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03/04/2017 - 09:49
MPs and campaign groups have criticised funding raised from the tampon tax after it came to light that a £250,000 portion of the money was granted to anti-abortion group Life.
03/04/2017 - 09:28
The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has announced that a new ‘Pay on Invoice’ method has been introduced for paying medicines licenses, clinical trials and clinical investigations.
31/03/2017 - 12:01
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has confirmed that the Personal Support Package aimed at helping people with health conditions will roll out from April, along with wider reforms to ensure a fair welfare system.
31/03/2017 - 11:09
The Department for Health has launched a consultation on the prescription of gluten-free foods, claiming the move could save the NHS £25 million annually.
31/03/2017 - 10:40
A lung probe developed by scientists at the universities of Edinburgh, Heriot-Watt and Bath has been designed to rapidly diagnose bacterial lung infections to help prevent unnecessary use of antibiotics in intensive care units.
31/03/2017 - 10:18
NHS England has published new plans, two-and-a-half years on from the publication of the NHS Five Year Forward View, spelling out what has been achieved and the changes which will take place across the health service.
31/03/2017 - 09:37
Professor Jane Cummings, chief nursing officer for England, has announced a new fast track ‘Nurse First’ programme to attract high achieving graduates into a career in nursing.
30/03/2017 - 11:53
The British Lung Foundation and Asthma UK have voiced approval regarding the launch of Mayor of London Sadiq Khan’s new emission scoring scheme, which will allow motorists to avoid buying the most polluting petrol cars and vans.
30/03/2017 - 10:04
Stoke-on-Trent and North Staffordshire CCGs have been awarded £272,000 to set up an online video technology service linking GPs with their elderly patients, in a bid to save £1 million.
30/03/2017 - 09:44
A new report conducted by the University of Exeter Business School has stated that more senior roles need to be held by women if the NHS is to reach its target of equal gender representation on boards by 2020.
30/03/2017 - 09:26
A £30 million plan has been revealed for Brighton NHS Trust, aimed at relieving some of the pressure the trust in under by combining leadership with Western Sussex Hospitals (WSH) for the next three years.
30/03/2017 - 08:54
Public Health England (PHE) gas published guidelines for its sugar reduction programme, which could see 200,000 tonnes of sugar removed from the UK market per year by 2020.
29/03/2017 - 10:50
Nursing staff at Weston General Hospital are switching to smartphone-based technology to replace the current paper-based systems.
29/03/2017 - 10:32
Researchers from Karolinska Institutet and Oxford University have demonstrated how the survivors of motor vehicle accidents have fewer post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms if they play Tetris in hospital within six hours of admission.
29/03/2017 - 10:09
Research published in Nature has demonstrated how scientists have made a mini working replica of the female reproductive tract using human and mouse tissue, to further understanding of diseases affecting these tissues.
29/03/2017 - 09:46
The British Medical Association (BMA) has accused the Review Body on Doctors' and Dentists' Remuneration (DDRB) of using its recommendations as ‘a cover’ for driving down front-line salaries.
29/03/2017 - 09:31
Professor Mike Richards, England’s chief inspector of hospitals, from the Care Quality Commission (CQC) has recommended that North Cumbria University Hospitals NHS Trust should exit special measures, after an inspection showed it had made ‘major improvements to services’.
28/03/2017 - 12:10
A new survey of 500 mothers of young children commissioned by Public Health England (PHE) has shown that more than half were concerned that breastfeeding could mean they wouldn’t be able to tell if their baby was getting too much or not enough milk.
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