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Simon Stevens has announced national funding for a new mental health support scheme to cover all doctors working for the NHS in England.
A new Japanese study has claimed that the warning signs of type-2 diabetes may be detectable 20 years before the disease is diagnosed.
NHS England has announced that adult cancer patients in England will receive a new game-changing therapy treatment.
NHS England is going to recruit doctors from Australia in the latest international initiative to boost GP numbers.
Hospitals are using a standardised review approach to learn from adult acute deaths and improve patient care.
A package of measures will be rolled out across the country with the aim of seeing 75 per cent of all cancers detected at an early stage by 2028.
The Advertising Standards Authority has ruled the GP at Hand advert promising NHS doctor appointments in ‘minutes’ as misleading.
Australia could become the first to effectively eliminate cervical cancer if vaccination and screening rates are maintained.
Professor Dame Sally Davies is reviewing the impact that excessive social media can have on children’s mental health.
The Health Secretary has announced an ambition to sequence five million genomes in the UK over the next five years.
Matt Hancock has announced an emergency £240 million to enable more elderly people to be cared for at home.
Over 2.5 million patients across England may see their GP practice close in the next five years because of poor expected GP retention.
The NHS will suffer cuts worth £2.7 billion after the government miscalculated the pension costs of public sector workers.
The Digital Health Catalyst competition will see £17 million presented to develop breakthrough technologies in healthcare.
One in four evening and weekend GP appointments in England are going unfilled, leading to questions over the government policy.
Leeds has become the first city to go live with GP Connect, an NHS Digital-led programme which connects health and care data.
A large study has found that black doctors in the NHS are paid on average almost £10,000 a year less than their white counterparts.
The rising incidence of breast cancer is set to see the total number of UK women dying from the disease begin rising again within four years.
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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