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East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust featured in a recent technology report which praised the trust's ownership of e-rostering.
A new GP contract, agreed by NHS England, the government and the BMA’s General Practitioners Committee, will take effect from 01 April 2018.
Five new medical schools are to be created in Sunderland, Lancashire, Lincoln, Canterbury and Chelmsford as part of an expansion of training places.
New research has found that four NHS mental health trusts are subjecting all patients to blanket screening for radicalisation.
Private letters to Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust have shown that patients face ‘significant risk of harm on a daily basis’.
NHS Shared Business Services has launched a new framework agreement to cover workforce well-being and occupation health in the health sector.
The LGA has warned that the number of hospital admissions due to an older person falling is set to rise to nearly 1,000 a day by the end of the decade.
The GMC has said that it will be asking doctors about their experiences of fatigue in the workplace as part of the 2018 national training survey.
An annual conference has heard how a stem cell transplant could be a ‘game changer’ for many patients with multiple sclerosis.
NHS England will deploy hundreds of pharmacists into care homes to help reduce overmedication and cut unnecessary hospital stays.
The CQC has rated the services provided by North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust as ‘Good’ overall, improving from ‘Requires Improvement’.
Nearly 24 million opioids were prescribed in 2017, fuelling what has been described as a system ‘creating drug addicts’.
Updated NICE guidance has recommended the use of hysteroscopy for diagnosing and treating heavy menstrual bleeding, known as menorrhagia.
The CMA gives support for merger between Derby Teaching Hospitals Foundation Trust and Burton Hospitals Foundation Trust.
The CQC finds that strong, visible and listening leadership is vital in driving improvements in the quality of mental health hospital care.
New NHS England figures have shown that most community pharmacies in England are now providing improved asthma and dementia care.
The BMA has warned that council-run public health is heading in the ‘wrong direction’ with funding ’significantly reduced’ over recent years.
Antibiotic Research UK has warned that overcrowded NHS hospitals with too few nurses are increasing the risk of bacteria outbreaks.
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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