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15/11/2019 - 09:39
NHS Scotland has accessed £1.36 million of available support through the Transport Scotland Switched on Fleets Fund for 112 new electric cars.
14/11/2019 - 10:22
One in six patients waited longer than four hours in A&E in England during October - the worst-ever performance since 2004.
14/11/2019 - 09:30
The number of people in England who are obese has almost doubled over the past 20 years to 13 million.
13/11/2019 - 11:31
Women from ethnic minority backgrounds face more barriers than white women when seeking help for potential cancer symptoms.
13/11/2019 - 10:23
The RCN has said that the health and care service in the UK can no longer survive on the goodwill of nursing staff.
13/11/2019 - 09:42
The Labour Party is promising to spend more on the NHS in England than the Conservatives if it wins the upcoming General Election.
12/11/2019 - 16:45
The RSPH has issued an open letter to all standing political parties outlining the most pressing public health challenges that any future government should commit to.
12/11/2019 - 11:25
Hospitals in England recorded 56,000 child emergency admissions for pneumonia last year.
12/11/2019 - 10:02
The ODI has revealed that 59 per cent of the public trust the NHS and healthcare providers to use personal data ethically.
12/11/2019 - 09:55
Doctors have said GPs no longer have the capacity to offer home visits and a separate arrangement is needed for patients.
12/11/2019 - 09:24
The Alzheimer’s Society has said that the cost of social care for people with dementia will nearly treble over the next two decades.
11/11/2019 - 11:59
Doctors in Southampton have become the first in the UK to use a pioneering ‘pocket’ ultrasound probe which beams scans instantly to an iPhone or iPad.
11/11/2019 - 11:05
The NHS has cancelled 175,000 appointments in Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services in the past year.
11/11/2019 - 10:31
Two cannabis-based medicines, used to treat epilepsy and multiple sclerosis, have been approved for use by the NHS in England.
11/11/2019 - 09:25
The Conservatives have said that they will deliver 6,000 more doctors in general practice in England by 2025 to increase patient appointments.
08/11/2019 - 16:00
The ‘weekend effect’ of increased hospital mortality has been linked to junior doctors admitting a lower proportion of healthy patients at the weekend.
08/11/2019 - 11:30
New UCAS figures show that a record number of 23,710 students have applied to study medicine at UK universities next September.
08/11/2019 - 10:14
The SNP is launching its election campaign with a headline promise to bring forward legislation to protect the NHS from privatisation.
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