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SCOTTISH GOVERNMENT

Scotland's health boards secure £25.5m extra funding

By Liz Wells 03 November 2025

Scotland's health boards will receive an additional £25.5m this year, First Minister John Swinney has announced.

WORKFORCE

Trust opens £25.8m undergraduate medical facility

By Lee Peart 03 November 2025

Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust has opened an undergraduate medical building following a £25.8m investment from retirement specialist Just Group.

SCOTTISH GOVERNMENT

Scottish Government invests £4.8m on type 2 diabetes prevention programme

By Liz Wells 03 November 2025

The Scottish Government is to invest £4.8m on programme to prevent people from developing type 2 diabetes.

MENTAL HEALTH

ICBs urged to use voluntary sector to support young people's mental health

By Lee Peart 03 November 2025

ICBs have been urged to commission voluntary and community (VCSE) sector providers for non-clinical mental health support.

PUBLIC HEALTH

Campaign launched to boost children's physical activity

By Lee Peart 03 November 2025

A Government campaign has been launched to boost children’s activity this winter.

PREVENTION

MHRA reforms will speed up path for rare therapies

By Liz Wells 03 November 2025

The rulebook for rare disease therapies will be overhauled to make it quicker and easier to get these therapies tested, manufactured and approved in the UK, the MHRA has announced in a new paper.

REGULATION

Requires improvement rating a 'catalyst for change', says trust

By Lee Peart 03 November 2025

St George’s University Hospital Trust has said a requires improvement CQC rating had been a ‘catalyst for change’ after the regulator found evidence of a ‘blame culture’.

GMC

GMC reviews key workplace and patient safety guidance

By Liz Wells 31 October 2025

The GMC has launched a review of key guidance to doctors, physician associates (PAs) and anaesthesia associates (AAs)

PAY REVIEW BODY

Unions slam government's suggested pay rise for healthcare professionals in 2026

By Liz Wells 31 October 2025

Trade unions representing healthcare professionals have reacted angrily to the government's submission to the NHS Pay Review Body for 2026/27.

CORRIDOR CARE

Ministers must 'set a date' to end corridor care

By Liz Wells 31 October 2025

A third of people said they would be less likely to go to hospital because of the Corridor Care crisis, and 53% said that they would feel more anxious if they found themselves there, a new survey s...