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More than two thirds of students or newly qualified nurses and midwives believe they have missed out on important learning experiences during the pandemic.
New research has found that most patients who caught coronavirus while in hospital were infected by other patients, not staff.
A new report by the Mental Health Network has warned that mental health services for children and young people are reaching a tipping point.
NHS leaders have warned that the health service is facing a ‘mass exodus’ of staff in the year ahead unless exhausted doctors and nurses struggle are given more support.
A same-day life-saving test to rule out a potentially fatal disease in pregnant women is being rolled out across the NHS.
As part of NHS plans to eradicate the disease entirely, children in England are set to be the first in the world to be offered a cure for hepatitis C.
The University of Manchester has reported that the majority of NHS regions experienced a steady rise in GP turnover between 2007 and 2019.
Almost half of the public in England say if they could make one improvement to their GP practice, it would be to increase the number of doctors.
NHS England has said that thousands of lives will be saved thanks to more blood pressure checks in high street pharmacies.
GS1 UK has announced the signing of a five-year agreement with NHS Scotland to drive the rollout of GS1 standards within provider organisations across the country.
The UK has agreed a contract for 35 million more doses of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine, to be delivered from the second half of next year.
Access to high quality mental health services could be put at risk if the experiences of clinical support staff working in these services continue to be overlooked.
As part of a drive encouraging people to get vaccinated, young people have shared their experiences of suffering long Covid.
Thousands of adults a day will be given free access to antibody tests through a new national surveillance programme launched by the UK Health Security Agency.
Community mental health services for people with serious mental illness in Northumberland are to receive £2 million of additional funding.
The MHRA has given approval for the first monoclonal antibody treatment for the prevention and treatment of coronavirus in the UK.
An ‘extreme’ surge in demand is putting healthcare services in Cornwall under severe pressure - forcing NHS bosses to make ‘challenging choices’.
Health Secretary Sajid Javid has officially opened the Northern Centre for Cancer Care – housed in the Cumberland Infirmary in Carlisle.
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