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A new survey of more than 2,000 women in the UK has revealed that one in three women don't attend cervical screening because of 'embarrassment’.
The RCPCH has warned that child health is suffering at the hands of a disjointed government approach to improving services.
The BBC has reported that Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson is to push for an extra £100 million a week for the NHS in England after Brexit.
The NHS in Kent and Medway has announced proposals to create three new ‘hyper acute’ stroke units in Kent and Medway.
Obesity levels among nurses at Russells Hospital in Dudley need to be tackled, a top director has suggested.
NHS Digital has published guidance for health and social care organisations who want to use cloud services or data off-shoring to store patient information.
Belford Hospital’s accident and emergency department in Fort William is one of Scotland’s top 10 hospitals for meeting waiting time targets.
NICE Scientific Advice has announced that Newcastle University is the first winner of the NICE AdviSeME Prize for its prognostic skin cancer test.
Chaand Nagpaul, chair of the BMA, has called for clarity about the future of two hospitals Carillion was building when it collapsed.
CQC has rated the services provided by Ipswich Hospital NHS Trust as ‘good’ following inspections between August and October 2017.
North East London NHS Foundation Trust has been rated ‘good’ overall by the CQC following inspections in October and November 2017.
Emergency hospital consultants in Wales have claimed both NHS Wales and the social care sector are ‘severely and chronically under-resourced’.
The UK is facing its worst flu season for seven years, new figures reveal.
Additional funding, aimed to help the NHS get on a financially sustainable footing, has instead been spent on coping with existing pressures, the NAO has said.
Pressures on busy A&E units have begun to ease in England but hospitals are still over-crowded, NHS figures show.
A New Year Healthcheck has been launched by NHS SBS to provide free expert advice to NHS organisations on finding new back office savings in 2018.
A deal between the NHS and the Home Office to trace immigration offenders is putting pregnant women and slavery victims at risk, MPs are warned.
Medical staff at Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital have warned ‘dangerous staffing levels’ have put patients in its critical care unit at risk.
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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