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£1.4 million will help demonstrate how digital information sharing can improve care and support for people needing social care services.
New technology is being introduced in Lincolnshire’s hospitals that will allow patients to receive appointment letters via text.
Marking the 70th anniversary of the NHS, Yvonne Coghill is visiting a London college to help promote careers in the NHS.
PHE is encouraging people to join in the Stoptober campaign to quit smoking, but advises that the right support is essential.
A new pan-London campaign is aiming to attract nurses and midwives into clinical research roles to reduce the number leaving the profession.
The Labour Party says adults needing inpatient mental health treatment are being sent hundreds of miles away from home for care.
A new study has said that air pollution may increase the chance of developing dementia.
East of England Ambulance Services Trust is planning to send ambulances already occupied by patients to new emergencies.
Cancer Research UK has revealed that the city of London will be transformed into a world leading hub for cancer biotherapeutics.
Thousands of nurses, therapists and psychiatrists are quitting NHS mental health services, despite plans to expand the workforce.
Hundreds of patients with a type of aggressive skin cancer will be offered a targeted therapy on the NHS in England and Wales.
Leeds Teaching Hospital NHS Trust has launched an ‘Axe the Fax’ campaign to remove 95 per cent of the machines by 1 January 2019.
Action on Smoking and Health has revealed that the number of people vaping in Great Britain has topped three million for the first time.
There were 23.8 million attendances to A&E departments in England last year, marking a 22 per cent increase since 2008-09.
The Isle of Wight NHS Trust has implemented a new smartphone based app to improve communications efficiency.
New figures have shown that the key cancer target has been missed by a record margin in England.
Maximum prison terms for people found guilty of common assault against NHS staff are to double from six months to a year under new proposals.
A seven month pilot has helped cut emergency calls and visits to A&E amongst frequent fallers in two London boroughs.
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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