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The government spent an estimated £220 million setting up England’s Nightingale hospitals to help increase NHS capacity.
Patients are being offered more convenient cancer treatment during the coronavirus pandemic, including an innovative type of radiotherapy.
Independent Sage has argued that the test and trace system will not be as successful in keeping coronavirus in check as achieved in other countries.
Yvonne Coghill is to lead a rapid programme of work to support BAME staff across London, in response to the coronavirus outbreak.
The IFS has reported that the coronavirus episode has had substantial negative impacts on mental health across the population.
The NHS Confederation has warned that the government must manage expectations to retain public confidence as it faces a slow road to recovery.
The NIHR is to support new research into the consequences of the global coronavirus pandemic beyond the acute phase.
New online tools for people living with diabetes are now available on the NHS to help people manage their condition during the coronavirus pandemic.
A new voluntary coronavirus study will assess the prevalence of the virus among pre-school, primary and secondary school pupils and teachers.
A leaked internal investigation into the Colindale site of NHSBT has found a unit that is ‘systematically racist’ and ‘psychologically unsafe’.
New digital technology fast-tracked to support non-contact consultations in NHS Wales during the coronavirus pandemic is to stay.
Thousands of patients with cystic fibrosis are being given devices and apps so that medics can monitor their condition remotely.
All staff in hospitals in England will be provided with surgical masks which they will be expected to wear from 15 June.
Frontline health and care staff will be able to access support from the hundreds of thousands of NHS volunteer responders.
The government must urgently outline a credible plan for addressing the huge backlog of patients awaiting NHS treatment, says the BMA.
A new study is set to provide new insight for clinicians to help them manage their patients’ medication more effectively.
Alzheimer’s Society is calling on the government to put people with dementia at heart of its lockdown solution.
Around half of people with heart and circulatory diseases have found it harder to get medical treatment since the coronavirus pandemic began.
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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