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People are being urged to use health services wisely as all hospitals across Coventry and Warwickshire are under extreme pressure.
The ambulatory care team at the New QEII hospital have received a Purple Star for their work in improving services for people with learning disabilities.
Bosses at the South Tyneside and Sunderland Healthcare Group are planning a recruitment drive in the Philippines following a decade of recruitment success.
NHS providers, doctors and patients have accused the government of failing to stop the growing crisis in the NHS this winter.
All healthcare organisations in England that offer regulated care will be rated by the CQC, including independent doctors that offer primary care online.
Almost eight million hospital outpatient appointments were missed due to patients not attending in 2016/17, costing the NHS almost £1 billion.
The Royal College of GPs is asking patients to adopt a new three-step 'mantra' to help relieve pressures on GP services this winter.
Aintree University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and the Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust are closer to a merger.
The NHS will decide whether ‘drunk tanks’ should be used to release pressure on A&E departments during the seasonal holiday period.
Increasing the amount of information held in electronic Summary Care Records is improving care and helping to ease winter pressures.
The Princess Royal University Hospital has shut all wards to visitors because of a small outbreak of Norovirus in the hospital.
Hospitals in England made a record £174 million for 2016/17 in charging for parking, an increase of six per cent on the previous financial year.
Hospitals across England are to defer operations and procedures until 31 January as a result of overwhelming NHS pressures this winter.
Thousands of patients are having their surgeries cancelled as part of the NHS’s efforts to avoid the service going into meltdown this winter.
The government should not treat Brexit as an opportunity to roll back working time regulations, the BMA and other health organisations have warned.
The services provided by Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust have been rated by England’s Chief Inspector of Hospitals as ‘requires improvement’ overall.
Newham University Hospital maternity services have been rated as ‘requires improvement’ by the Care Quality Commission.
84 per cent of GPs say the fear of being sued is a significant factor in their decisions to order more tests, make more referrals or prescribe medication.
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