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07/04/2017 - 12:00
The Royal College of Paramedics (RCP) has warned the number of times hospital A&E units in England have had to close their doors to ambulances has almost doubled this winter compared with the previous three.
07/04/2017 - 11:25
The Royal Society of Public Health (RSPH) has raised concern after an investigation into 100 of the UK’s 1,700 specialist vape shops found 87 per cent were selling vape products to non-smokers.
07/04/2017 - 11:11
A Freedom of Information request submitted by the RAC has brought has revealed 38 per cent of trusts offer no credit or debit card payment option for on-site parking, highlighting most visitors have bigger concerns on their mind than finding cash.
07/04/2017 - 10:56
The Department for Culture, Media & Sport has declared that the elderly and vulnerable, including dementia sufferers, are to be given hi-tech devices which block all nuisance calls.
06/04/2017 - 12:10
New guidance from NICE recommended that condoms should be more widely available to reduce rates of sexually transmitted infections (STIs).
06/04/2017 - 11:55
Diabetes UK has released its ‘Testing Times’ report highlighting the problems many of diabetes patients have been experiencing with accessing test strips at local surgeries.
06/04/2017 - 11:27
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has highlighted four online prescription services as having lax standards, following its latest inspections into online healthcare services.
06/04/2017 - 11:08
The Global Burden of Diseases report has identified that smoking causes one in 10 deaths worldwide.
06/04/2017 - 10:45
A study published in The Lancet Psychiatry has called for the trial of ketamine to treat depression to be rolled out as a mainstream treatme
05/04/2017 - 12:10
A campaign developed to vaccinate girls against the human papilloma virus (HPV), a sexually transmitted infection, has led to a dramatic drop in reported cases.
05/04/2017 - 11:31
Research conducted by the Nurses’ Health Study and published in the journal Gut has suggested that long-term use of antibiotics may increase the risk of bowel cancer.
05/04/2017 - 11:11
The Select Committee on the Long-term Sustainability of the NHS has published a report criticising the 'short sightedness' of successive governments for failing to plan effectively for the long-term future of the health service and adult social care.
04/04/2017 - 12:00
The Welsh government has welcomed a 16 per cent increase in the number of GP training places filled at the end of the first round of recruitment following the implementation of a financial incentive initiative.
04/04/2017 - 11:42
A study conducted by the University of Edinburgh’s Centre for Cardiovascular Science has found that heat exposure and physical exertion during firefighting can increase blood clotting and impair blood vessel function.
04/04/2017 - 11:16
Public Health England (PHE) has announced that Professor Daniel Bausch has been appointed director of the new UK Public Health Rapid Support Team (UK-PHRST).
04/04/2017 - 11:04
The Isle of Wight NHS Trust is set to be put into special measures after the Care Quality Commission (CQC) found a ‘deterioration in safety and qual
03/04/2017 - 10:30
New research, yet to be peer reviewed, but being presented at the European Congress of Psychiatry has found that cancer patients have a 55 per cent greater risk of suicide than then the general population.
03/04/2017 - 10:12
The British Heart Foundation (BHF) has published research indicating that more than 20 million UK adults are classified as physically inactive, a lifestyle factor which increases their risk of heart disease.
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