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The Royal College of GPs has warned that a no-deal Brexit will be 'hugely damaging' to patient care and 'must be avoided’.
Boris Johnson will promise a fast-track ‘NHS visa’ for foreign overseas doctors and nurses if the Conservatives win the General Election.
The BMA has warned that more than a million patients could face long waits in A&E as the NHS is predicted to endure its ‘worst-ever’ winter.
The RCN has said that the lack of detail from all major parties on how they will tackle the issues facing nursing has been disappointing.
A survey has found that troubled teenagers seeking urgent help from NHS mental health services are being denied treatment.
A pilot scheme to help ease the pressures on NHS resources this winter is being spearheaded by Somerset County Council.
A new Institute of Health set up at the University of Cumbria aims to tackle the ongoing staffing crisis in the NHS.
The West Midlands Ambulance Service has taken control of 111 services in the region.
A new University of Bristol study has found that tobacco smoking may increase someone’s risk of developing depression and schizophrenia.
Hundreds more NHS mental health beds are urgently needed to help end the ‘shameful’ out-of-area placements practice.
NHS England has launched a new e-learning tool for health service and care staff to help them reduce hospital delays for patients.
Swabs or urine samples taken at home could be as effective at identifying women at high risk of cervical cancer as traditional smear tests.
Every inpatient with a learning disability or autism in a mental health hospital will have their case reviewed over the next 12 months.
Macmillan Cancer Support says that 136,000 people with treatable but not curable cancer are going without much-needed support.
New Swim England research has claimed that swimming is helping to save the health and social care system more than £357 million a year.
The BHF reports that the number of people being admitted to hospital due to heart failure has risen by a third in the last five years.
Hospitals are being overwhelmed by 5,000 type 2 diabetics a day, as one in 10 patients are now suffering from a form of the illness.
Welsh Health Minister Vaughan Gething has announced that the target for GP training places in Wales has once again been exceeded.
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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