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NHS to lose out on new drugs, pharma firm warns

NHS patients will lose access to new cutting-edge treatments because of skyrocketing costs, the pharmaceutical giant Novartis has claimed amid a row over drug pricing deals.

The warning comes after talks over the cost of medicines for the UK between Health Secretary Wes Streeting and pharma firms broke down last week.

A body assesses whether a new drug is value for money before approving it for use on the NHS, but Novartis said its methods were outdated and made it harder for innovative drugs to be approved and launched.

Norvartis's UK boss Johan Kahlstrom said costs meant the UK was "largely uninvestable", but Streeting has vowed he will not allow firms to "rip off" taxpayers.

Swiss firm Novartis said it was not considering the UK for major new investments in manufacturing, research, or advanced technology because of "systemic barriers".

The firm, which employs 78,000 people globally, said patients were losing access to or missing out entirely on new treatments as a result of the current situation.

It said due to the "declining competitiveness" of the UK market, the company had "already been unable to launch several medicines" in the country "for public reimbursement - medicines that are, or soon will be, available to patients in other European countries".

"The concern is that future launches and research investment could be further deprioritised for the UK if the environment remains uncompetitive," the company added.

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Source: BBC News, 27 August 2025

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Boards told to rate their own ‘capability’

Trust leaders have been told to rate their own boards’ “capability” under new rules that could influence which providers are put in a new special measures regime.

Trusts must complete the provider capability self-assessment – which is part of the new NHS Oversight Framework – by 22 October, according to guidance published by NHS England this week.

HSJ understands the requirement is intended to help boards prepare for the governance standards required to achieve the “new” foundation trust status promised in the 10-Year Health Plan, as well as feeding into NHSE’s day-to-day regulation.

The principles behind the new self-assessment were broadly welcomed by trust leaders, but NHS Providers said it was “concerned returns may not capture the actual quality of leadership seen across the trust sector”.

The lobby group said this was because of the format of the assessment. It also called for more clarity to ensure the process was “transparent and that providers feel the rating given is fair”.

The guidance says provider boards must assess their capability against expectations in six areas: strategy, leadership and planning; care quality; culture; access and delivery of services; productivity and value for money; and financial performance and oversight.

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Source: HSJ, 29 August 2025

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Nine in ten autistic people over 40 are undiagnosed, research suggests

Almost 90% of autistic people over the age of 40 in the UK are living without a diagnosis, a study suggests.

This could make them “more susceptible to age-related problems” and socially isolated in older age, researchers warned.

Autism is a neurodevelopmental condition and causes people to interact differently to others.

Those with the condition may get anxious in social situations, seem blunt, and struggle to understand what others are thinking or feeling, among other things.

The study estimated that among middle-aged adults who are autistic – between 40 to 59 years old – some 91.45% men and 79.48% of women are undiagnosed, with an overall underdiagnosis rate of 89.29%

Dr Gavin Stewart, British Academy postdoctoral research fellow at the IoPPN, said: “These very high underdiagnosis estimates suggest that many autistic adults will have never been recognised as being autistic, and will have not been offered the right support.

“This could make them more susceptible to age-related problems, for example being socially isolated and having poorer health.”

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Source: The Independent, 29 August 2025

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Chickenpox jabs introduced as experts warn many children in England start school without vaccinations

England needs to “wake up” to its faltering infant vaccination programme, experts have warned, as it was revealed that one in five children start primary school unprotected from serious infectious diseases.

It comes as the government announces a new vaccination programme for chickenpox from January, meaning that GPs will offer eligible children a combined vaccine for measles, mumps, rubella and varicella – the clinical term for chickenpox – as part of the routine infant vaccination schedule.

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), the target for vaccine uptake among children in order to achieve herd immunity is 95%. But figures for 2024-25 released by the UK Health Security Agency on Thursday show that no childhood vaccine has met this requirement.

Only 83.7% of five-year-olds have received both doses of the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine, while uptake of the four-in-one preschool booster vaccine – which protects against polio, whooping cough, tetanus and diphtheria – stood at 81.4% among five-year-olds in England.

The low uptake rates have prompted fears that children will be more vulnerable to infectious diseases as they begin primary school in September. The government has urged parents to make sure their children are up to date with their vaccines.

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Source: The Guardian, 29 August 2025

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Multiple patients harmed at ‘overly cautious’ trust

Multiple glaucoma patients were harmed at a trust that was “overly cautious” about surgical intervention and did not follow national care guidelines, a royal college review has found.

The Royal College of Ophthalmologists reviewed 14 patients at Ashford and St Peter’s Hospitals Foundation Trust who experienced delays in being seen by the glaucoma team. Seven of these patients had suffered some level of harm while in three other cases the review team was unable to decide if harm was caused through “aspects of service delivery”.

The trust would not confirm what level of harm these patients suffered but said they had all now received treatment.

HSJ obtained a redacted copy of the review, which also raised concerns that patients were left on maximum medical therapies while their glaucoma progressed and that assessments done by the trust were not in line with National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) guidance. It urged the department to ensure best practice was put in place.

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Source: HSJ, 29 August 2025

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CDC erupts in chaos after ousted chief Susan Monarez refuses to resign

The US’s top public health agency was plunged into chaos on Wednesday after the Trump administration moved to oust its leader Susan Monarez, sworn in less than a month ago, as her lawyers said she would not resign and that she was being “targeted” for her pro-science stance.

Monarez, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), was ousted on Wednesday evening, according to a statement from Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) that offered no explanation its decision.

“Susan Monarez is no longer director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. We thank her for her dedicated service to the American people,” HHS said in an unsigned statement posted to social media. Her lawyers pushed back in a statement, saying she had “neither resigned nor received notification” from the White House of her termination.

Monarez, who was confirmed by the Senate just last month, appeared to have run afoul of Robert F Kennedy Jr, the US health secretary, after she declined to support sweeping changes to US vaccine policies, according to reporting from the Washington Post and the New York Times.

“First it was independent advisory committees and career experts. Then it was the dismissal of seasoned scientists. Now, Secretary Kennedy and HHS have set their sights on weaponizing public health for political gain and putting millions of American lives at risk,” her lawyers, Mark Zaid and Abbe David Lowell, said in a statement. “When CDC Director Susan Monarez refused to rubber-stamp unscientific, reckless directives and fire dedicated health experts, she chose protecting the public over serving a political agenda. For that, she has been targeted.”

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Source: The Guardian, 28 August 2025

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Malawi set to run out of TB drugs in a month after US, UK and others cut aid

Malawi is facing a critical shortage of tuberculosis drugs, with health officials warning that stocks will run out by the end of September.

It comes just months after the World Health Organization (WHO) revealed that the country had successfully reduced tuberculosis (TB) cases by 40% over the past decade.

In March, the WHO’s country representative, Dr Neema Rusibamayila Kimambo, announced that Malawi had also seen a high rate of success in treating TB and a significant reduction in the number of deaths.

But the health ministry, which was already badly hit by the cuts in aid from the US, UK and other donors, has been forced to warn the public of low stocks of first-line TB medicines across Malawi, which means patients may find their treatment disrupted or ended.

Dr Samson Mndolo, Malawi’s secretary for health, said the low stock was down to disruption in the global supply of pharmaceutical ingredients, worsened by declining international support and aid, and said newly diagnosed patients may be denied access to the standard drug regimens.

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Source: The Guardian, 28 August 2025

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Hospitals at risk if cybersecurity law expires, former FBI leader says

The expiration of a 2015 federal cybersecurity law could put hospitals and health systems at risk for more cyberattacks, a former FBI leader wrote in Fortune.

The Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2015, which lapses 30 September has enabled quick threat-intelligence sharing between government and businesses, including thousands this year alone, preventing “countless” hacks over the past decade, according to the 17 August article by Cynthia Kaiser, former deputy director of the FBI’s cyber department.

“If information sharing degrades after CISA 2015’s sunset, hospitals — and all other critical infrastructure — very likely will lose crucial early warnings about ransomware variants and other attack methods,” she wrote. “When a hospital’s systems are threatened, rapid information sharing matters. Minutes count in medical emergencies, and delays can be fatal.”

Ms. Kaiser pointed to research from Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minn.-based University of Minnesota that estimated ransomware attacks killed between 42 and 67 Medicare patients from 2016 to 2021.

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Source: Becker's Hospital Review, 18 August 2025

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Young people ‘overdiagnosed’ with mental health conditions, Hunt says

Young people are being overdiagnosed with mental health conditions, a former cabinet minster has suggested.

Ex-health secretary Jeremy Hunt backed calls to radically reform the Send system and argued society has “lost sight of the fundamental reality that child development is a messy and uneven process”, in the foreword of a Policy Exchange report.

The report titled “Out of Control” argues that definitions of mental ill health and neurodivergence have been socially expanded, leading to overwhelm in the system.

One in five children in England have special educational needs and disabilities (Send), the report states, placing huge pressure on support services.

The report, which focuses on addressing the rise in psychiatric and neurodevelopmental disorders among children and young people, calls for a reinvention of education, health and care plans (EHCPs), and for children with the most severe needs to get the support they deserve faster.

In its foreword, Sir Jeremy wrote: “Mental ill-health and neurodiversity now accounts for more than half of the post-pandemic increase we have seen in claimants of disability benefit. Spending on Send provision has sky-rocketed and risks the financial sustainability of local government.

“Rather than assuming that more money or more of the same is the answer, we need to ask more fundamental questions. Is a cash transfer – or a label that means young people are treated and come to see themselves as different – the right way to help them? What about the importance of good work, physical activity, social connection? These factors are too often deprioritised in our policy prescription.

“Across the political spectrum, and amongst a growing range of practitioners, it is now recognised that there is a level of ‘overdiagnosis’ our system. We need to cut through the complexity to better understand the drivers of demand we are seeing.”

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Source: The Independent, 27 August 2025

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Patients struggle to get weight loss drug ahead of price rise

Some patients taking the weight-loss drug Mounjaro have told BBC News they are struggling to obtain the medicine, and are worried about the impact on their health.

There is rising demand for the drug, after the US manufacturer Eli Lilly announced a major price increase from 1 September.

The drug giant has warned against "inappropriate stockpiling of medicines" and has now asked UK distributors to stop taking orders from pharmacies from the end of today.

Pharmacies say they are prioritising patients already taking the drug, rather than those just starting it, and predict supplies will return to normal in early September.

Lynne Massey-Davis, 65, from East Yorkshire, says trying to find Mounjaro stock has been "stressful" after her last prescription order with an online provider wasn't delivered.

"I'm in a holding queue," she said. "It's a very uncertain time. I've spent a lot of time on the phone."

She's been told there will be a two-week delay on delivery. In the meantime, she paid £349 to another provider who then said they too had run out, which she describes as "unethical".

Fifteen months ago when Lynne started taking the weight-loss drug, she had a BMI of 32. Now it's down to 26 and she "feels 10 years younger", regularly doing park runs, going swimming and walking her dogs.

"I'm worried about my health but I will stay safe. There may be many others who will not."

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Source: BBC News, 27 August 2025

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'Our son died after he should have been sectioned'

A coroner has raised concerns over the care of a man who died hours after mental health clinicians decided not to section him.

James Cochrane died at about 21:00 GMT on 17 November 2023 on the M1, near Shepshed in Leicestershire.

James had been diagnosed with schizoaffective disorder and was in the care of the Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust.

His parents, Phil and Deborah, had recorded a video of him "shaking and rocking" during a psychotic episode on the day of his death, and told the BBC they had been desperate for him to be sectioned.

An inquest into James's death, which concluded on Wednesday, heard trust nurses came to assess the 36-year-old at his parents' home at about 16:00, and decided not to refer him for an assessment to be detained under the Mental Health Act.

Assistant coroner for North Leicestershire and Rutland, Rebecca Connell, said she was concerned about a decision to leave James with his parents over the weekend while increasing his dose of anti-psychotic medication and drugs to help him sleep.

Mrs Connell said she would be preparing a prevention of future deaths report, external detailing concerns after the two-day inquest at County Hall in Glenfield.

The NHS trust said lessons had been learned following a review carried out after James's death.

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Source: BBC News, 28 August 2025

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Trust warned over A&E and maternity failings

A major acute trust has been served warning notices to urgently improve its maternity and emergency care services after making “insufficient” progress.

The Care Quality Commission has issued two warning notices requiring significant improvements at St George’s Hospital, following inspections carried out between October 2024 and February 2025.

St George’s University Hospitals Foundation Trust, which has a £1.2bn turnover, has submitted an action plan and made some changes to keep patients safe, according to the CQC.

Maternity at St George’s Hospital improved from “inadequate” to “requires improvement”. But the CQC said “although some improvements had been made, they were insufficient” and the service remained in breach of the Health and Social Care Act 2008.

The CQC said “areas of concern… had not been resolved” since the last inspection in 2023, including staffing levels, staff not completing risk assessments or triaging patients safely, and there being “no stable leadership team” within the service.

A “significant number” of patients also told inspectors their ethnicity meant “they did not feel heard or understood”, inspectors added.

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Source: HSJ, 28 August 2025

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Big rise in sackings for sexual misconduct

As many as 60 ambulance staff members were dismissed and 75 disciplined for sexual misconduct last year, as providers cracked down on sexual safety in the workplace.

Figures obtained by HSJ  suggest the number of dismissals in 2024-25 may be three times that in 2021-22.

The data provided by trusts is patchy, but suggests there were around 60 dismissals nationally due to sexual misconduct in 2024-25, while there were as few as 19 in 2021-22.

Anna Parry, managing director of the Association of Ambulance Chief Executives, said trusts had agreed a “consensus statement” to reduce misogyny and enhance sexual safety in 2023.

“This has included a learning-led approach to cultural change, removing barriers to speaking up, improving access to support, and embedding a culture of respect, psychological safety, and inclusion,” she said.

“While significant work remains - and being mindful that this will always be an area we need to be sighted on and responsive to - we are encouraged by early signs of progress.”

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Source: HSJ, 28 August 2025

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Brain image doctor banned for assault and racism

A doctor has been struck off for assaulting a woman, making racist or derogatory comments and uploading an image of a patient's brain on his dating profile.

Dr Sayed Talibi, from Tamworth, Staffordshire, was sanctioned by the Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service (MPTS) after it found his fitness to practise was impaired.

Other examples of his misconduct included threatening a woman with waterboarding.

The tribunal decided to erase Dr Talibi's name from the General Medical Council's register, effective immediately.

The chairman of the panel, Andrew Lewis, said Dr Talibi's conduct was "fundamentally incompatible with his continued registration".

"It [the tribunal] concluded that erasure was the only sanction that it could impose given the seriousness of the misconduct, the lack of insight and remediation shown, and the risk of repetition that remained," he wrote in the report.

He said allowing him to return to "unrestricted practice" would be inconsistent with the findings due to the "seriousness" of Dr Talibi's misconduct.

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Source: BBC News, 26 August 2025

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‘Out here all alone’: Texas health officials’ pleas for help were ignored by CDC as measles cases grew, report says

Officials in Texas scrambled to control the number of measles cases spreading throughout the western part of the state, largely without help from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, earlier this year, according to a new report.

Just days after the first measles case was reported in Texas, the Trump administration took office and ordered the Department of Health and Human Services to halt all public communications, according to an email obtained by KFF Health News.

Soon after, the administration began conducting mass layoffs, sending various agencies, including the CDC, into chaos and confusion, several CDC officials told KFF Health News.

When officials in West Texas began reaching out to the CDC for guidance on how to handle the measles outbreak earlier this year, they were apparently met with simple responses or complete silence from a “stressed” agency.

Katherine Wells, the director of public health in Lubbock, Texas, emailed her public health colleagues saying, “My staff feels like we are out here all alone.”

Even after the administration’s halt on communications ended, CDC scientists said there was “a lot of confusion and non-answers over what communications were allowed.”

Last week, health officials said that the measles outbreak in West Texas had ended. But thousands of people, including children, were likely infected with the potentially deadly disease and it’s likely the country will see more outbreaks, experts say.

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Source: The Independent, 25 August 2025

 

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Seven-week wait for some red flag cancer patients

Some patients who have been red flagged for breast cancer assessments are waiting up to seven weeks to be seen in Northern Ireland.

The target set by Northern Ireland's devolved Department of Health - which oversees five health and social care trusts - is 14 days.

Mary (not her real name), who was red flagged by her GP last week, told BBC News NI she will have at least a five-week wait to be seen.

She said her doctor was "very apologetic" but couldn't give her a definitive timescale.

"I don't know when I'm going to receive a letter that will give me a date," she told The Nolan Show.

BBC News NI understands that several breast cancer consultants are concerned that waiting times have spiralled since a new regional system for handling referrals was introduced.

The system was criticised for creating a postcode lottery network as, depending on a patient's address, some were being seen more quickly than others.

Before its introduction, health trusts managed their own red flag referrals.

In May, all red flag referrals in the Western Trust were seen within 14 days, making it one of the better performing trusts at meeting its target.

However, within weeks of the regional system starting, some patients were waiting up to seven weeks, with the latest data showing 250 patients waited more than 14 days for a red flag breast clinic appointment.

More than 1,100 people across Northern Ireland are on a red flag list.

Sources have told the BBC that some of the health trusts feel they are in a better position to manage the lists, but as some breast units are better staffed than others, this does not produce an equitable appointment system.

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Source: BBC News, 27 August 2025

One health trust source told BBC News NI that the regional system was proving too complex to manage, with projections of waiting lists rising to 11 weeks by the end of September.

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Hospitals report more than 3,500 serious patient incidents

Official data revealed that 389 of these incidents have occurred in the first six months of this year.

NHS health boards are duty bound to notify regulator Healthcare Improvement Scotland when a significant adverse event review (SAERs) has been commissioned following a major incident.

Category one events – the most serious incidents - must be reported and may have caused death, major injury, disfigurement or severe emotional or psychological trauma.

The Scottish Government revealed the figures following a written parliamentary question from Scottish Conservative MSP Tim Eagle.

The data revealed that since 2021, there have been 3,586 incidents reported to the regulator by local health boards and the Scottish Ambulance Service.

The Scottish Government said the 90-day guideline is in place to learn lessons from the significant incidents.

However, Mr Eagle, who represents the Highlands and Islands region in Holyrood, said the figures show that Health Secretary Neil Gray is “out of his depth” and described the data as “catastrophic”.

He told The Herald: “Since the pandemic, the number of significant adverse events in Scotland’s hospital has soared to alarming levels.

“The lethal combination of the SNP’s dire workforce planning and successive flimsy recovery plans has left our NHS in a constant state of crisis, with overstretched staff unable to deliver the standard of care patients deserve.

“These aren’t just statistics, they are patients who have suffered serious harm or even died because of the Nationalists’ catastrophic mismanagement of our health service.

“We cannot go on with business as usual. Neil Gray is out of his depth. He needs to back our common sense plans to cut bureaucracy, slash the ranks of middle managers and surge resources to the frontline.”

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Source: The Herald, 27 August 2025

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Cancer charities call for earlier diagnosis as cases projected to surge in England by 2040

Cancer cases are projected to surge in England by 2040, with a person diagnosed every two minutes, up from one every four minutes in the 1970s.

More than 6 million new cases of the disease are predicted to be diagnosed over the next 15 years, with the NHS at risk of being unable to cope unless action is taken to prevent more cases and diagnose the disease earlier, when it is more treatable.

One Cancer Voice, the coalition of 60 cancer charities that published the projections on Tuesday, called on ministers to set early diagnosis targets and introduce strong prevention policies to save lives and transform cancer outcomes.

The projected increase in cases is likely to be due to a range of factors, including a rapidly expanding and ageing population, improvements in detection and diagnosis, and a higher prevalence of known risk factors for the disease.

Despite progress in survival – which has doubled since the 1970s – the surge in cases threatens to pile pressure on an already overstretched NHS. Without decisive action, England risks falling behind comparable countries in cancer outcomes, the analysis warns.

The projections come after the Department of Health and Social Care launched a call in February for evidence to help shape a national cancer plan.

Michelle Mitchell, the chief executive of Cancer Research UK and a One Cancer Voice representative, said: “Nearly one in two of us will be diagnosed with cancer in our lifetime – everyone will be impacted by the disease, whether they receive a diagnosis themselves, or have a friend, family member or loved one who does.

“The national cancer plan for England could be a defining moment. If the UK government delivers an ambitious, fully funded strategy, we could save more lives and transform cancer outcomes, propelling England from world-lagging to among world-leading when it comes to tackling this disease.

“We’ve seen progress before – now is the time to act again and make a difference for cancer patients.”

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Source: The Guardian, 27 August 2025

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Inquiry delay ‘making CEOs look silly’

The lack of information given to trusts likely to be involved in a national maternity investigation due to complete this year is making leaders “look silly” in front of staff, a major trust chief executive has said.

Mid and South Essex Foundation Trust boss Matthew Hopkins told HSJ he wanted clarity over whether his organisation would definitely be involved, as ministers have already suggested, and what this would entail.

Health secretary Wes Streeting announced plans for a national probe into maternity and neonatal services two months ago, with around 10 trusts likely to be covered in the review.

He named MSEFT among the trusts “very likely” to be included.

But, despite plans for the review to be completed by Christmas, this has not yet been formally confirmed, and neither have the full terms of reference for what will be within the investigation’s scope.

Mr Hopkins said: “It’s quite difficult for me when I go and say to the teams, ‘we think we’re involved but we don’t know. We don’t know what the process is going to be’.”

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Source: HSJ, 27 August 2025

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Groundbreaking NHS innovation from Pontefract clinician wins global prize after slashing surgery infections

The Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust’s Director of Innovation and Consultant antimicrobial pharmacist, Dr Stuart Bond, has won an internationally acclaimed award, on the back of implementing a clinician innovation project at Pinderfields and Pontefract Hospitals.
Stuart was honoured with one of the world’s most prestigious awards for his leadership in a groundbreaking NHS-first project that has slashed surgical site infections.

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Source: Wakefield Express, 25 August 2025

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Call to suspend medics under police investigation

A Sussex woman is calling for medical professionals to be suspended during police investigations to safeguard both patients and practitioners.

Charlotte Smart said her mother, Sarah Shaddock, was paralysed and had to use a wheelchair following an operation at a hospital in Brighton.

Ms Smart said there was a "troubling gap" regarding surgeons or consultants who were under active investigation by the police.

The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) said the General Medical Council (GMC) could request an interim restriction on a clinician's registration if there was thought to be "an immediate risk to patient safety".

The care Ms Smart's mother received from the University Hospitals Sussex NHS Trust at the Royal Sussex County hospital is being investigated by Sussex Police as part of Operation Bramber, which is looking into at least 200 cases of alleged medical negligence.

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Source: BBC, Tuesday 26 August 2025

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Ovarian cancer blood test can detect disease early, study suggests

Scientists have developed a simple blood test to spot ovarian cancer early that could “significantly improve” outcomes for women with the disease.

More than 300,000 women, mostly over the age of 50, are diagnosed worldwide each year, according to the World Cancer Research Fund. Ovarian cancer is often diagnosed late, which makes treating the condition more difficult.

The test trialled by UK and US researchers looks for two different types of blood markers in those showing symptoms of the disease, which include pelvic pain and a bloated tummy. It then uses machine learning to recognise patterns that would be difficult for humans to detect.

Currently, the disease is usually diagnosed using a mix of scans and biopsies, such as an ultrasound scan, a CT scan, a needle biopsy, a laparoscopy or surgery to remove tissue or possibly the ovaries.

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Source: Guardian, Tuesday 26 August 2025

 
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Maternity service suspended twice in two days

A major teaching trust was forced to close its maternity services to new births twice in two days, due to unsafe staffing levels, HSJ can reveal.

Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust temporarily closed suites at St James’s Hospital and Leeds General Infirmary sites on 16 and 17 August.

All new patients were diverted to neighbouring hospitals as a result of the closures, which ran from 4pm on Saturday to 7am on Sunday, and from 2.30pm on Sunday to 6.30am on Monday.

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Source: Health Service Journal, 22 August 2025

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The new technology for prosthetic legs that could reduce NHS waiting lists by 50%

A new technology could reduce NHS waiting lists for prosthetic legs by half, a study has found. The software personalises prosthetic leg fittings based on data from previous patients.

The data-driven fittings for below the knee prosthetics were, on average, as comfortable for patients as those created by highly skilled prosthetists, the NHS trial suggested. Technology developed by Radii Devices and the University of Southampton is hoping to halve the number of clinical visits for the fitting from an average of four to two using the software.

Nearly 100 people have now had a prosthetic leg designed this way, across multiple centres in the UK and the USA.

The study has now moved into its final stage where the new software is developed alongside clinicians to see how it can be best incorporated into their practices.

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Source: The Independent, 22 August 2025

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