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RCN

Cuts to ICBs 'could put patient safety at risk', warns RCN

By Liz Wells 22 August 2025

The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) is warning that cuts to ICBs could put patient safety at risk and undermine the government’s 10-Year Health Plan and is calling for every ICB to retain a chief nu...

DIABETES

Smartphone test set to revolutionise prevention for type 2 diabetes

By Liz Wells 22 August 2025

Digital health diagnostics company PocDoc has launched the world’s first smartphone-based test for type 2 diabetes risk.

WIRRAL COMMUNITY HEALTH NHS FOUNDATION TRUST

Wirral trusts appoint joint non-executive director

By Liz Wells 22 August 2025

Wirral Community Health NHS Foundation Trust and Care and Wirral University Teaching Hospital have selected Haris Sultan as their new joint non-executive director.

UK GOVERNMENT

Government introduces healthier food standards to give babies best start in life 

By Liz Wells 22 August 2025

DHSC has unveiled new guidelines for commercial baby food to reduce salt and sugar, along with clearer labelling to help parents make informed decisions.   

ROYAL PAPWORTH HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST

Trust pays compensation after infection in water supply linked to patient deaths

By Liz Wells 21 August 2025

Health bosses at the Royal Papworth Hospital, in Cambridge, have paid out compensation after nine transplant patients contracted a serious bacterial infection linked to a hospital’s water supply.

UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF NORTH MIDLANDS NHS TRUST

Ultrasound training programme helps patients get scan results quicker

By Liz Wells 21 August 2025

University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust (UHNM) is pioneering a training initiative to help to cut patient waiting times for diagnostic scans.

SOUTH WEST YORKSHIRE PARTNERSHIP NHS FOUNDATION TRUST

Rehabilitation support workers step up rebanding campaign

By Liz Wells 21 August 2025

Rehabilitation support workers in Barnsley have launched a petition as part of their campaign for managers to move them up a level on the NHS Agenda for Change pay scale, to reflect the types of ta...

WAITING TIMES

Two-year treatment waits at lowest level in four years in Wales

By Liz Wells 21 August 2025

The number of people waiting more than two years for treatment fell to the lowest level since March 2021 in June, the latest NHS figures show.

PRIMARY CARE

Scottish Government unveils £15m funding increase for General Practice

By Liz Wells 21 August 2025

The Scottish Government has announced that general practice is to receive an initial additional investment of £15m this year to ease recruitment pressures and boost capacity.

NHS GRAMPIAN