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Launched last year, Diabetes Professional Care showcases innovation in the prevention, treatment and management of diabetes. Health Business details the highlights of the 2015 event.
With the rapid reliance of technology increasing each year, Health Business’ Ben Plummer delves into the The Internet of Things and what it could mean for the NHS in 2016.
Many NHS hospitals are being set the target of lowering the carbon footprint. While much of the change needs to happen within the hospital walls, electrifying ambulance fleets and becoming greener on the roads is an option worth exploring.
EHI Live is the biggest and most vibrant UK IT healthcare show, where the eHealth community comes together to meet, network and discuss current challenges and developments in healthcare IT. Health Business looks back at November’s event.
Steve Mellings, of the Asset Disposal & Information Security Alliance, discusses the problems facing data diposal and how it should be managed.
Collaboration with staffing suppliers is now more critical than ever in ensuring NHS trusts can weather the recruitment storm of the coming months, says the REC’s Vicky O’Brien.
The health service is now on target to save £1bn in efficiencies by 2020 by working with NHS Shared Business Services. Much more is possible when the wider public sector takes action, writes Peter Akid, NHS Shared Business Services director of procurement.
Health Business investigates how successful the NHS has been amid the growing volumes of content and the ongoing push for paperless hospital environments.
Health Business analyses the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman’s ‘Breaking down the Barriers’ report and examines what improving the complaints process could mean for improving patient safety and care outcomes for older patients.
Recruiting and retaining staff are becoming major issues for the majority of hospitals. To help solve the problem, organisations should be more age aware, says Rachael Armistead of the WLG.
The potential environmental and financial benefits of having more hospital buildings fitted with solar systems is very worthwhile, says Chris Roberts of the Solar Trade Association.
There are three trends that seem set to transform healthcare in 2016. With the aid of ‘design thinking’, Jessi Pervola looks at each and how design can revolutionise the UK health system.
The British Parking Association’s Nick Teasdale provides an introduction to a radical new accreditation for healthcare organisations: the Professionalism in Parking Accreditation.
Recognising what good leadership looks like is just as important as having leadership in place, explains Nithya Kutty of the NHS Leadership Academy.
Following Jeremy Hunt’s challenge to the NHS to make better use of technology at the NHS Innovation Expo, Health Business discusses the vision for technology across the NHS.
With hospital food often being considered a cause for national shame, stronger standards are highly sought after. The Better Hospital Food campaign is seeking government intervention to keep good food out of the bin, and healthy food on hospital plates.
Obesity is still one of the biggest public health epidemics that we face in modern society, and we do not appear to be winning the battle. The National Obesity Forum’s Dr Matthew S Capehorn dicusses what could be done to change the dynamics.
Not a day passes by without news of a new data breach. Steve Mellings, of the Asset Disposal & Information Security Alliance, discusses the problems facing data disposal and how it should be managed.
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