On March 13, 2025, the UK Government announced that it was disbanding NHS England, the arm's length government body ...

Maternity services at two Birmingham NHS trusts have been red-flagged for having ‘higher-than-average’ perinatal deaths over a number of years. MBRRACE UK ranked Birmingham Women’s and ...

chief executive of the NHS Confederation which represents NHS trusts in England, said the job losses were happening ‘at a scale and pace not anticipated to begin with’. PIP cuts won't get me ...

NHS England's national medical director is to step down from his role. Professor Sir Stephen Powis handed in his resignation in January, following seven years in the job. He will finish his duties ...

One in five NHS England staff registered a nationality other ... would worry because I'm not from here, but I get all the trust of my patients which I'm truly grateful for. "It's fulfilling ...

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UK Health Secretary Sajid Javid has said he wants to accelerate the rollout of electronic patient records (EPR) in the NHS, with 90% of NHS trusts using them by the end of 2023. Javid laid out the ...

A "deeply frustrated" health chief has accused the government of a lack of clarity over plans to cut about 50% of his organisation's budget as part of its scrapping of NHS England. Roger Dunshea ...

Tens of thousands of patients were waiting for routine treatment at Cambridge University Hospitals Trust in January, new figures show. It comes as a health and social care think tank warned of a ...

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A Westminster committee is nearing the end of its scrutiny of the assisted dying Bill for England and Wales (Alamy ... Ms Leadbeater told MPs: “NHS trusts and ICBs (integrated care boards ...

Since then its technology has been used by NHS trusts across England. In a statement the NHS spokesperson said those trusts are responsible for their contracts with the private sector.