Beth Gault

London

Journalist and Editor at Freelance

Freelance journalist & editor | previously @drapers @pulsetoday | [email protected]

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Rise in vaping slows, study finds

1 week ago | healthcareleadernews.com | Beth Gault

The rapid rise in vaping in Britain has slowed, according to new research published in the journal Addiction. The research, funded by Cancer Research UK, surveyed a total of 88,611 people between January 2022 and January 2025 across England, Wales and Scotland on their vaping habits. It aimed to measure whether trends in vaping had changed after plans to restrict vaping were announced by the UK Government in January 2024.
Mpox case reported with no travel or close contact history

1 week ago | healthcareleadernews.com | Beth Gault

UK public health officials have reported a case of mpox clade 1b in England with no apparent travel history or link with previously confirmed cases. The patient in the North East of England was diagnosed in March and contact tracing did not identify any further cases. More work is being done by the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) to determine where the individual may have caught the infection, a statement said.
NHS bricks-and-mortar pharmacies drop below 10,000 in England

2 weeks ago | healthcareleadernews.com | Joanna Robertson |Beth Gault

The number of bricks and mortar community pharmacies providing NHS services in England has dropped to 9,999, the latest figures from the NHS Business Services Authority have revealed. Of those, 4,910 were single or small groups of independents (1-5 pharmacies), 1,807 were part of medium-sized groups (6-99 pharmacies), and 3,282 were part of large groups (100+ pharmacies).
Health secretary in favour of prostate cancer screening programme

2 weeks ago | healthcareleadernews.com | Beth Gault

Health secretary Wes Streeting wants to see a national prostate cancer screening programme in place for men at high risk of the disease, MPs have been told. However, in his evidence to the parliamentary health and social care committee this week, Mr Streeting stressed that any decisions on screening need to be ‘evidence-based and evidence-led’.
New £1.5bn framework to update IT systems launches

2 weeks ago | healthcareleadernews.com | Beth Gault

A £1.5bn framework to upgrade the NHS’s IT systems has gone live, according to NHS Shared Business Services (NHS SBS). The framework agreement, which is a partnership between NHS SBS and the North of England Commercial Procurement Collaborative, enables teams to buy vetted suppliers ‘quickly and compliantly’. The Tech Devices Link 4 framework is recommended for the NHS and wider public sector, including local authorities and education trusts.
Patients wait ‘too long’ for community mental health services

2 weeks ago | healthcareleadernews.com | Beth Gault

A significant proportion of people who access community mental health support have faced major delays, a new survey from the Care Quality Commission (CQC) has revealed. The survey of 14,000 people found four in 10 (40%) felt they had waited ‘too long’ for care. A third of people (33%) had waited three or more months for their first community mental health treatment and of those, four in 10 said they did not receive any support while they waited for the appropriate treatment.
Greater Manchester employs the most ARRS GPs

2 weeks ago | healthcareleadernews.com | Beth Gault

Primary care networks (PCNs) across Greater Manchester have hired the most GPs through the additional roles reimbursement scheme (ARRS), new NHS England data has shown. There have been 143 GPs hired through the PCN employment mechanism across Greater Manchester ICB since October, when the role was first added to the scheme. PCNs in Somerset and Cornwall ICBs have employed the least, with six and nine respectively. A total of 1,503 ARRS GPs have been hired across England so far.
Create a national staff redundancy fund, say health leaders

2 weeks ago | healthcareleadernews.com | Beth Gault

Health leaders have called for a national staff redundancy fund to help with the budget cuts they are required to make this year. ICBs have been told they must cut their running costs by around 50% by October 2025, with the new chief executive of NHS England Sir James Mackey suggesting some could have to cut by more than this.
Some ICBs have asked to merge, Streeting reveals

2 weeks ago | healthcareleadernews.com | Beth Gault

Some ICBs have ‘asked for permission’ to merge and consolidate, the health secretary Wes Streeting has told MPs today. In a session of the Health and Social Care Committee (HSCC) on the recent changes to the NHS, Mr Streeting said that ICBs ‘are here to stay’ but that he had seen ‘demand’ from some ICBs to merge following the news that they would be required to make 50% cuts.
Government’s back-to-work scheme begins

2 weeks ago | healthcareleadernews.com | Beth Gault

The first of nine trailblazer programmes to get people back into work has begun in South Yorkshire, backed by £18m funding. The South Yorkshire scheme aims to work with 7,800 people in a year with the goal of getting 3,000 of them into jobs. Designed locally after a project in Barnsley, the Work and Health Accelerator programme will involve GPs and other primary care staff identifying people who might be helped by the approach.