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The CQC has told Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust to make immediate improvements to its safety and leadership.
The number of people forced to wait over 18 weeks for treatment has nearly doubled since 2011 – an increase of 262,965 patients.
Simon Stevens has urged tech firms to help the health service become a world leader in the use of AI and machine learning.
The NHS Confederation has said that the process for appointing senior roles in NHS hospitals and trusts in England should be reviewed.
The review recommends a shift towards councils working jointly with the NHS to co-commission services specifically for sexual health
A new adult nursing degree apprenticeship at University College Birmingham (UCB) will focus on community placements.
Chris Whitty replaces Professor Dame Sally Davies, the current Chief Medical Officer, when she takes up a new role in October 2019.
The investigation will draw upon new evidence identified by Mersey Care following the Kirkup report in 2018
STI diagnoses have increased by five per cent in 2018 in comparison to 2017, according to PHE.
The Scale-Up BP initiative allows patients to measure their own blood pressure and text the results to an app
Research finds that patient feedback about the performance of doctors is ignored by the vast majority of the profession.
The higher mortality rate for weekend hospital admissions should not be used as an indicator of quality of care.
Amanda Pritchard, the current chief executive of Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, has been appointed as the NHS’ COO.
Over 400,000 more patients will benefit this year from new tests, procedures and treatments as part of the Long Term Plan.
The NHS needs to rapidly become a much better place to work, says the new Interim NHS People Plan.
Simon Wright, the under pressure chief executive of The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust, has announced that he is to leave the role.
Sure Start centres have reduced the number of children taken to hospital and delivered substantial savings to the NHS.
The Department of Health and Social Care has launched proposals to make pensions more flexible for senior clinicians delivering frontline care.
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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