At least 11 major NHS trusts across England have been accused of fast-tracking ethnic minority employees to top positions in a bid to meet diversity quotas. The move, intended to improve ...

NHS Greater Manchester will have to save £41m of its £106m 'total cost of people' under the government’s new NHS reforms, the Manchester Evening News can report. There has been ‘no detail on ...

NHS trusts “discriminate” against white job applicants by manipulating interview shortlists in favour of black and ethnic minority candidates, The Telegraph can reveal. NHS England documents ...

The NHS must change its policy of allowing transgender people to be on single-sex wards aligned with their gender identity following the Supreme Court ruling on the definition of a "woman", the ...

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The body responsible for advising on NHS pay awards has handed its recommendations for 2025-26 to ministers, but the details are yet to be made public. The NHS Pay Review Body (PRB) sent its report to ...

NHS trusts have been prioritising black and ethnic minority applicants on interview shortlists - in line with NHS England guidance. Official documents recommend recruiters use the Rooney Rule, a ...

NHS Fife has requested only media be allowed to watch the livestream of the case brought by nurse Sandie Peggie against the health board when it resumes in July. It claims technical issues and ...

Donald Trump has spoken about including the NHS in a trade deal before (Picture: Reuters) It seemed an agreement was imminent in February, when the President met Prime Minister Keir Starmer at the ...

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The NHS will be pursued if it does not follow new guidance on single-sex spaces, the chairwoman of the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has said. Along with other public bodies ...

Current NHS guidelines state that trans people should be accommodated in single-sex accommodation according to their gender identity, rather than their assigned sex at birth. Baroness Falkner ...