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Health Minister Lord O’Shaughnessy has announced the initial technology partnerships Code of Conduct for Data-driven Health and Care Technology.
The DHSC has signed a five-year contract with Unipart Logistics worth £730 million to simplify the NHS goods-buying process.
Lack of post-Brexit clarity on the UK's immigration system could leave the NHS spending up to £500 million per year on international recruitment.
New research has found that half of people in England sent a home-testing kit for bowel cancer in 2015 did not use it.
Simon Stevens has announced that children and young people in England will receive a groundbreaking cancer treatment.
PHE is urging the public to find out their ‘heart age’ as a way of detecting if they are at an increased risk of having a heart attack or stroke.
The Academy of Medical Royal Colleges is encouraging doctors to adopt a new policy of writing letters that are easier for patients to understand.
The number of patients who die while languishing on NHS waiting lists has risen by at least 10,000 compared to five years ago.
Nine-year waiting list patient backs NHS Blood and Transplant’s urgent call for people to talk to their families about organ donation.
A quarter of UK nursing students who began three-year nursing degrees that were due to finish last year left their courses early.
Carmarthenshire’s Glangwili and Prince Philip hospitals have become the last two hospitals in Wales to enforce free parking on their sites.
South Central Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust & Isle of Wight NHS Trust will begin collaborating in some areas of work.
A potentially life changing treatment for some adults with severe asthma has been deemed safe enough for use on the NHS.
A new study has predicted that the number of people aged 85 and over needing 24-hour care is set to double.
The NHS could find £480 million to reinvest into wider services if trusts stopped using expensive staffing agencies to fill temporary vacancies.
Research has shown that at least 8,000 doctors shifts were left uncovered in London's accident and emergency departments last year.
The British Geriatrics Society is calling for the NHS 10 ten year plan to meet the needs our ageing population.
The government is seeking views from the public on ending the sale of energy drinks to children and young people in England.
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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