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Half of NHS Type 1 diabetes patients in England are now benefiting from the use of ‘life-changing’ flash monitors.
Leading health charities are joining forces with the government and the NHS to encourage vulnerable people to get their coronavirus vaccines.
NHS leaders are warning that plans to scrap tens of millions of ‘unnecessary’ hospital follow-up appointments could put patients at risk.
London’s NHS is urging all eligible Londoners yet to be vaccinated against coronavirus or receive their booster jab to come forward.
Learning from the experience of other European health systems can ensure the NHS makes best use of digital health technology to benefit both patients and staff.
Emergency workers will receive greater protection from violent criminals after the government confirmed ‘Harper’s Law’ would be added to the statute book.
The system of charging people for healthcare who are not ‘ordinarily resident’ in the UK has revealed that the system is ‘unfit for purpose’.
New advice is recommending that people with mild depression should be initially offered behavioural therapy or group exercise instead of medication.
Sajid Javid has announced new reforms that will put recruitment, training and retention of NHS staff and digital transformation at the heart of the NHS.
More than one million people will be eligible to book their life-saving jab top-up, as the vaccination programme continues gathering pace.
The shortlists for the 2021 Health Business Awards, sponsored by Honeywell Commercial Security, have been announced.
DHSC has announced that a review is being launched into the impact of potential bias in the design and use of medical devices.
A life-changing drug that can improve mobility in children and adults with SMA will be available on the NHS following a new commercial deal.
More than £51 million is being invested to replace older diagnostic imaging equipment across NHS Wales and to speed up waiting times.
The Royal College of Emergency Medicine has warned that thousands of patients a year are dying because of overcrowding in A&E units in Britain.
More than 13 million life-saving booster jabs have been given across the UK, marking another milestone in the vaccination programme.
The BMA is accusing the government of failing to honour key obligations introduced as part of the 2015 reforms to the NHS pension scheme.
Obesity rates in both reception-aged and Year 6 schoolchildren increased between 2019-20 and 2020-21, the highest annual rise since records began.
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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