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05/10/2016 - 10:46
Five North London CCGs have come together to launch an integrated NHS 111 and out-of-hours service.
05/10/2016 - 10:35
There will be no new hospital for West Hertfordshire, the regions health chiefs have announced.
05/10/2016 - 10:29
South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust has been given a ‘Requires Improvement’ rating by the CQC.
05/10/2016 - 10:17
A new survey has showed that the majority of specialist nurses say mental health care for young people isn't good enough.
05/10/2016 - 09:38
New analysis shows that almost nine out of 10 NHS groups are failing cancer patients, with low rates of diagnosis and treatment.
04/10/2016 - 10:47
Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt has announced plans to increase the number of medical school places by 25 per cent from 2018, from 6,000 to 7,500.
04/10/2016 - 10:27
NHS Improvement has launched an investigation into the cost and prevalence of inpatient falls across the health service, in order to better understand the scope of the problem and help trusts tackle it.
04/10/2016 - 10:08
The Royal College of Surgeons has published a checklist on its website offering advice to patients seeking cosmetic surgery on how to pick the right hospital and doctor.
04/10/2016 - 09:47
A study published in JAMA Neurology has suggested that a urine test could potentially be used to test for Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD), or ‘human mad cow disease’.
04/10/2016 - 09:19
According to a report by the BBC, NHS hospitals in Greater Manchester are collectively in £78 million of debt.
03/10/2016 - 10:25
Official figures retrieved via a Freedom of Information (FoI) request have shown Police Scotland officers and staff suffering from psychological issues took nearly 200,000 sick days over the last three years.
03/10/2016 - 10:05
Thousands of people suffering from long-term sickness claiming Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) will no longer have to undertake regular medical assessments to keep receiving their payments.
03/10/2016 - 09:50
The Time To Change campaign has received £20 million in funding from the Department of Health (DH), Comic Relief and the Big Lottery Fund, in a bid to help tackle the stigma around mental health.
03/10/2016 - 09:38
Leading doctors and vets have cautioned that animal tuberculosis (TB), spread through contaminated food, may be a greater threat to human health than previously thought.
03/10/2016 - 09:19
Unions on the Agenda for Change NHS pay contract have warned that the one per cent pay rise cap for NHS staff is ‘unsustainable’ and must be increased to above inflation rates to help ease the current nurse recruitment issues.
30/09/2016 - 11:43
According to new statistics from NHS Digital, young women are more at risk of developing a common mental health disorder (CMD) than men.
30/09/2016 - 11:19
A report conducted by Carers UK has advised that one in 10 unpaid carers who called 999 or took their loved one to A&E did so because they had not been educated on what process to take in key care situations, and because of a lack of local support.
30/09/2016 - 10:57
The BBC Good Food Nation Survey has found that one in six young people consume fast food twice a day.
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