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West Midlands joins health risk prevention programme

By Lee Peart 29 June 2026

West Midlands Combined Authority has been chosen as one of five areas in England to become a Prevention Accelerator Site.

REGULATION

Trust refers itself to regulator over data breach

By Lee Peart 29 June 2026

Cambridge University Hospitals (CUH) has referred itself to the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) after staff accessed the patient record of a three-year-old who was attacked by crocodiles.

ESTATES

Delayed National Rehabilitation Centre to open in August

By Lee Peart 29 June 2026

The delayed NHS National Rehabilitation Centre (NRC) in Nottingham is now scheduled to open in August following progress in tackling an issue with its water system.

PREVENTION

Government announces £85m AI anti-obesity programme

By Lee Peart 29 June 2026

People with obesity are to be given new ways of accessing support through a new £85m AI programme.

PREVENTION

Hundreds of unidentified HIV cases identified by NHS A&E blood testing

By Lee Peart 26 June 2026

Almost 2,000 people unknowingly living with HIV have been diagnosed by a pioneering NHS programme in its first four years.

WORKFORCE

Troubled trust braces for twin strike blow

By Lee Peart 25 June 2026

The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust is facing two periods of strike action over the coming days.

Northern Care Alliance served with enforcement undertakings

By Lee Peart 25 June 2026

Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust has been served with enforcement actions by NHSE due to a ‘fundamental failure in quality governance’.

Online prescribing not joined up with NHS, HSSIB warns

By Lee Peart 25 June 2026

Patients who use online prescription services may be at risk of harm because the clinicians treating them do not have access to a complete picture of their health information, according to a new in...

ESTATES

Critical care department reaches construction milestone

By Lee Peart 25 June 2026

A £19m critical care department at Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals (DBTH) has reached a construction milestone.

DIGITAL

First-of-its-kind digital medicines management system launched

By Lee Peart 25 June 2026

A first-of-its-kind interoperable digital medicines management system designed to cut nurse administration time and improve patient safety has been launched by University Hospitals Coventry and War...