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REGULATORS

Maternity services again rated inadequate following 'minimal improvements'

By Lee Peart 26 January 2026

Maternity services at Bedford Hospital and Luton and Dunstable Hospital have again been rated inadequate by the CQC.

ISLE OF WIGHT NHS TRUST

Isle of Wight NHS Trust launches digital project to improve pressure injury care

By Liz Wells 26 January 2026

Isle of Wight NHS Trust is transforming how pressure injuries are recorded, reviewed and treated across hospital wards, improving patient safety while saving valuable clinical time.

GENETICS

NHS launches world-first genetic register

By Liz Wells 26 January 2026

Thousands of people at higher risk of developing cancer due to inherited faulty genes will be regularly checked and tracked by the NHS thanks to a first-of-its-kind national genetics programme.

SPIRE HEALTHCARE

Spire Healthcare confirms takeover talks

By Lee Peart 26 January 2026

Spire Healthcare has confirmed it is in talks over a possible takeover by private equity firms, Bridgepoint Advisers Limited and Triton Investment Advisers.

MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST

Double vision

By Liz Wells 26 January 2026

NHS staff in Manchester are reaping the benefits of a digital twin of six hospitals, which is being used to better manage the estates

REGULATION

Trust accepts 'causal connection' between infections and water system

By Lee Peart 23 January 2026

NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde (NHSGGC) has accepted there was a ‘causal connection’ between the infection of some patients with issues with its water system.

PREVENTION

Wood-burning stoves could carry health warnings under Government plans

By Liz Wells 23 January 2026

New wood-burning stoves will have stricter limits on smoke emissions and would have to be sold with health warnings under proposed government rules.

UNITED VOICES OF THE WORLD

GOSH cleaners win tribunal appeal

By Liz Wells 23 January 2026

Hospital cleaners have won an Employment Appeal Tribunal victory against Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH).

COSLA

Scotland's new suicide prevention action plan published

By Liz Wells 23 January 2026

A new national action plan setting out Scotland’s priorities for suicide prevention over the next three years has been backed by an increased budget of at least £3m in 2026-27.

MENTAL HEALTH