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NHS Digital has hailed further success in ensuring clinicians have access to patients’ GP records across the whole of Leeds.
The first cross-government suicide prevention plan has been published, with a focus on how social media can identify those at risk of suicide.
NHS Lothian is set save 2,649 tonnes of carbon and £644,000 per year as part of a project to upgrade and improve an existing energy centre.
The Auditor General for Wales has revealed that NHS spending on agency staff has increased markedly in recent years.
The NHS in Cumbria has been hit by more than 150 cyber attacks in the last five years, with 147 directed at the University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Trust.
NHS England’s plan to eliminate Hepatitis C in England by 2025 is on track after all aspects of a High Court challenge by AbbVie were dismissed.
Clinicians in Southampton can now receive instant alerts about patients with flu via a new ‘WhatsApp-style’ messaging app.
The ratio of full-time equivalent GPs per 10,000 population is the lowest it has been since 2004, despite increasing demand for GP services.
The Isle of Wight NHS Trust is set to pay the government fees for their EU staff who wish to remain settled in the UK post-Brexit.
There has been a rise in the number of drugs on the ‘shortage of supply’ list for England, alongside 'price spikes’.
Patient care at Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust has been rated Outstanding and awarded the highest rating by the CQC.
The NAO has warned that some hospitals are currently overspending by as much as £141 million each year.
Survival rates for teenagers and young adults with cancer in England are improving, particularly for those with leukaemia and bone cancer.
NHS England has committed £1 million of annual funding to improve the experience of black and minority ethnic workers in the NHS.
Almost 36,000 trainee doctors in England have worked beyond their contracted hours more than 63,000 times since 2015.
NICE has approved a new procedure for use on the NHS which can store donated livers at body temperature, which slows the deterioration of the organ.
The final recommendations from the independent GP partnership review have been published including increased funding for GP training places.
A study by Cancer Research UK claims that scientists have created the most comprehensive method yet to predict a woman’s risk of breast cancer.
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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