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Jeremy Corbyn has promised that the next Labour government will move the country towards a ‘truly universal’ health service.
The NHS has the opportunity to upgrade cancer screening to save thousands more lives each year, and make modern screening more convenient.
The Department of Health and Social Care is launching the second phase of its campaign to get more people working in adult social care.
The CQC has claimed that 44 per cent of emergency departments in England required improvement, with eight per cent rated inadequate.
Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust has received ‘Good’ ratings from its recent Care Quality Commission inspection.
Increasing pressures on access and staffing risk creating ‘perfect storm’ for people using mental health and learning disability services.
Fusion21 has announced the launch of its national Heating and Renewables Framework – worth up to £500 million over a four-year period.
A new report seen exclusively by the Observer has revealed that hospitals in rural and coastal Britain are ‘worryingly under-doctored’.
The Chancellor has announced £350 million in funding to ensure the construction of the Midland Metropolitan hospital is finished.
Towns with high rates of homelessness are set for investment in specialist mental health care, as part of NHS services for rough sleepers.
The NHS will slash the use of plastic in hospital canteens as part of its drive to reduce waste and make hospitals healthier for patients and staff.
Official figures indicate that levels of severe obesity among children in the last year of primary school have hit an all-time high.
NHS figures show that this summer was the worst for A&E waiting times in England since the four-hour target was introduced.
A new taskforce will improve current specialist children and young people’s inpatient mental health, autism and learning disability services.
Six in ten hospital trusts in England are introducing NHS rainbow badges for their staff to support LGBT+ patients.
Paramedics will soon be able to access the mental health crisis plans of emergency patients while on the move.
A lack of data on overweight children presenting for surgery in the UK may be putting them at greater risk of complications.
A consultation on the introduction of a legally enforceable no-smoking area around hospital buildings has launched by the Scottish government.
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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.
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Northwich’s Victoria Infirmary (VIN) Community Diagnostic Centre (CDC) has enabled more patients
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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