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Portakabins provide temporary accommodation for Wootton GP services
A borough council business case for a new GP surgery in Wootton estimates the capital cost at nearly £5 million, but councillors have raised concerns about a £96,000 income gap...
Bedford Hospital main entrance Image: Gordon Bell/Shutterstock
Bedford Borough’s mayor has written to the Health Secretary to raise "urgent concerns" about the future resilience of local hospital services, warning that patient safety and access could be...
Bedford Hospital main entrance Image: Gordon Bell/Shutterstock
The Care Quality Commission has again rated maternity services at Bedford Hospital and Luton and Dunstable Hospital as inadequate, citing low staffing, unanswered triage calls and...
A headshot of David Carter, chief executive of Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
After 30 years of continuous board-level NHS service, the chief executive of Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has announced his retirement. David Carter has led the...
Baby Alessa, the first born at Bedford Hospital on 1 January 2026. Image: via Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Bedford Hospital welcomed its first New Year’s Day baby, Alessa, at 6.19am as ten “New Year’s Day babies” were born across Bedfordshire Hospitals Trust in Bedford and Luton...
NHS Staff celebrate the opening of a new look Gilbert Hitchcock House 2 October 2025 Image Robert Oakley
A new £24 million Community Diagnostic Centre (CDC) has been opened at Bedford Hospital’s Gilbert Hitchcock House, marking a major step in transforming health services for local people...
Bedford Hospital Image: Dr Robert Oakley
Plans for a new six-storey Elective Hub at Bedford Hospital have taken a step forward. Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has asked Bedford Borough Council to decide...
Resident (formerly Junior) doctors on strike taking part in a protest march in Trafalgar Square in March 2023 to demand higher pay from the government. Image: Nigel J. Harris/Shutterstock
Patients across Bedfordshire are being urged to help preserve NHS resources for those who need them most, as resident doctors prepare to stage another national strike this week...
Pictured left to right: Micky McNiffe, Clinical Support Worker (CSW), Shianne Becker, Chemotherapy Nurse (CN), Rachel Fenney (CSW), Nicholene Vassell (CN), Neil McKay, Chemotherapy Nurse Practitioners (CNP), Salma Chaudhry (CSW), Charlottle Crowther (CN), Nicola Evans (CN), Amber Cullen (CN), Becky Tellwright (CNP)
Bedford Hospital's Primrose Unit has successfully retained the ‘Macmillan Quality Environment Mark’ (MQEM), developed by Macmillan Cancer Support to recognise and...
East of England Ambulance Service paramedic. Image EEAST
This month marks International Paramedics Day, shining a light on the work of paramedics across the East of England. The day is celebrated on 8 July, the birthday of French...
Martha Mills' case inspried Martha's Law. Image NHS
A new patient safety initiative - Martha’s Rule - has been implemented across Bedfordshire Hospitals following the failings of a doctor responsible for the care of 13-year-old Martha Mills...
Jacquie Goulding and Deborah Inskip of BHC&F with hospital estates staff. Image: Bedford Independent
The NHS in Bedfordshire set about thanking all estates and facilities members working across hospitals this week in their third annual Estates Day event On Wednesday (18 June)...