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19/12/2016 - 09:39
According to a study published in the Lancet Public Health Journal, the health of children is set benefit most from the sugar tax on soft drinks in the UK.
19/12/2016 - 09:25
The Health Select Committee has raised concern over the high number of people in England taking their own lives, warning the figure was ‘unacceptably high’.
16/12/2016 - 12:55
A new report has claimed that the shortage of NHS hospital beds is putting patients at an increased risk of infection.
16/12/2016 - 12:10
December has seen a reported rise in the number of cases of the vomiting bug norovirus, but PHE have claimed this is not unexpected.
16/12/2016 - 12:03
Pharmaceutical company Actavis UK has reportedly broken competition law by charging excessive prices to the NHS for hydrocortisone tablets.
15/12/2016 - 15:19
Jeremy Hunt has launched a nationwide campaign to help parents spot the symptoms of sepsis to protect young children and save lives.
15/12/2016 - 13:50
The UK’s fertility regulator has approved the historic move to allow two women and one man to conceive a baby, despite its controversy.
15/12/2016 - 11:00
London's Whipps Cross University Hospital has been rated ‘Inadequate’ by the CQC for its surgery, diagnostics and outpatient care.
15/12/2016 - 10:21
Offering pregnant women more detailed MRI scans to help spot brain defects in the developing baby can be beneficial, research suggests.
14/12/2016 - 14:19
The majority of parents of overweight children do not recognise their child as having an unhealthy weight, new stats show.
14/12/2016 - 10:36
Sustained enjoyment in older age is associated with lower morality, a new BMJ has suggested.
14/12/2016 - 10:18
An ‘eye-watering’ £10 million was spent on a collapsed merger which was scuppered by rushed deadlines and financial and legal complexities.
14/12/2016 - 09:47
Monitoring a patient’s temperature can help avoid the development of hypothermia during surgery, says new NICE guidance.
13/12/2016 - 10:55
The CQC has said that NHS investigations into patient deaths are inadequate, causing extra suffering to bereaved families.
12/12/2016 - 12:50
Excessive bed shortages in English hospitals is leading to the NHS having to send patients with eating disorders to Scotland for treatment.
12/12/2016 - 10:05
The BBC’s Victoria Derbyshire programme has learned that funding cuts have left many GP practices unable to provide some forms of contraception.
09/12/2016 - 16:42
Transform Ageing, a new initiative to better support the needs of people in later life living in the South West has been launched.
09/12/2016 - 12:20
New figures suggest that the number of people falling ill with the vomiting bug norovirus in England this winter is at higher than average levels.
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