AI warning system behind CQC 'rapid response inspections' revealed in 10 year plan The CQC will carry out ‘rapid response inspections’ of healthcare providers based on prompts from a new AI-led ‘warning system’. This forms part of the Government’s 10-year NHS plan, pub ... Date: 04-07-2025 Categories: • News

Hinckley community diagnostic centre opens  Hinckley community diagnostic centre (CDC) was officially opened by MP for Hinckley and Bosworth, Dr Luke Evans, last month. The state-of-the-art facility is the first of its kind in Leicestershir ... Date: 04-07-2025 Categories: • Integrated Care Boards • Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland • Midlands

How primary care can better serve Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities Those from Gypsy, Roma and Traveller (GRT) communities can often find it more difficult to access primary care services. The communities make up around one in 200 (0.5%) of the UK population, but ... Date: 04-07-2025 Categories: • Insight

Genomic data and NHS App power 10 year plan Genomic data and expansion of the NHS App are central to the government’s 10 year plan for a Neighbourhood Health Service, published today. Prime Minister Keir Starmer hailed a health service capa ... Date: 03-07-2025 Categories: • News

New medical degree for healthcare professionals launched A new fast-track medical degree for healthcare professionals has been launched to help existing NHS staff become doctors more quickly. The healthcare entry medicine MBBS programme is four-year cou ... Date: 03-07-2025 Categories: • News

Autumn flu and Covid vaccination programme details confirmed Details of the autumn 2025/26 flu and Covid vaccination programmes have been confirmed by NHS England, including dates and eligibility criteria. Frontline health and social care workers, includin ... Date: 03-07-2025 Categories: • News

Neighbourhood health centres will bring services to people’s ‘doorsteps’, says Government Neighbourhood health centres will bring services to people’s doorsteps, according to the 10-year plan, which will be published tomorrow. The plan will focus on a ‘neighbourhood health service’ tha ... Date: 02-07-2025 Categories: • News

Six steps to developing an integrated neighbourhood health system The NHS 10 year plan is expected any day now with many systems anticipating it will help answer the question, 'what should neighbourhood health look like in practice?'. While national clarity is ... Date: 02-07-2025 Categories: • Insight

AI tool that is ‘more accurate’ than doctors to ‘reshape’ healthcare Microsoft has launched a generative AI diagnostic tool which it claims is four times more accurate than experienced physicians and has the potential to ‘reshape healthcare’. The Microsoft AI Diagn ... Date: 01-07-2025 Categories: • News

More than 6,700 mental health staff recruited over the past year Over 6,700 mental health workers have been recruited over the past year, according to the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC). The Government has a target of recruiting 8,500 mental health ... Date: 01-07-2025 Categories: • News