peart 15 July 2025

Financial insecurity, deteriorating sleep quality, social media use and cuts to children's and youth services have been identified as the leading drivers in the recent alarming decline in mental he...

Fifth of trainee doctors feel hesitant about escalating patient care

By Liz Wells 15 July 2025

More than one in five trainee doctors have felt hesitant about escalating patient care, new research reveals.

Councils social care overspend reaches decade high

By Lee Peart 15 July 2025

Council overspent their adult social care budgets by a decade high of £774m in 2024/25, ADASS has revealed.

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 The Civic Centre, Churchill Court, 2 Westmoreland Road, BR1 1AS  BR10-11 (£38,633 – £40,770)

RECRUITER: London Borough of Bromley

Service Director Children, Young People and Families

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RECRUITER: Plymouth City Council

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frederica-diamanta

EHC Coordinator – SEN, Education Directorate

 BR10-11 (£38,633 – £40,770)

 The Civic Centre, Churchill Court, 2 Westmoreland Road, BR1 1AS  BR10-11 (£38,633 – £40,770)

RECRUITER: London Borough of Bromley

Service Director Children, Young People and Families

up to £122k

Plymouth, Devonup to £122k

RECRUITER: Plymouth City Council

Social Care Team Manager

Band I, SCP 44 - 47 (£55,609 - £59,027) per annum

Sandwell, West MidlandsBand I, SCP 44 - 47 (£55,609 - £59,027) per annum

RECRUITER: Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council