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Lack of sleep resulting from long shifts and excessive workloads is jeopardising patient safety, the BMA has warned.
Philip Dunne, who recently received criticism for telling people to sit on seats if there are no hospital beds available, has been fired.
The number of people waiting more than four hours in Scotland’s A&E units reached record high levels in the final week of 2017.
Tameside hospital has become the first in Britain to ban sugar from its restaurant in an effort to tackle growing concerns about obesity among NHS staff.
Four out of five homes built on former NHS sites that have been sold off to private developers will cost more than nurses can afford.
Jeremy Hunt, the Health Secretary, has had his role changed to Health and Social Care Secretary in Theresa May's latest cabinet reshuffle.
The first phase of a major £2.2 million project to improve Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust’s (NSFT) secure services for male patients is now complete.
The number of patients who waited over 12 hours at A&E units in Northern Ireland over the Christmas period almost tripled compared to the year before.
A mass closure of NHS walk-in centres has deprived patients of easy access to medical help and added pressure on A&E units, campaigners say.
The Christie Hospital in Manchester will soon open the first high-energy proton beam therapy centre run by the NHS.
There was a sharp rise in hospital admissions in England for flu cases in the last week of December, new figures show.
A new endoscopy unit is being built at York Hospital, which will be one of the most modern and largest endoscopy units in England.
Sugary drinks will be banned from sale across NHS hospitals in England from July, NHS England has announced.
This year’s NHS winter crisis should push government to fully fund our social care system, council leaders have said.
Nurses have been leaving their busy A&E units to treat patients stuck in the back of ambulances outside in the worst NHS winter crisis since the 1990s.
Community mental health services are now being offered from more modern, easily accessible premises in Norwich following a £600,000 refurbishment project by NSFT.
The EEAST has revealed that it was forced to turn to private ambulance services as the number of calls it received on New Year’s Day was over 50 per cent above normal levels.
Record numbers of patients were forced to wait in the back of ambulances over Christmas as hospitals in England struggled to cope with demand.
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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