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Squeezed funding and staff shortages are severely affecting home care services in some areas of England, finds a new report.
The 'Step Into the NHS' programme is now being rolled-out nationally and is open to all primary schools across England.
Matt Hancock has ordered a review into overprescribing in the NHS to ensure that patients are receiving the most appropriate treatment.
The BBC has found that nine out of 10 NHS trusts responding to an inquiry report that they have hospitals containing asbestos.
Health Secretary Matt Hancock has banned the NHS from buying fax machines and has ordered a complete phase-out by April 2020.
Thousands of Londoners experiencing a mental health crisis will be sent a specialist nurse and a paramedic in a car on blue lights.
Health Secretary Matt Hancock has announced that £963 million of extra funding is being given to 75 health facility projects across England.
Nursing degree apprenticeships as a sustainable route into the profession will forever be a mirage unless barriers to delivery are torn down, says new report.
The government is accepting two recommendations to modernise the Mental Health Act, allowing patients to express their preferences for care.
The winners of the 2018 Health Business Awards have been announced, following a dinner and awards ceremony at London’s Grange Hotel.
NHS England chief executive Simon Stevens is fighting against government demands for specific improvements in the service.
A new government review into services and support for autistic people will inform the new Joint Adults and Children Autism Strategy.
The BMA has warned that the NHS needs 10,000 additional hospital beds this winter in order to maintain patient safety.
Matt Hancock has announced that the 100,000 Genomes Project has sequenced 100,000 whole genomes from NHS patients.
The NHS is expected to save around £930 million on its medicines bill across the UK under a new deal agreed with the pharmaceutical industry.
The RCGP says that greater efforts must go into reducing GP workload in order to keep existing family doctors working in the profession.
The GMC has argued that UK-wide workforce planning is needed to avert an NHS staffing crisis, which is likely to be compounded by Brexit.
A state of the art proton beam therapy machine for cancer is set to treat the first patient in England at The Christie this month.
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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