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Two cabinet ministers have suggested that the UK will continue to co-operate with the EU on medicine testing after Brexit.
DNA tests should be routinely offered to cancer patients to target appropriate treatments, a leading doctor has said.
Weston General Hospital's A&E department has announced that it will be closing overnight due to fears that it cannot be staffed safely.
Women who survived cancer in the past 30 years were a third less likely to become pregnant than women in the general population.
The Royal Free NHS Foundation Trust failed to comply with the Data Protection Act when it provided patient details to Google DeepMind.
NICE is recommending the NHS provides more advanced paramedic practitioners to relieve pressure on emergency departments.
New figures have shown that more nurses and midwives are leaving the profession than joining it in the UK.
BCS has produced a blueprint outlining the steps NHS trusts should take to minimise the effects of another crippling cyber attack.
Reports have suggested that England could introduce the so-called presumed consent system of organ donation.
NICE and Public Health England have released guidance to improve air quality by introducing ‘no vehicle idling’ zones outside hospitals.
New figures show that the NHS prescribed a record number of antidepressants last year.
A UK survey has found that a large proportion of women who don't make cervical screening appointments are unaware that the process even exists.
A new major programme to improve staff retention in NHS trusts and bring down the leaver rates by 2020 has been launched.
NHS bosses have been forced to soften controversial plans to impose ‘brutal’ cost-cutting measures.
33 per cent of people with chronic illness have not collected a prescription due to the cost, a new report shows.
A new report outlines concerns that the Mental Health Act fails to notice the dignity, autonomy and human rights of people with mental illness.
The number of staff taking sick days has risen as the NHS comes under increasing strain.
So as to reduce the number of people waiting for transplants, ministers will introduce a new system based on presumed consent.
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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