RECENT NEWS

A major workforce optimisation programme has started at the Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust in partnership with workforce planning specialists, SARD.

The Health Foundation and the Runnymede Trust have published a joint report examining the relationship between racism and health outcomes.

This week, the first gathering of the ‘EBME Expo Leaders Network’ brought together a select group of influential leaders from the healthcare technology (HealthTech) industry to drive innovation and to collaborate on achieving key objectives in the field of EBME.

More than 75,000 people will be better supported in the community following an increase in funding for nursing care.

The first NHS patients in a generation have started to receive life-saving plasma from the blood of UK donors, through a partnership between NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) and NHS England.

New Health Foundation analysis highlights the potential for a significant shortfall in NHS funding unless unprecedented productivity growth can be achieved.

A respiratory digital therapeutics toolkit is improving outcomes and reducing health inequalities for people with asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in Wales.

A grandad of six from Kirkby, Liverpool, has had his knee replaced using a system which is the first of its kind in the NHS, thanks to teams at Broadgreen Hospital.

The Institute for Government & Public Policy’s Operating Theatres Show is gaining a reputation up and down the country as a must-attend event for surgeons, senior theatre practitioners and healthcare leaders across NHS Trusts, Foundation Trusts, and ICS services.

Spire Healthcare Group, a leading independent healthcare group in the UK, has announced that, having completed over 10 years of service, Professor Dame Janet Husband has decided to step down from the Board at the Company’s annual general meeting on 14 May 2025 and will not seek re-election by shareholders.

Rob Evans, who was instrumental in writing and launching the BSc (Hons) Operating Department Practice degree at Wrexham University, is proud to be the newly-appointed Regional Lead for North Wales for the Association for Perioperative Practice (AfPP).

More doctors are reporting that their ability to treat patients is being affected by feeling sleep deprived at work, a Medical Defence Union (MDU) survey has found.

In a survey of more than 1,400 family doctors, one in five GPs in England have told the BMA they plan to change their career because they can’t find any or enough work as a doctor.

​Former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has joined Prostate Cancer Research as an ambassador, to champion the charity’s campaign for the introduction of a national screening programme for high-risk men.

1 in 3 people worldwide will develop a potentially life-threatening heart rhythm disorder in their lifetime, yet awareness remains critically low. With cases rising rapidly, cardiologists from the European Heart Rhythm Association (EHRA) is urging communities and healthcare systems to “Feel the Pulse” and take simple steps to raise awareness of these serious but often overlooked conditions.

The mission to reduce the incidence of surgical site infection continues to gain momentum, with a high impact programme of expert insights at this year’s OneTogether conference.

Doctors across the NHS have confirmed that treating patients in corridors, waiting rooms, and other unsuitable spaces has become routine, with nearly 4 in 5 (78%) forced to provide care in these conditions in the past month.

Norovirus continues to grip the NHS with the number of beds taken up by patients with the virus nearly 150% higher than last year, new figures show.

The Government has pledged that families across England will start to see improved end-of-life care as major upgrades to hospice services nationwide will be implemented.

Oliver Tierney has been announced as the new President of The Association for Perioperative Practice (AfPP), the UK’s leading membership organisation dedicated to hospital theatre practitioners and improving perioperative care. Oliver has stepped into the role with a clear vision: to influence positive change in healthcare and safety in hospital operating theatres for staff and patients.