RECENT NEWS

The Operating Theatres Show 2025 is taking place at the Etihad Stadium in Manchester on Thursday, 11 September 2025, offering a national platform for clinical, operational, and strategic leaders to converge and explore the evolving future of surgical services across the UK.

The Royal Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (ROH) is pleased to announce the appointment of Matthew Hartland as its new substantive Chief Executive, following a rigorous and competitive recruitment process.

The Royal College of Physicians (RCP) has launched a new policy position on end-of-life and palliative care, calling on government and health system leaders to transform how dying is recognised and supported across the NHS and social care.

Millions of people are set to benefit from earlier access to newer type 2 diabetes treatments – the biggest shake-up in care for a decade – as part of NICE’s commitment to re-evaluate priority clinical pathways described in the 10-Year Health Plan for the NHS.

A newly published article from the Microbiology Society highlights actions which could help realise the full potential of vaccines in tackling antimicrobial resistance.

The first global systematic review and meta-analysis of hepatitis B care has found critical patient losses at every step of care, calling for decentralised, integrated models to improve diagnosis, treatment, and patient retention.

More than a thousand patients living with bladder cancer every year can now receive a breakthrough treatment that can double survival rates from the disease.

The latest UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) data shows an increase in travel-associated chikungunya cases in England. A total of 73 cases were reported between January and June 2025. The same period in 2024 saw 27 cases. 2025 has the highest number of cases recorded in this period to date.

Tens of thousands of patients across England can now access vital diagnostic tests and scans out of hours and in their community, with 100 community diagnostic centres (CDCs) opening in the evenings and on weekends.

Mölnlycke has announced its next webinar in the 'Prevent, Protect, Provide' education series, hosted by Professor Christopher Gee, and delivered in collaboration with AMR Action.

Jaime Owen, Lead Theatre Practitioner at Beaumont Hospital in Bolton, part of Circle Health Group, has been awarded the Association for Perioperative Practice (AfPP) Volunteer Award, a £1,000 grant in memory of former AfPP member Hilda Winifred Mears.

The NHS’s Chief Nursing Officer for England is encouraging male students not to be put off by outdated stereotypes about the profession. Duncan Burton, who became the first man to hold the post last year, wants students to consider a career in nursing and has shared his experience of how rewarding it can be for both men and women.

Baroness Amos has been selected by Health and Social Care Secretary Wes Streeting to head an investigation into maternity services after feedback from bereaved families, who expressed a preference for someone with distance from the NHS who is able to bring a fresh pair of eyes to the role.

HSSIB has published a report highlighting the importance of sharing patient information between services effectively and ensuring patients are confident in medication-self administration before hospital discharge.

Leading private healthcare provider HCA Healthcare UK has announced the introduction of bispecific antibody therapy for patients with extensive stage small cell lung cancer (ES-SCLC).

A new childhood cancer awareness campaign, Child Cancer Smart, has been launched by CCLG: The Children & Young People’s Cancer Association and researchers at the University of Nottingham, aiming to speed up diagnosis and improve survival for children and teenagers with cancer.

Clinicians across the world believe artificial intelligence (AI) can play an important role in addressing major healthcare challenges and easing burdens for doctors and nurses according to Elsevier’s Clinician of the Future 2025 annual insights report.

Tough new measures to crack down on "cowboy cosmetic procedures" that have left people maimed, injured and in need of urgent NHS care will be introduced by the government.  Only qualified healthcare professionals will be able to perform the highest-risk procedures - such as non-surgical Brazilian butt lifts. These must be done by specialised healthcare workers working in providers that are registered with the Care Quality Commission (CQC).

Ergéa, a leading provider of vendor-neutral Managed Equipment Services (MES), and Newton’s Tree, the first enterprise-wide AI platform for hospitals, have announced a strategic partnership aimed at transforming healthcare organisations through integrated, AI-enabled digital solutions.

​Analysis of over 36,000 people with high blood pressure has shown that taking more steps, even below the recommended daily target of 10,000 steps, and walking faster, is associated with a significant reduction in the risk of major problems of the heart and blood vessels.