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17/06/2019 - 10:32
New legislation could see the establishment of a new citizen voice body in Wales to represent patients in the NHS and social care.
17/06/2019 - 09:13
Theresa May has pledged better access to education, training and support across communities as part of an overhaul of society’s approach to mental illness.
14/06/2019 - 10:51
Costly hospital readmissions in geriatric patients could be nearly halved if the NHS offered simple follow-up ‘aftercare’ calls and home visits for patients.
14/06/2019 - 10:33
The Care Quality Commission has rated south London’s King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust as Requires Improvement overall.
14/06/2019 - 09:07
New analysis has revealed that nearly three-quarters of services are failing to treat cancer patients quickly enough.
13/06/2019 - 12:52
The new measure for eye care waiting times will be published to ensure those at highest risk of eye disease get the treatment and regular ongoing care they need.
13/06/2019 - 10:48
Folic acid, or vitamin B9, is essential to the development of a healthy baby during early pregnancy.
12/06/2019 - 10:09
Patients from a black and minority ethnic background are less likely to raise concerns about the standard of care they receive.
12/06/2019 - 09:51
Outgoing Prime Minister Theresa May has announced that the UK will eradicate its net contribution to climate change by 2050.
12/06/2019 - 09:20
A £5 million Carers Innovation Fund will support unpaid carers, outside of mainstream health and care services.
12/06/2019 - 08:48
The NHSCFA is launching an investigation into GPs in England amid suspicions they are claiming for non-existent patients.
12/06/2019 - 08:29
Oonly 38 per cent of NHS trusts are currently meeting the 62-day waiting times standard for referral to treatment for cancer patients.
12/06/2019 - 08:03
The government must make a clear and urgent commitment to restoring £1 billion of real-terms per head cuts to the public health grant.
11/06/2019 - 11:15
The Japanese practice of ‘forest bathing’ should be prescribed on the NHS to tackle stress and other mental health problems.
11/06/2019 - 09:32
NHS England has outlined a series of practical plans and actions designed to help young carers who may be ‘hidden’, unpaid and under the age of sixteen.
11/06/2019 - 09:22
A move to an ‘opt-out’ system for organ donation in Scotland is to be voted on by MSPs later.
10/06/2019 - 12:14
Hundreds of men will be given MRI scans as part of a groundbreaking £5 million clinical trial into prostate cancer.
10/06/2019 - 10:22
NICE is encouraging employers to help their staff become active in fight against obesity.
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