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Portsmouth has become the first area in the country where prescriptions for all patients can be sent electronically.
West Midlands Ambulance Service University NHS Foundation Trust has been rated as Outstanding for a second time.
New research has revealed that major ambulance trusts across England are increasingly relying on private ambulances to attend 999 calls.
Northumbria University has been selected by NHS Blood and Transplant as a national training centre for organ donation.
NHS Digital is celebrating five years of Spine II being brought in house, saving the service £150 million in the process.
The government will work with the NHS to improve food quality in hospitals and provide consistently safe, nutritious and tasty food.
Fusion21 has announced the launch of its national Building & Asset Improvement Works Framework – worth up to £250 million.
In the lead up to Brexit, 17 signatories have sent an open letter to the Prime Minister calling for health to be at heart of Brexit negotiations.
All cancer patients in Wales are now having their waiting time measured from when their cancer is first suspected.
Age UK has called for a more considered approach to prescribing medicines for our older population.
NHS England is being made to ensure that all their communications are correctly ‘aligned’ to the government’s stance on Brexit.
Adult social care services in London have saved the NHS around £4.6 million a year through avoiding unnecessary hospital stays.
NHS England is to fund a life changing treatment for thousands of people with severe Haemophilia.
Boris Johnson has announced £25 million to protect hospices and palliative care services which support people at the end of their lives.
The campaign called ‘Where Best Next?’ aims to see around 140,000 people every year spared a hospital stay of three weeks or more.
Community projects that can improve children and young people's mental health and stop issues from escalating to the NHS have been given a £3.3 million funding boost.
A pilot scheme which sees work coaches refer people with mental health conditions to get support without the need for a GP or clinical assessment has been given a funding boost
More than ten million patients a year are exposed to a dangerous level of air pollution when they visit hospital.
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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