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COMMUNITY

Number of people contacting GP online soars

By Liz Wells 10 March 2026

GPs in the North West have seen a sharp rise in people accessing their support via online forms, new data reveals.

REGULATION

'Unacceptable issues' lead to removal of 287 hospital patients

By Lee Peart 10 March 2026

‘Unacceptable issues’ have resulted in the decision to find alternative placements for 287 patients at St Andrew’s mental health hospital in Northampton.

ESTATES

Diagnostic centre welcomes first patients

By Lee Peart 10 March 2026

Southend’s new community diagnostic centre (CDC) has welcomed its first patients.

REGULATION

Acute trust ranks top in region in patient-led assessment

By Lee Peart 10 March 2026

Mid Cheshire Hospitals has ranked as the top-performing acute trust in the North West for privacy, dignity and wellbeing in the Patient-Led Assessments of the Care Environment (PLACE) 2025 results.

SOCIAL CARE

Funding, accountability and workforce key to National Care Service

By Lee Peart 10 March 2026

A National Care Service can only succeed if the Government confronts funding, accountability and workforce pressures, a report has warned.

PREVENTION

BREAKING NEWS: Health leaders brief London Assembly on measles outbreak response

By Lee Peart 09 March 2026

Health leaders from the NHS, UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) and local councils today briefed the London Assembly on how their response to a current measles outbreak in north London.

PEOPLE MOVES

Member appointed to NHS Tayside board

By Liz Wells 09 March 2026

Kris Bryce has been appointed as a member of the NHS Tayside board.

ESTATES

BREAKING NEWS: Private sector capital 'like a reservoir behind a dam', says Lord Hutton

By Lee Peart 09 March 2026

Lord Hutton, chair of the Association of Infrastructure Investors, has called for private capital to be used to develop new hospitals and neighbourhood health centres before the next election.

SOCIAL CARE

Welsh councils urge funding boost to ease social care pressures

By Lee Peart 09 March 2026

Welsh councils have called for additional funding for social care to help break what they describe as a cycle of ‘managing crisis’ across frontline services.

WORKFORCE