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A 24-hour service has been launched for NHS patients, offering GP consultations via video link on smartphones.
Labour is demanding an inquiry into how trainee GPs did not receive their salaries from Capita on behalf of the NHS.
Health and social care professionals should help older people with learning disabilities live healthy and fulfilling lives as they age, NICE says.
Wards for older people at a north London mental health trust have been rated ‘good’ overall by the CQC.
NHS Harrogate and Rural District Clinical Commissioning Group is set to receive £50,000 to improve access to diabetes courses.
A new centre dedicated to patients with a number of complex rare genetic conditions has opened at St Thomas’ hospital.
GMMH is providing an opportunity for community groups and projects across Manchester to benefit from a £1.5 million fund to improve mental health.
New voice banking software which helps people with MND to continue to communicate is being offered at Great Western Hospital.
The future of West Cumberland Hospital and the health and well-being of people in West Cumbria has been revealed.
51 per cent of NHS trust finance directors think patient care in their area has worsened over the last year - just six per cent said it has improved.
The government has announced a new fast-track route into the NHS for ‘breakthrough’ medicines and technologies.
The number of patients waiting an hour or over to be transferred from an ambulance into an A&E ward has doubled over the past two years.
NHS Employers has updated its employment checks document cross reference tool to reflect recent DBS check changes.
Inherited risk of high cholesterol should be identified and treated as early as possible, NICE says in updated guidance.
Meg Hillier has sent a letter to the Department of Health over concerns with the failure to provide clarity on the diversion of capital budgets in the NHS.
Princess Alexandra Hospital is working with AGFA Healthcare for the implementation of a new Enterprise Imaging platform.
There is a worrying divide in good dental health between northern and southern England, with children in deprived areas more likely to have rotten teeth.
NHS England has published new Prevent Mental Health Guidance to support staff in safeguarding the vulnerable at risk of radicalisation.
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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