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21/12/2017 - 09:57
Thousands of mothers and babies in England were harmed by lapses in maternity care in the past two years, it has been reported.
21/12/2017 - 09:30
NHS England has launched a public consultation on proposals to rein in prescriptions for some ‘over the counter’ products.
20/12/2017 - 12:28
A flagship NHS diabetes prevention scheme has exceeded expectations and succeeded in signing up significantly more people than thought.
20/12/2017 - 11:58
Multiple sclerosis drug, Extavia, has been approved for routine funding on the NHS, in NICE draft guidance.
19/12/2017 - 12:13
The RCN has called for a pay rise in line with inflation plus an £800 flat rate increase for all staff on Agenda for Change contracts in its submission to the NHS pay review body.
19/12/2017 - 11:53
The UK’s medical profession is at ‘crunch point’ and will suffer increasing pressure over the next 20 years unless action is taken, the GMC has warned.
19/12/2017 - 11:29
Freedom of information requests have found that the NHS is struggling to fill as many as 1,600 vacant posts and is short of over 100,000 staff.
19/12/2017 - 11:00
NHS England is asking every hospital trust to adopt the Royal College of Physicians’ new clinical assessment system that could save almost 2,000 lives every year.
19/12/2017 - 10:49
A new winter framework has been launched that will help nursing staff to ensure patients do not spend any time longer than they need to in hospital.
19/12/2017 - 10:21
Free public Wi-Fi has been made available to all patients and visitors at North Cumbria University Hospitals NHS Trust.
19/12/2017 - 09:43
All patients should be offered the chance to listen to music during their procedures to reduce pain and anxiety, a leading surgeon has said.
19/12/2017 - 09:27
Trusts have been urged to think about whether they can do more to improve staff retention rates with the launch of a new tool.
18/12/2017 - 17:14
Three NHS boards in Scotland are spending less on child mental health services than last year, the BBC has found.
18/12/2017 - 17:00
The Telegraph has published RCGP chair Stokes-Lampard’s letter to the editor in response to Philip Johnston’s proposal that the NHS can survive without GPs.
18/12/2017 - 16:51
New research into people management has suggested that NHS trusts could save more than £200 million a year by managing staff well.
18/12/2017 - 14:37
The results of the first of two prioritisation rounds to decide which new specialised commissioning treatments and services will be made available for patients have been announced.
18/12/2017 - 09:53
A sharp increase in patients dying while under the care of NHS ambulance staff has prompted concerns that the service is under ‘excessive pressure’.
18/12/2017 - 09:30
A sickness surveillance system will help the NHS plan for increases in demand this winter by tracking outbreaks of illness around the country.
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