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The government has announced investment in the use of artificial intelligence across the NHS to help improve patient care.
The RCN has launched the Fair Pay for Nursing campaign to demand a 12.5 per cent pay rise for nursing staff across the UK.
There has been a huge increase in the number of new student nurses accepted onto courses in the two weeks since A-Level results were awarded.
NHS Providers has called for action to tackle the historic underfunding of services for people with a learning disability and autistic people.
A new survey has found that patients are embracing technology during the coronavirus pandemic, but still value real-life consultations.
New analysis has claimed that the NHS has a ‘hidden waiting list’ of 15.3 million patients who need follow-up appointments for health problems.
The NHS Confederation has claimed that the routine inspections of hospitals should be paused until after winter.
Where contact details are shared, contact tracers have reached 88.3 per cent of contacts identified by those testing positive.
Experts have warned that complacency over the flu jab risks overwhelming the NHS.
Hospitals will soon be able to send secure and standardised clinical patient discharge summaries electronically to GP systems.
The RCGP has called for action to tackle the risks posed by coronavirus to ethnic minorities and to ensure doctors and staff are kept safe this winter.
Surgeons should be given regular ‘emotional intelligence’ training as an ‘explicit’ part of their professional development.
A study has found that thousands of patients are likely to have been infected with coronavirus in UK hospitals.
A survey suggests that stress and exhaustion from the coronavirus crisis threatens to intensify burnout among women working in the NHS.
Councils have warned of a potential post-coronavirus surge of dental treatments following the lifting of lockdown.
Families who have lost loved ones to coronavirus while they worked on the frontline will be stripped of their social security payments, says Labour.
People needing additional follow-on care after being discharged from hospital will now be supported by a £588 million fund.
The Labour Party has claimed that NHS trusts have been charged over £15 million when hiring overseas specialist staff since 2017.
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