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Funding opportunity to establish centres of excellence

By Lee Peart 23 September 2026

Researchers, academic organisations, healthcare organisations, industry and innovators are being invited to bid for funding to establish four Centres of Excellence for Regulatory Science and Innova...

TOBACCO LAWS

Retailers urged to prepare for tobacco and vape laws

By Lee Peart 23 September 2026

Retailers are being urged to prepare for upcoming changes to tobacco and vape laws.

WORKFORCE

Operating department practitioner struck off for kissing colleague

By Lee Peart 23 September 2026

An operating department practitioner who kissed a colleague without their consent has been struck off by the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC).

AVT

InTouchNow secures £2.3m seed funding for GP AI voice agent

By Lee Peart 23 September 2026

InTouchNow has secured £2.3m in seed funding, led by Ada Ventures with participation from Exceptional Ventures and Kadmos Capital, to develop its AI voice agent technology for general practices and...

GENOMICS

Bristol NHS Foundation Trust to host South West NHS Genomic Medicine Service

By Lee Peart 23 September 2026

Bristol NHS Foundation Trust is to host the South West NHS Genomic Medicine Service.

MATERNITY AND NEONATAL CARE

Neonatal intensive care unit achieves national recognition

By Lee Peart 23 September 2026

Ashford and St Peter’s Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust’s neonatal intensive care unit at St Peter’s Hospital has achieved Platinum Bliss Baby Charter accreditation, the highest level of recognition ...

REGULATION

Elmhurst Intermediate Care Centre rated good by CQC

By Lee Peart 22 September 2026

Elmhurst Intermediate Care Centre in Winsford, Cheshire has been rated good by the CQC.

PREVENTION

Genomic sequencing reveals why Kent meningitis outbreak was deadly

By Lee Peart 22 September 2026

Genomic sequencing by the UKHSA, the University of Oxford and a collaboration of academic institutions, has revealed why the March 2026 meningitis was so dangerous.

CORRIDOR CARE

'Widespread systemic pressures' at infirmary downgraded by CQC

By Lee Peart 22 September 2026

‘Widespread systemic pressures’ have been found at Royal Albert Edward Infirmary in Wigan.

Urgent and emergency services upgraded at UCLH

By Lee Peart 22 September 2026

Urgent and emergency services have been upgraded from requires improvement to good at University College Hospital & Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Wing, run by University College London Hospitals NHS F...