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Hospital declares critical incident due to norovirus outbreak

By Lee Peart 30 March 2026

A critical incident has been declared by Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust at East Surrey Hospital due to a norovirus outbreak.

PREVENTION

Place-based partnership to receive Sport England funding

By Lee Peart 30 March 2026

Energize Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin, on behalf of Shropshire Integrated Place Partnership (SHIPP), is to receive over £500,000 in Sport England funding to tackle inactivity and health inequalitie...

COMMUNITY

Pharmacy funding negotiations won't conclude before start of financial year

By Liz Wells 27 March 2026

A government funding settlement for pharmacies for 2026/27 will not be in place for the start of the financial year, it has been announced.

WORKFORCE

Abuse and staff shortages causing NHS call handlers to quit or go off sick

By Liz Wells 27 March 2026

Staff handling urgent medical calls on the NHS 111 service are leaving in large numbers due to heavy workloads, staff shortages and abusive callers, new research reveals.

COMMUNITY

Southend diagnostic centre officially opens

By Lee Peart 27 March 2026

Southend’s new community diagnostic centre (CDC) has officially opened.

WORKFORCE

Colleges to raise cosmetic surgery standards and governance

By Lee Peart 27 March 2026

A new college has been established to strengthen education, collaboration and professional standards within cosmetic surgery.

PREVENTION

Low vaccination rates leave London vulnerable to further outbreaks

By Lee Peart 27 March 2026

The London Assembly Health Committee has warned the capital is vulnerable to further disease outbreaks due to low vaccination rates.

PREVENTION

Healthier choices made easier in Wales as new food rules take effect

By Liz Wells 27 March 2026

New rules to help people make healthier food choices have come into force in Wales.

WORKFORCE

ICB chief executive cleared in whistleblowing investigation

By Lee Peart 27 March 2026

Mark Fisher, chief executive of NHS Greater Manchester, has been cleared in a whistleblowing investigation.

WORKFORCE

BSW Hospitals Group selects group chair

By Liz Wells 27 March 2026

BSW Hospitals Group, made up of Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust and Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust, has unveiled Paul von der Heyde as...