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An initiative has been launched to ensure private healthcare data is recorded in the same way as NHS data in England.
The NHS has lost more than 6,000 beds over the last four years, prompting warnings that under-resourcing in hospitals is hampering patient care.
The majority of NHS staff in Scotland have been offered a nine per cent pay rise in a deal that ‘not only matches the NHS England deal, but exceeds it’.
The UK Space Agency is allocating up to £4 million to find innovative solutions to the major health and care challenges.
Jeremy Hunt has said that he will investigate claims that the NHS was too slow to remove a 'dangerous' automatic syringe from service.
Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt has announced a range of new measures to cut childhood obesity in half by 2030.
Innovative ‘red bags’ that help care home residents admitted to hospital be discharged quicker are being rolled out across the country.
Patient experience of general practice is most influenced by the attention and communication they receive from their GP.
England’s chief inspector of hospitals has rated patient services at Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust as Good.
New NICE recommendations put a particular emphasis on involving people with dementia in every decision about the care they receive.
NHS Digital and the LGA have chosen 12 councils to explore how technology and digital innovation could help shape the future of social care.
After serving as Chief Financial Officer for NHS England for 11 years, Paul Baumann will step down in November.
Jeremy Hunt has said the Gosport War Memorial hospital scandal may have been preventable if whistleblowers had been encouraged to come forward.
A new initiative is to be launched that could see thousands of patients being 'prescribed' outdoor physical activity rather than medication.
The number of older people diagnosed with cancer every year could rise by up to 80 per cent to nearly a quarter of a million by 2035.
The Welsh NHS Confederation, BMA Cymru Wales and the Welsh Government will tackle the growing issue of sleep deprivation and fatigue amongst doctors.
The Welsh Government has made £30 million of extra funding available for health boards to reduce waiting lists across Wales.
Former Health Minister Lord Ara Darzi has been appointed as chair of the Accelerated Access Collaborative.
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