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12/12/2017 - 10:35
A study has claimed that offering vouchers to new mothers can encourage them to breastfeed their babies.
12/12/2017 - 10:30
Derby City Council has approved plans to create additional bed spaces in a number of its care homes, in order to relieve winter pressures on the NHS.
12/12/2017 - 10:11
A new Alder Play app has been launched at Alder Hey Children’s Hospital to distract patients having procedures in hospital.
12/12/2017 - 09:58
An extra 75,000 routine appointments will be available each month in London as part of a scheme to reduce pressures on A&E departments.
12/12/2017 - 09:44
Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt is set to launch plans for an opt-out system of organ donation in England, moving to a system of ‘presumed consent’.
11/12/2017 - 17:09
King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust has been placed in special measures following serious concerns about the trust’s growing deficit.
11/12/2017 - 14:45
Though challenging, pay restraint has allowed the NHS to recruit more staff, Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt has said.
11/12/2017 - 12:43
NHS England has warned that heart attacks increase almost immediately after a ‘cold snap’.
11/12/2017 - 10:02
A new report has argued that hospitals must provide more beds in the winter months to deal with the rising numbers of patients who struggle to breathe.
11/12/2017 - 09:34
Sir Bob Kerslake has resigned as chairman of King's College Hospital as a result of the government’s unrealistic expectations for the NHS.
08/12/2017 - 17:18
RD&E and DPT have won a national bid to set up a new academy in Devon to improve care for patients.
08/12/2017 - 15:03
The number of commissioned nurse training places available in Wales will increase by 10 per cent in 2018 to support education and training programmes for healthcare professionals.
08/12/2017 - 12:50
Papworth sleep experts have secured funding to develop a new, non-invasive, sleep apnoea measurement device that could transform diagnosis of the condition.
08/12/2017 - 11:06
A new paediatric app has been developed which provides advice and support to Ashford and St Peter’s families, parents and carers.
08/12/2017 - 10:16
People with advanced kidney cancer are set to benefit from a new treatment after NICE has said lenvatinib should be available on the NHS.
08/12/2017 - 09:43
The secretary of state for health Jeremy Hunt has formally commenced the 2018-19 pay round for all NHS staff.
08/12/2017 - 09:25
The Infection Prevention Society is calling on nurses and other healthcare workers to be vaccinated against flu.
07/12/2017 - 17:09
Just four in 10 (43.1 per cent) mums-to-be have received the flu vaccine so far this winter, new figures have revealed.
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