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New guidance will allow NHS trusts to apply to own buildings on their estate where it will help speed up improvements to frontline services.
New figures have revealed that the NHS 111 urgent care advice line has saved over 12 million unnecessary A&E visits.
Advice will be offered online to people with type 2 diabetes to help them manage their condition via a first of its kind service.
Professor Sir Mike Richards has said that the NHS should roll out online booking to boost the uptake of breast, cervical and other screening services.
The Child Protection Information Sharing (CP-IS) system has reached 100 per cent coverage in London for the first time.
Public Health England is warning anyone who has not been vaccinated with a dose of the MMR vaccine should see their GP.
The new GP IT Futures framework will create an open, competitive market to encourage the best technology companies to invest in the NHS.
A job-share partnership of senior health and social care leaders has been announced in Hertfordshire.
Research has found that deaths in England caused by stroke have halved in the past 10 years as a result of better treatment.
New research has revealed that only one in ten NHS trusts are fully digitised, despite the government’s plans for a paperless NHS by 2020.
The NHS must not lose the clinical leadership, understanding of their local communities and unique perspective provided by clinical commissioners.
The IPPR is urging the government to introduce free social care to people over 65, funded by a 2p tax rise.
A new website tool has been launched to help registered nurses identify new areas of practice that might suit their skills and aspirations.
New figures have shown that the number of district nurses working in the NHS in England has dropped by almost 43 per cent in the last 10 years.
An audit of NHS health centres has discovered that people overwhelmingly bought unhealthy snacks and drinks on hospital premises.
The RCN has stressed that health care staff must be educated on the signs of sepsis to save tens of thousands of lives lost each year.
The NHS has announced that an additional £5 million will fund reviews to improve care for people with a learning disability.
The CQC has highlighted how patients with mental health problems, autism and learning disabilities are being let down by a ‘broken’ care system.
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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