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DHSC

DHSC leader becomes head of civil service

By Liz Wells 02 December 2024

Sir Chris Wormald, the current leader of the Department of Health and Social Care, has been appointed as the prime minister’s most senior official and head of the service.

WORKFORCE

Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire West ICB selects new chief medical officer

By Liz Wells 02 December 2024

Dr Ben Riley has been appointed as chief medical officer of NHS Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire West ICB.

PRIMARY CARE

Woman died from excess prescribed medication

By Lee Peart 02 December 2024

An ICB has offered its sympathies to the family of a woman who died from excess prescribed medication from a GP and pharmacy in Derbyshire.

SOCIAL CARE

Plummeting visa numbers leave social care sector 'in crisis'

By Liz Wells 02 December 2024

Care England is ‘gravely concerned’ by new figures showing a 65% drop in health and care worker visa grants over the past year.

INFECTED BLOOD

Concerns over delays to infected blood compensation

By Lee Peart 02 December 2024

Concerns have been raised over delays to compensation paid to families of victims of the infected blood scandal.

CQC

Trust told to make 'rapid improvements' to waiting times

By Lee Peart 02 December 2024

Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust has been told to make ‘rapid improvements’ to its waiting times following a CQC inspection.

TECHNOLOGY

AI tool offers insights to improve safety in maternity care

By Liz Wells 02 December 2024

An artificial intelligence (AI) tool that identifies the key human factors influencing maternity care outcomes, supporting ongoing efforts to improve safety for mothers and babies, has been develop...

INDUSTRIAL ACTION

Hundreds of South London hospital workers march on ISS HQ

By Liz Wells 02 December 2024

GMB members employed by ISS within Croydon NHS and South London and Maudsley NHS Trusts are demonstrating outside ISS headquarters in Canary Wharf today (2 December).

WORKFORCE

International nurse recruitment slows in UK

By Liz Wells 02 December 2024

The register of all nursing and midwifery professionals who can practise in the UK has reached a record 841,367, but a pillar of recent growth – international recruitment – has slowed in pace, new ...

NUFFIELD TRUST