This story was first published in digitalhealth.net
25/04/2016 - 11:12
Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt has warned that the scheduled all-out junior doctors’ strike ‘risks the safety of many patients’.
22/04/2016 - 10:47
According to a report by the Royal College of Surgeons (RCS), patients who are overweight or smoke are often denied treatment until they lose weight or give up smoking, in a bid to save money.
22/04/2016 - 10:46
Prostate Cancer UK has warned that men in England are lethally ignorant of the incidence of prostate cancer and has called for more to be done to raise awareness of the disease.
22/04/2016 - 10:45
NHS England to pay premises development costs
21/04/2016 - 16:55
According to leaked emails reported by the Health Service Journal (HSJ), the British Medical Association (BMA) has discussed the option of an indefinite walk out, following next week’s all out strikes.
21/04/2016 - 11:37
An extra £2.4 billion a year has been earmarked to improve general practice services by 2020/21.
21/04/2016 - 11:34
The National Audit Office (NAO) has said that meeting targets for mental health standards will be a ‘signifiant challenge’ for the NHS.
21/04/2016 - 11:31
Claire Murdoch has been appointed by Simon Stevens, chief of NHS England, as the new NHS National Mental Health Director.
20/04/2016 - 11:45
The Department of Health (DoH) has announced that the Health and Social Care Information Centre has changed its name to NHS Digital, to build on the role it plays in directly supporting the NHS and social care services.
20/04/2016 - 11:30
Research by Nature Communications has suggested that the predicted soaring of dementia cases may not be as severe as experts initially thought.
20/04/2016 - 11:08
A significant trial, called the autoimmune diabetes Accelerator Prevention Trial (Adapt), aimed at preventing type-1 diabetes in children, is set to begin in Scotland.
19/04/2016 - 15:58
The General Medical Council (GMC) has suggested junior doctors in England should reconsider plans to take part in an all out strike, amid concerns some hospitals will be unable to cope.
19/04/2016 - 15:57
A survey by the British Medical Association (BMA) has found that more than two thirds of doctors are worried about NHS privatisation.
18/04/2016 - 12:08
The Local Government Association (LGA) has released figures which reveal hospitals are spending millions of pounds on managing children’s rotting teeth, and has called on the government to improve measures to reduce the consumption of sugar.
18/04/2016 - 11:47
According to a survey by Parkinson’s UK, over a third of people in the UK with Parkinson’s disease feel the need hide their symptoms.
18/04/2016 - 11:46
Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt’s legal power to impose the new junior doctor contract has been thrown into question, as he claims he will ‘introduce’ the regime rather than ‘impose’ it.
18/04/2016 - 11:44
According to Pulse, GPs will be offered 70p per patient, if they open up their appointments for ‘direct booking’ by NHS 111 call handlers, as part of a major pilot of new urgent care models.
15/04/2016 - 11:43
Antimicrobial resistance will become ‘an even deadlier threat to mankind than cancer is today without coordinated global action’, Chancellor George Osborne has warned.
Pages
Product Features
UK Building Regulations highlight toxic gas and smoke from layers of paint built up over multiple redecorations as a major cause of permanent ill health or death in a building fire.
Their concern rose with discovery the flame retardant paints most widely used paint along escape routes have been ones which to this day counter-productively use emission of heavy toxic gas to smother flames which rapidly spread along walls if layers of paint delaminate in a fire.
Supplier Profiles
Northwich’s Victoria Infirmary (VIN) Community Diagnostic Centre (CDC) has enabled more patients
Adveco, the commercial hot water specialist, announces the launch of live metering of domestic ho
Latest Features
Sarah Greenslade, public affairs and communications officer at the British Parking Association looks at some of the problems and innovations in healthcare parking
It’s easy to assume that the comms team is there to handle press enquiries and the occasional social media storm – but the reality is that strategic communications can make a measurable impact across the entire organisation, from operational to financial, when done properly
