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28/03/2017 - 11:48
The University of Exeter, in partnership with Bowel Cancer UK’s Never Too Young campaign, has published new research and a risk assessment tool to support GPs in identifying the symptoms of a serious bowel condition for patients aged under-50.
28/03/2017 - 11:28
NHS England has announced it will be leading a review of low value prescription items from April 2017 and introducing new guidance for Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs), in a bid to save NHS expenditure.
28/03/2017 - 10:17
According to analysis of food safety enforcement data conducted by Which? one in every five eateries in the UK doesn’t meet food hygiene standards.
27/03/2017 - 12:07
According to data collated via a Royal College of Nursing (RCN) freedom of information (FoI) request, the number of EU nurses joining the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) register fell to fewer than 200 per month compared to nearly 800 a month in 2015.
27/03/2017 - 10:19
The Department of Health (DH) has announced that the alcohol industry will be updating the health information on its labels, to reflect the latest scientific evidence.
27/03/2017 - 10:06
The Health Select Committee has called on the government to take more robust action to tackle the impact of discounting on the sales of unhealthy food and drink to help tackle childhood obesity.
27/03/2017 - 09:52
The All Parliamentary Group on Women's Health has concluded that women suffering from endometriosis are not being diagnosed quickly enough and receiving appropriate treatment.
27/03/2017 - 09:35
Research, presented at the European Society of Urology congress in London, has suggested that people suffering from nocturia (disrupted sleep due to frequent urination) should cut down on their salt intake to help tackle the problem.
24/03/2017 - 10:41
The University of Bristol and NHS Blood and Transplant team have been successful in manufacturing red blood cells on a more efficient scale than was previously possible.
24/03/2017 - 10:26
The Scottish government has announced that from 1 April, new patients under 40 referred for IVF treatment on the NHS in Scotland will be eligible for three full cycles rather than two.
24/03/2017 - 10:17
The Belfast Health and Social Care Trust (BHSCT) has issued advice to around 2,000 patients regarding their risk of infection caused by Mycobacterium chimaera, following open heart surgery.
24/03/2017 - 10:03
A study published in the journal Cell has suggested that a drug used to reverse aspects of ageing in mice has yielded successful results.
24/03/2017 - 09:41
Research conducted at the universities of Oxford and Birmingham has resulted in a breakthrough in the diagnosis of Tuberculosis (TB).
23/03/2017 - 12:48
The British Obesity and Metabolic Surgery Society (BOMSS) and the Royal College of Surgeons (RCS) has called on NHS clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) to stop restricting weight loss surgery, after data has suggested many have introduced policies to ration such operations.
23/03/2017 - 12:34
NHS Improvement has announced that St George’s University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust; North Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust; and University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust are being put into financial special measures to help them meet their savings plans.
23/03/2017 - 12:12
In a report, NHS Highland’s chief executive Elaine Mead is set to highlight the strategic direction the board must take to meet ‘unprecedented’ saving targets of around £100 million over the next three years.
23/03/2017 - 11:52
Conception rates among under-18s has halved in eight years, to 21 per 1,000 women, data from the Office for National Statistics has shown.
22/03/2017 - 11:44
Public Health England (PHE) has launched a new online system, Report Illicit Drug Reaction, to improve knowledge of the harmful effects of new psychoactive substances.
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