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Leaders in South Yorkshire have joined forces, in a cross-party call on the government to invest in a new central hospital for Doncaster.
The government has announced that care workers looking after people in their own homes will be offered weekly coronavirus tests.
The RCGP is encouraging people to take steps to care for both their physical and mental health during the second national lockdown.
More than 6,000 frontline health workers will have their visas extended for a year for free, including doctors, nurses and paramedics.
From 1 December, people aged 50 to 64 will get free flu vaccine as part of expanded flu vaccination programme this winter.
Researchers working on projects related to coronavirus are benefitting from a new service for studying vital health data quickly and securely.
A new joint briefing sets out a plan of action for trusts to combat growing health inequalities in the next stage of the pandemic.
A petition to convince the government to permanently scrap parking costs for NHS staff has garnered 990,000 signatures.
Welsh Health Minister Vaughan Gething has announced a new set of experimental measures for emergency departments.
The British Medical Association has warned that lifting lockdown without new measures in place risks deepening the crisis in our health service.
16 hospitals across England will receive a share of nearly £16 million to introduce electronic prescriptions.
People with mental health worries are being urged to seek help in a new phase of the NHS’s Help Us Help You campaign.
GP recruitment figures in Wales have reached records numbers for the third year running, with 200 new GP trainees recruited this year.
A crisis in charity research funding caused by the coronavirus pandemic threatens to weaken the UK’s reputation as a world-leader in science.
Public sector organisations looking to procure cost-effective auditing, governance and counter fraud services are set to benefit from a new framework.
Analysis reveals that dentists have provided approximately 19 million fewer treatments since March this year compared to last year.
6,000 UK volunteers will be called upon to take part in a phase 3 trial for the coronavirus vaccine.
Ambulance service leaders say a funding shortfall of nearly £240 million is having a negative impact on patient care.
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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.
Northwich’s Victoria Infirmary (VIN) Community Diagnostic Centre (CDC) has enabled more patients
Adveco, the commercial hot water specialist, announces the launch of live metering of domestic ho
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