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13/03/2017 - 09:18
Public Health England (PHE) has announced new funding to expand Mentor UK’s Alcohol and Drug Education and Prevention Information Service (ADEPIS) programme for schools and community prevention services.
10/03/2017 - 12:43
According to Health Education England (HEE), the number of trainees opting to enter general practice has increased by almost five per cent on last year’s figures.
10/03/2017 - 12:03
A new draft quality standard from NICE has called on hospital staff to ensure people showing signs of sepsis are given the right treatment within an hour.
10/03/2017 - 11:30
Health officials at Cumbria NHS have approved a service shake-up aimed at tackling ‘inadequate’ care in the region.
10/03/2017 - 10:51
A study from the University of Surrey has advised that parents should use pram covers when transporting young children outside to reduce their exposure to harmful air pollution.
09/03/2017 - 10:33
Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt has told NHS hospitals they must get back to meeting the target for seeing A&E patients within four hours.
09/03/2017 - 10:18
NHS England has invited female healthcare scientists to apply for NHS England’s prestigious fellowship scheme, aimed at providing career support for women working in the field.
09/03/2017 - 09:43
A team from Seoul National University (SNU) has developed a sensor which monitors blood glucose levels via sweat on the skin.
09/03/2017 - 09:22
The Institute of Cancer Research (ICR), the Royal Marsden cancer hospital and parents of children who have died from cancer have have raised concern that there are not enough cancer medicines being trialled in children or licensed for use in children.
08/03/2017 - 15:12
The Chancellor has presented the Budget, with the announcement of £2 billion to be spent on social care over the next three years.
08/03/2017 - 13:00
A survey conducted by the NHS England has highlighted that 47 per cent of employees believe there is not enough staff at their organisation for them to do their jobs properly.
08/03/2017 - 12:38
Nestle chocolate bars are set contain 10 per cent less sugar by 2018, in a bid to have a more beneficial impact on public health.
08/03/2017 - 12:29
The independent Advisory Panel on Substance Misuse (APoSM) has advised the Welsh government on the need for additional action in tackling the problem of substance misuse in an ageing population.
08/03/2017 - 12:15
Figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) have show that for the year 2015, of all adults in the UK 17.2 per cent smoked, down from 20.1 per cent of adults who smoked in 2010.
07/03/2017 - 11:57
NHS Lanarkshire are helping children avoid having potentially time and money consuming X-rays by checking them with metal detectors instead.
07/03/2017 - 11:32
Figures obtained from a BBC Freedom of Information (FoI) request has found hundreds of verbal attacks in the past three years including threats to kill, racist and sexual slurs.
07/03/2017 - 10:42
Health agency Public Health Wales (PHW) has warned that air pollution has become a ‘public health crisis’ and needs be tackled urgently.
07/03/2017 - 10:09
Bowden Derra Park, a mental health care home under investigation by Cornwall Council, has banned the local authority's officials from visiting the site.
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