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The Alzheimer’s Society hhas launched a public open letter calling on the Prime Minister to solve the dementia care crisis.
The £98 million Healthy Ageing Programme has opened its first tranche of competitions, hoping to help us live more independent lives as we age.
NHSX and NHS England have published a list of accredited suppliers of electronic patient record solutions, to improve digitisation.
New statistics show that the number of fit notes issued by GPs has increased by almost nearly nine per cent in the past two years.
The Royal College of GPs and Sport England are collaborating to launch the very first Active Practice Charter.
The Labour Party has claimed that £4.29 billion has been cut from capital budgets, as part of deliberate Tory smash and grab raids.
Boris Johnson has announced a new £1.8 billion NHS cash injection to help improve patient care at hospitals across the country.
Public Health England has said that the number of deaths linked to the outbreak of listeria in the NHS has reached six.
Dorset Healthcare University NHS Foundation Trust has seen its Care Quality Commission rating upgraded to Outstanding.
Senior doctors have called for ‘urgent clarification’ over plans to supply cancer treatments in the event of a no-deal Brexit.
The birth rate in England and Wales hit a new low in 2018, with an ageing population mooted as a possible factor.
The East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust has been told it must continue to make improvements following a CQC inspection.
The quality of community healthcare in Shropshire has been recognised as vastly improved, with the CQC giving a Good rating.
Thousands of GPs and hospital consultants have reduced their working hours because of pension tax laws.
Following a Care Quality Commission inspection, the Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust has been rated as Requires Improvement.
South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust has been rated Good overall by the CQC for being effective, caring, responsive and well-led.
A trust has been found to have imposed ‘irrational’ contractual procedures for monitoring whether junior doctors were taking breaks.
People in Wales want better access to GP services, with research highlighting the importance of securing change through the new GP contract for Wales.
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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
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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