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NHS patients are waiting longer for new cancer drugs because of delays in taking them through clinical trials and getting them approved for use.
Children of obese parents are more likely to be obese themselves compared with children whose parents are not overweight or obese.
New report highlights the vital role that volunteers in hospitals play in improving the experience of patients and relieving pressure on frontline staff.
The newly formed UK Health Data Research Alliance will develop new ways to design and support the medical research of the future.
New father will be offered mental health checks if their partner is suffering anxiety, psychosis or postnatal depression.
There were approximately 50,100 excess winter deaths in England and Wales last year, the highest since the winter of 1975-76.
Eight GP practices are to pilot the fourth phase of the EPS, which could see 95 per cent of prescriptions processed electronically.
The RCN has stressed that the NHS ten-year plan must sufficiently address staff shortages as the number of unfilled nurse jobs rises year on year.
Simon Stevens has announced that hundreds of thousands of people will receive NHS help to battle obesity and Type 2 diabetes under radical action.
Matt Hancock has said that patients in South East England will benefit from £12.28 million in new funding to support paramedics.
The Care Quality Commission has highlighted a ‘culture of bullying and harassment’ at Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital Trust.
A radical culture change is needed to ensure the NHS can deliver the benefits using patient data for care and maintain public trust.
The first 13 trusts to receive a share of £78 million to support electronic prescribing and medicines administration have been announced.
Health Secretary Matt Hancock has emphasised that barriers need to be broken down to give the NHS the future leaders it requires.
An NHS England consultation document has announced plans to curb the prescription of ‘low-priority’ items like silk garments.
The Labour Party has called for a reversal of cuts to public health, workforce and capital budgets to help deliver the NHS Long Term Plan.
The CQC has rated Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust as inadequate for a third time, finding patients trying to take their lives waiting for care.
NHS Digital has launched the new National Record Locator Service to achieve better joined-up health and 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