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NHS Property Services has signed a contract to source 100 per cent of its electricity demand from renewable sources.
The shortage of face masks sparked by the coronavirus outbreak now poses an imminent risk of disruption to UK dental services.
PHE and NHS England urge people to ensure they have two doses of MMR vaccine as mumps cases rise to highest levels in a decade.
A number of black, Asian and minority ethnic trainee doctors are experiencing a ‘climate of fear’ amid a failure to address widespread racism.
New NHS figures show that more than 100,000 A&E patients in England waited for more than four hours to be treated in hospitals in January.
Alzheimer’s Research UK has launched a global initiative to revolutionise the early detection of neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer’s.
A study the University of Birmingham has found that thousands of UK children undergo unnecessary appendix surgery each year in the NHS.
The introduction of a new Bill will enable hospitals to use innovative, personalised medicines for unique cancers and diseases.
Mental health nurses and paramedics from London Ambulance Service are to treat the physical and mental health needs of patients together.
Women are living nearly ten years longer in poor health than previous estimates, while men are living an extra seven years.
The cost of providing the PrEP drug needs to be fully funded before its roll out by councils across the country, says the LGA.
The Chief Nursing Officer has appointed Deborah Sturdy as her advisor on improving support for care home nurses.
GPs should become salaried employees of the NHS, rather than independent partners who run their own GP practices, says IPPR.
A total of 16 organisations that provide and commission adult social care services are to receive a share of £4.5 million.
The government is seeking views on reviewing the current 10-year storage limit for eggs, sperm and embryos.
Figures have shown that the number of people diagnosed with type 2 diabetes in Scotland has increased by 40 per cent over a decade.
Welsh Minister for Health and Social Services Vaughan Gething has announced an extra £5.5 million to back plans to halt obesity in Wales.
Tackling global outbreaks could become more difficult if the UK loses access to the EU’s early warning system for cross border threats.
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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.
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
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