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BEST PRACTICE

Planned Care Centre welcomes first patients

By Lee Peart 10 December 2024

The £48m East Midlands Planned Care Centre (EMPCC) at Leicester General Hospital has welcomed its first patients.

AMANDA PRITCHARD

Streeting urges NHS to prioritise patient safety

By Lee Peart 10 December 2024

Health and social care secretary Wes Streeting has urged NHS leaders to prioritise patient safety during a meeting to address record winter pressures.

UNISON

Councils urged to back National Care Service to fix 'broken' system

By Lee Peart 10 December 2024

Unison has called on councils to back its campaign for a National Care Service to fix the broken social care system.

WORKFORCE

Hull trust names new vice-chair

By Liz Wells 09 December 2024

Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) has appointed Murray Macdonald as its new vice-chair.

WORKFORCE

SafeZone App helps keep NHS colleagues safe

By Lee Peart 09 December 2024

University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust (UHL) has become the first acute trust to sign up to a new app designed to keep colleagues safe.

WAITING LISTS

Over one in five patients waiting six weeks or more for diagnostic tests

By Lee Peart 09 December 2024

Over one in five patients (22%) are waiting six weeks or more for diagnostic tests, according to new analysis.

A&E

Dropped A&E target an 'insult to patients', say Lib Dems

By Lee Peart 09 December 2024

The Government has come under fire after dropping a pledge to meet the four-hour A&E waiting times target by the end of this Parliament.

WORKFORCE PLAN

Revised NHS Workforce Plan to focus on community shift

By Lee Peart 09 December 2024

A revised NHS Workforce Plan will be published in summer 2025 to support a shift from hospital to community care.

Tuberculosis levels rise 11% in England in 2023

By Lee Peart 06 December 2024

The number of Tuberculosis (TB) cases in the UK rose by 11% in 2023, according to the UK Health Security Agency.

DHSC

Health plan won't work without matching strategy for social care, warns LGA

By Lee Peart 06 December 2024

Councils have called for the Government to fulfil its pledge to produce a 10-Year Plan for social care to run alongside its long-term plans for the NHS.