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Half of units set-up across the NHS to deliver same day emergency care have been ‘impaired’ due to pressures on hospitals for extra beds.
Dame Sally Davies has said that snacking should be banned on public transport and extra taxes placed on unhealthy foods to tackle child obesity.
A leading doctor has warned that Matt Hancock is wrong to think compulsory child vaccination will help tackle falling immunisation rates.
Following successful pilots, the NHS in England is to roll out dedicated support for members of staff who raise the alarm on unsafe practice.
NHS England chief executive Simon Stevens has urged Prime Minister Boris Johnson to follow the evidence showing that sugar taxes work.
A failure to present the public with the true scale of the challenges facing the NHS risks putting public faith in the health service 'on the line'.
The RCN has stressed that every patient’s mental and physical health should be given equal attention, across all health care settings.
The RCN has outlined the evidence behind its calls for specific legal responsibilities for workforce planning across the health system.
Diabetes UK is calling on the NHS to better integrate mental health and diabetes care, to change the current poor standards.
Parkinson’s UK has warned that many patients with Parkinson’s disease say they are not always given their drugs on time when in hospital.
Young people who are seriously addicted to computer games will now be able to get help on the NHS after the launch of country’s first specialist clinic.
NHS Providers warns that mental health patients are being placed at increasing levels of risk from often unsafe mental health buildings.
University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust and North Bristol NHS Trust have declared a climate emergency.
East Cheshire NHS Trust has again been rated ‘Good’ by the CQC, with end-of-life care noted as an area of outstanding practice.
The NHS has launched Every Mind Matters to help people take simple steps to look after their mental health.
A national shortage of psychiatrists is forcing children with eating disorders and other troubled young people to wait longer for NHS care.
The Royal College of Nursing has published a statement of how it intends to help tackle the climate change crisis.
At least 15 people in England have tested HIV positive while waiting to get a place on a trial for a pill which prevents the disease.
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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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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