NHS teams across England are stepping up their winter flu vaccination campaign, bringing jabs directly to high streets, shopping centres, and community venues in the lead-up to Christmas. The move aims to make it as easy as possible for eligible people to protect themselves during the busy festive period. The nationwide vaccination drive began over […]
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A recent decision by Northern Ireland Health Minister Mike Nesbitt to award wage increases to public sector social care workers has caused significant concern across the independent care sector. Representatives warn that the approach could damage workforce stability and undermine the financial wellbeing of staff who deliver essential services outside the public system. The Minister
Hospitals and care homes across the UK are facing a severe staffing crisis, with nursing staff continuing to work while unwell and stress now the leading cause of illness, according to a major Royal College of Nursing (RCN) survey. The survey, which gathered responses from more than 20,000 nurses, paints a stark picture of the
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A new report by the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has raised serious concerns about the NHS’s ability to reduce waiting times after revealing that NHS England (NHSE) missed multiple recovery targets despite spending £3.24 billion on transforming diagnostic and surgical services. More than six million people were on the elective care waiting list in January
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Following the announcement that Sir Julian Hartley would step down as Chief Executive of the Care Quality Commission (CQC) with immediate effect, Dr Arun Chopra has been appointed Interim Chief Executive until a permanent successor is named. Dr Chopra joined CQC in March 2025 as Chief Inspector of Mental Health. He previously served as Medical
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The social care industry has been recognised as one of the leading sectors for supporting employee financial wellbeing in 2025, according to new research by Access PayWise+, part of The Access Group. The study analysed more than twenty financial wellbeing benefits advertised across thirty UK sectors, highlighting which industries go beyond salaries to support staff.
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Thousands of NHS workers are set to lose their jobs as the government pushes ahead with plans to abolish NHS England and bring the organisation directly under the Department of Health and Social Care, The Independent has reported. In an internal briefing to staff on Tuesday, NHS England confirmed that large-scale voluntary redundancies will proceed
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A major government inquiry has found that hundreds of deaf children were misdiagnosed by NHS audiology services across England for more than a decade, leaving many permanently disabled and unable to reach their full potential. The report, led by Dr Camilla Kingdon, one of the UK’s most respected paediatricians, was commissioned in April by Health
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The NHS has issued an urgent flu jab SOS, warning eligible adults to get vaccinated now with only weeks left before the height of the winter flu season. England’s top nurse has urged the public to protect themselves ahead of the expected seasonal surge in flu cases. In response, the NHS is making 2.4 million
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The children’s commissioner for England, Dame Rachel de Souza, has told a House of Lords committee that people under the age of 25 should not be permitted to access assisted dying services. The Terminally Ill Adults End of Life Bill currently before Parliament would legalise assisted dying for terminally ill adults from the age of
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