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Debate Intensifies Over NHS ‘Facility Time’ as Costs and Workforce Pressures Collide

New figures from the Cabinet Office have revealed that hundreds of NHS workers are spending a significant proportion of their working hours on trade union duties, reigniting debate over the use of “facility time” during a period of ongoing industrial action.

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Cybersecurity Incident at Chipsoft Raises Concerns Over Patient Data Protection

A cyber attack has struck one of the Netherlands’ leading providers of EPR systems, prompting concerns about the resilience of digital health infrastructure across Europe.

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Concerns Grow Over Access as Palantir Staff Receive NHS Email Accounts

The decision to grant staff from Palantir Technologies official NHS email accounts has sparked renewed concern among clinicians, policymakers and campaign groups about transparency and data governance within the health service.

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Donor Skin Patch Trial Offers New Hope for Early Detection of Organ Rejection

A pioneering UK clinical trial is exploring whether small patches of donor skin could transform how doctors detect and prevent organ rejection — one of the most significant challenges in transplant medicine.

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NHS Urges Public to Seek Care as Services Maintain Operations During Doctors’ Strike

Health leaders have urged the public to continue accessing NHS services “as normal” during the latest round of doctors’ strikes, as frontline staff work to maintain patient care under significant pressure.

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Streeting Moves to Tackle Growing Crisis of Corridor Care in NHS Hospitals

The UK government has pledged to address the increasing use of corridor care in NHS hospitals, with Health Secretary Wes Streeting describing the practice as both “undignified” and “unsafe”

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The Rooms That Run the NHS: The 2026/27 Executive and Vendor Event Guide

Decisions do not sit in a single boardroom. They are shaped across hundreds of conversations happening every week in events, forums and closed-door sessions.

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UK Dementia Research Programme Begins First Clinical Enrolments in Major Trial Acceleration

The UK’s Dementia Trials Accelerator (DTA) has reached a key milestone, with its first participants now enrolling into clinical research programmes across dedicated trial sites.

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