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BMA

BMA set to announce whether resident doctors will strike

By Liz Wells 15 December 2025

NHS leaders are set to find out whether resident doctors, who make up to half the medical workforce, will be going out on strike later this week.

ESTATES

'Near impossible' – surgeons' stark warning on waiting list pledge

By Lee Peart 15 December 2025

Surgeons have warned the Governments pledge on waiting lists will be ‘near impossible’ without investment in operating theatres and surgical staff.

WORKFORCE

RCN calls for 'fully funded plan to eradicate corridor care'

By Lee Peart 15 December 2025

The RCN has called for a ‘fully funded plan to eradicate corridor care altogether’.

GPS

Welsh Government to make major investment in general practice

By Liz Wells 12 December 2025

More than £41m extra will be invested into general practice this year as part of a deal struck between the Welsh Government and GPs.

Partnership to explore the role of AI in mental health services

By Liz Wells 12 December 2025

NHS Confederation’s Mental Health Network is working with AI supplier Limbic to explore how the technology can be safely and effectively adopted across mental health services.

WORKFORCE

Community skills centre opens on hospital construction site

By Lee Peart 12 December 2025

A community skills centre has opened on the site of a multi-million pound extension at Royal Shrewsbury Hospital.

WAITING TIMES

Trust secures £2m NHSE capital funding for improved waiting times

By Lee Peart 12 December 2025

University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust (UHNM) has been awarded £2m in capital funding from NHS England after delivering one of the strongest improvements in elective care performance in t...

ESTATES

Acute medical unit to reduce pressure on hospital's emergency department

By Lee Peart 12 December 2025

A new acute medical unit (AMU) is set to reduce pressure on the emergency department at Harrogate District Hospital.

LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Councils to be handed free school money to deliver SEND places

By Lee Peart 12 December 2025

Councils will be given funding earmarked for the creation of free schools to deliver specialist places for children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND).

ESTATES