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NHS Digital has now officially merged with NHS England; HB takes a look at what the NHS’s IT hub does
Helen Hunt, innovation programme manager (Workforce) at the West Midlands Academic Health Science Network explains how the NHS Insights Prioritisation Programme is helping to address winter pressures
NHS England published updated national standards for healthcare food and drink in November. HB investigates
The NHS is the first health service in the world to embed net zero into legislation, with a goal of reaching net zero by 2040. Here we look at the Green Plan of the Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
December 2022 marked the opening of Devizes Health Centre in Wiltshire to patients. But what makes this site so special? And how is it helping to tackle climate change? James Wakeham, principal construction manager at NHS Property Services (NHSPS), explains
In December, Chief Medical Officer Professor Chris Whitty, published his annual report, this time on air pollution
Digital Health Rewired, the premier conference, exhibition and networking show for the UK digital health community, has published its 2023 programme showcasing the very best use of digital and data across UK health and care.
Dr Colette Jeffrey Associate Professor of Wayfinding at Birmingham City University on why hospital wayfinding is so difficult
NHS Digital recently published its Estates Returns Information Collection for 2021/22 which sets out information relating to the costs of providing and maintaining the NHS Estate including buildings, maintaining and equipping hospitals, the provision of services and the costs and consumption of utilities
Ahead of the Digital Health Rewired conference in March, Professor Ben Goldacre explains why information governance is not enough when it comes to protecting privacy.
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Ahead of his session at Digital Health Rewired in March 2023, director of AI, imaging and deployment at the NHS Transformation Directorate, Dominic Cushnan explains the need to focus on supporting NHS organisations to deploy AI technologies.
Chris Bennett, head of behaviour change and engagement at Sustrans explores the pros of social prescribing and what is needed to really reap the benefits
In this article, Barbara Harpham, chair of the Medical Technology Group, looks at regional variation in healthcare and how regions and hospitals can learn from each other to improve care
Phil Howe, chief technology officer at Core to Cloud examines the cyberthreat to the NHS from nation state actors and cyber criminals
Cybersecurity will always be needed for the NHS, but what is the current threat level and what can be done to mitigate these threats?
Tim Morris, vice president, clinical solutions, Elsevier Health has a look at the pros and cons of digitised healthcare
Valerie Phillips, healthcare expert at PA Consulting discusses the advancement and benefits of at-home testing
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UK Building Regulations highlight toxic gas and smoke from layers of paint built up over multiple redecorations as a major cause of permanent ill health or death in a building fire.
Their concern rose with discovery the flame retardant paints most widely used paint along escape routes have been ones which to this day counter-productively use emission of heavy toxic gas to smother flames which rapidly spread along walls if layers of paint delaminate in a fire.
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Northwich’s Victoria Infirmary (VIN) Community Diagnostic Centre (CDC) has enabled more patients
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Sarah Greenslade, public affairs and communications officer at the British Parking Association looks at some of the problems and innovations in healthcare parking
It’s easy to assume that the comms team is there to handle press enquiries and the occasional social media storm – but the reality is that strategic communications can make a measurable impact across the entire organisation, from operational to financial, when done properly
