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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

Aneurin Bevan University Health Board welcomes new chair

By Liz Wells 09 March 2026

Andrew Morgan has been selected as the new chair of Aneurin Bevan University Health Board.

UK GOVERNMENT

Government boosts nursing funding for better community care

By Liz Wells 09 March 2026

The Government has unveiled plans that will see care homes benefit from a funding rise of more than 5% to provide specialist care for some of the most vulnerable.

REGULATION

Urgent and emergency services downgraded by CQC

By Lee Peart 09 March 2026

Urgent and emergency services at Whittington Hospital in north London have been downgraded by the CQC from good to requires improvement.

WORKFORCE

Buckinghamshire Healthcare confirms substantive appointment

By Liz Wells 09 March 2026

Raghuv Bhasin has been appointed substantively as chief executive at Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust.

INTEGRATED CARE

NHS England confirms commissioning transfer delay to ICBs

By Lee Peart 09 March 2026

NHS England has confirmed a one-year delay in the transfer of some commissioning functions to ICBs to April 2027.

REGULATION

Blood pressure medication recall after packaging error

By Lee Peart 09 March 2026

Pharmacy and healthcare professionals are being advised to return all remaining stock of a blood pressure medication following a packaging error.

DIGITAL

Hospitals groups become first to jointly buy ambient voice technology

By Liz Wells 06 March 2026

University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust (UHL) and University Hospitals of Northamptonshire Group (UHN) have become the first in the country to jointly procure AI-powered technology to capture a...

PREVENTION

Clinical trial aims to better protect babies from RSV

By Lee Peart 06 March 2026

A new international research effort is underway to find the best ways to protect babies from respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), a common infection of the nose, throat and lungs that can cause serio...