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Trust’s urgent patient safety challenges highlight the limits, and necessity, of temporary leadership.

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<p>Gyms are no longer just places for lifting weights or chasing cardio goals. In the emerging landscape of wellness, they&#8217;re shaping up to be something far more ambitious: centres for longevity. With rising demand for preventive care and a shift in mindset from short-term fitness to long-term health, a growing number of gyms are blending [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Professor Bola Owolabi, NHS England’s director of healthcare inequalities improvement, has been named the Care Quality Commission’s new chief inspector of primary care. The appointment marks a significant move in the CQC’s ongoing leadership restructure, aimed at strengthening regulatory oversight across the health and care system.</p>

<p>The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has appointed four senior business leaders to improve oversight and performance management of some of the NHS’s most critical private sector suppliers. This move is part of a wider effort to ensure resilience, efficiency, and value for money across the health system’s supply chain.</p>

A new recruitment initiative aims to smooth the path into the NHS for newly qualified staff, but its success will depend on long-term commitment.

A new statutory system aims to hold senior managers to account and align leadership standards with those applied to clinicians.

This year’s NHS ConfedExpo, held at Manchester Central, drew attention not only for its health policy agenda but also for renewed protests over the NHS’s ongoing partnership with controversial tech firm Palantir.

Over the past five years we have seen an acceleration of new and innovative therapies in Sickle Cell Disease (SCD).

A ransomware attack that crippled NHS pathology systems last year has now been linked to the death of a patient at King’s College Hospital in London.

NHS England’s Independent ADHD Taskforce has published Part 1 of its long-awaited report, laying out urgent recommendations to tackle widespread delays, fragmented services, and rising inequality in ADHD care.

The headline act? A seismic £30 billion boost for the NHS, unveiled as part of the Chancellor’s first major Spending Review. Of that, £10 billion is earmarked specifically for digital and tech transformation, laying the groundwork for a system designed to be faster, more agile, and truly fit for the future.

<p>As the NHS continues to wrestle with mounting financial pressures, a new analysis has cast doubt on the core logic behind how capital and operating budgets are allocated across trusts, suggesting that current incentives may be funnelling critical investment away from where it’s actually needed. Under NHS England’s new leadership, there’s a growing push to tie funding more closely to performance. Trusts that hit revenue targets or perform well in areas like emergency care a

<p>The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has raised serious concerns after an unannounced inspection at Royal Cornwall Hospital revealed harm to vulnerable patients placed in makeshift care areas during A&#038;E surges.The report highlighted multiple incidents, including a 96-year-old woman who died after a fall in a “temporary escalation space,” a patient with delirium who fractured their collarbone, and another patient who required intensive care after deteriorating in a “fit t

<p>NHS England’s ambitious mandate to halve corporate and integrated care board (ICB) costs is facing internal criticism, with senior board members questioning whether the 50 per cent figure is justified or achievable.</p>

A leading mental health trust has begun legal proceedings against a major contractor after serious leaks disrupted the opening of two landmark NHS facilities.

<p>The San Francisco-based company,which offers digital-first care for chronic back and joint pain, has reportedly submitted paperwork with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, according to multiple sources. The move positions Hinge Health to go public later this year, depending on market conditions. Founded in 2015, Hinge Health has grown into one of the most [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Every year, around 90% of adults living with sickle cell disease (SCD) face at least one severe pain episode, or vaso-occlusive crisis (VOC), each with unique triggers, symptoms, and varying intensity. While the experience of pain is deeply personal, the common thread is clear: these crises are unpredictable, debilitating, and take a toll on every aspect of life. When Sanius first began its work in the space, we had a strong theory that a lack of sleep held a significant l

<p>Steve Black critically examines the recent report by the Institute for Government on general practice in England, challenging its assertion that increasing face-to-face GP appointments will improve patient satisfaction.</p>

Norfolk and Waveney Integrated Care Board (ICB) has awarded a £1.2 million contract to Norwich-based Prescribing Services to enhance its population health management (PHM) and risk stratification capabilities.