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Reporting on the organisations, decisions and money shaping health and care in the United Kingdom.
Eight schemes have moved into the next funding wave, leaving trust boards planning around ageing estate for another parliament.
Marcus Dovedale30 August 2026
After rapid expansion, providers are narrowing virtual ward use to the conditions where the evidence is strongest.
Dr Helen Cartwright30 August 2026
Procurement disputes and integration costs are pushing frontline digitisation deadlines beyond the original national target.
Priya Raman30 August 2026
Community pharmacy is absorbing a growing share of minor illness consultations.
Eleanor Whitfield30 August 2026
Substantive recruitment has improved across most regions, yet trusts are still paying premium rates to cover specialist rotas.
Callum Reid30 August 2026
Inappropriate placements have edged up again as inpatient capacity tightens.
Callum Reid30 August 2026
Commissioners face another round of management savings while being asked to take on additional delegated responsibilities.
Eleanor Whitfield30 August 2026
Repeated supply interruptions have moved onshoring from an industrial ambition to a clinical concern.
Priya Raman30 August 2026
Standalone diagnostic capacity is clearing backlogs, but staffing the sites is proving harder than building them.
Eleanor Whitfield29 August 2026
Trusts report that governance, not accuracy, is the main barrier to putting approved tools into service.
Priya Raman29 August 2026
Network consolidation has changed who runs laboratory services, how samples move and where the money goes.
Dr Helen Cartwright29 August 2026
Local authority fee uplifts are lagging behind wage costs, and providers are handing back contracts.
Callum Reid29 August 2026
Trusts are spending more to keep old buildings safe and less on the changes that would reduce running costs.
Marcus Dovedale29 August 2026
Bowel and cervical programmes show progress, but participation gaps by deprivation have widened.
Dr Helen Cartwright29 August 2026
Buyers are being asked to weigh whole pathway cost rather than unit price.
Marcus Dovedale28 August 2026
Comment: the gap between announced capital schemes and completed ones has become the defining estates problem.
Eleanor Whitfield28 August 2026