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NHS England, Public Health England and Diabetes UK have partnered up with leading companies from the tech sector to fight against obesity and Type 2 diabetes.
The new Energy Centre at the John Radcliffe Hospital reduced NHS spending on energy bills by more than £200,000 in its first month.
A pilot scheme in North Lincolnshire is set to improve the care given to mental health patients who are acutely ill or injured.
Staff at Southampton’s teaching hospitals are introducing interactive whiteboards on wards as part of a major digital transformation project.
Hospital managers have called on the government to improve the working conditions of NHS staff to stop the number of resignations increasing further.
Mental health trusts are being forced to reveal how many patients they are sending away from home for treatment because of a lack of beds.
Good management of antibiotics can half the number of people picking-up drug-resistant infections in hospital, new research suggests.
The Royal College of Surgeons has announced a partnership that will see its surgical education courses delivered at the University of Manchester.
The number of patients waiting longer than six months for treatment increased by 40 per cent compared to the same time last year.
CQC has rated Barts NHS Trust as ‘requires improvement’ overall - an improvement from its previous rating of ‘inadequate’.
Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has unveiled plans to create a new hospice in Winchester.
St Thomas’ hospital has opened a state-of-the-art Inpatient Pharmacy.
NHS Digital figures show that spontaneous labours have decreased over the past year and caesareans and induced labours have increased.
NHS England has struck new deals to make innovative treatments for Multiple Sclerosis and breast cancer routinely available on the NHS.
Doctors have developed a more accurate test for Down’s, Edwards and Patau syndromes.
NHS Providers says the chancellor must seize the opportunity in the budget to help the NHS escape from an ‘impossible trap’.
The government must find at least £4 billion more for the NHS in the budget to stop patient care deteriorating next year, health charities warn.
The NHS could ‘pop’ unless it receives an emergency cash injection in this month’s budget, the service’s financial regulator has warned.
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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