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New Cancer Research UK analysis has shown that more than 130,000 UK breast cancer deaths have been avoided in the last 30 years.
Health and Social Care Secretary Matt Hancock has called on the NHS to keep the Princess Royal A&E open as an A&E Local.
Record numbers of people will be offered a flu vaccine this winter in England, with those eligible topping 25 million.
Professor Ted Baker has warned that ‘little progress’ has been made improving patient safety in the NHS over the past 20 years.
The government has announced a ban on some drug exports to protect NHS patients' access to medicines.
59 per cent of young people have either experienced a mental health problem themselves, or are close to someone who has.
A new analysis has revealed the true cost of the 2017 WannaCry cyber-attack on NHS hospitals in England to be almost £6 million.
New research has found that artificial intelligence can spot heart problems with similar precision to experts in a fraction of the time.
The government has given the ‘full go-ahead’ for Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust to build two new hospitals at Leeds General Infirmary.
Vaughan Gething has announced additional funding of £30 million to support the delivery of frontline health and social care services this winter.
People prescribed medication for their mental health aren’t being given enough information about side effects by their GP.
New data has revealed that better energy efficiency could deliver hospitals over £14 million in savings per year across NHS sites.
South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust is using the what3words app to find patients by pinpointing callers’ exact locations.
Increasing the number of registered nurses in the mental health setting could help protect the thousands of healthcare workers falling victim to ‘adverse events’.
Welsh Health Minister Vaughan Gething has announced that computer services in the NHS in Wales are to get a shake-up.
The Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh has launched a new campaign to better prepare the medical workforce in Scotland.
One in five doctors have been sexually harassed or witnessed it at work, with the majority in an overtly sexual manner.
Inequalities in awareness, diagnosis and treatment of heart attacks are leading to women needlessly dying every day.
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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