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People in Wales will be asked to phone first before going to A&E as emergency services are remodelled to respond to coronavirus.
There could be more than 3,500 avoidable cancer deaths in England in the next five years as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.
England’s poorest communities are at greater risk of a second wave of coronavirus owing to imbalances in the test-and-trace system.
GP trainee numbers in England have risen for the third year running, with recruitment up a record 15 per cent compared to the same point last year.
Chancellor Rishi Sunak will announce that public sector workers, including doctors, will see above inflation pay rises this year.
Coronavirus test results are now being automatically sent to GP systems as well as being communicated to the individual.
'Air accident investigation’ style training is to be launched for NHS staff responsible for investigating safety incidents in hospitals.
The government has secured early access to 90 million doses of promising coronavirus vaccine candidates.
The Open Rights Group has argued that the government’s Test and Trace programme has broken a key data protection law.
Senior doctors are pleading with the public to help prevent a second wave of coronavirus that could 'devastate' the NHS.
The BMA has warned that government guidance on face covering rules in England are unclear and are causing widespread confusion.
There has been a sharp rise in the proportion of nursing staff considering leaving the profession, driven primarily by concerns about pay.
The NHS has called on local NHS organisations to become learning disability ‘Exemplars’.
Anyone getting a test at a regional test site or mobile testing unit can expect their result by the next day.
Boris Johnson is set to announce that the NHS in England will receive an extra £3 billion to prepare for a possible second wave of coronavirus.
The National Cyber Security Centre has warned that Russian hackers are targeting organisations trying to develop a coronavirus vaccine.
NHS Providers and the CIPFA have called for joined up policy making across health and care.
Two thirds of people who would be having ECT can’t access the life-saving treatment because of coronavirus.
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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