Homeless people are to receive more help and support once they are discharged from hospital, following a roll-out of £10 million in government funding.
There was a 300 per cent rise in hepatitis C deaths from liver disease or liver cancer between 1996 and 2010 in the UK. If untreated, 15,840 people in England could develop cirrhosis or liver cancer...
A vaccine allowing people to live longer before developing type 1 diabetes could be available within 20 years, according to Diabetes UK.
NHS England is planning a major relaunch of Choose and Book which, it is hoped, will make electronic referrals 'universally and easily available' to patients and their health professionals for all...
The government should encourage schemes to help make older drugs available on the NHS at a cost that the drug industry would find 'too low', according to 2020Health.
There should be closures of hospital beds and investment in community care to tackle the burden on emergency care, the NHS regulator has warned.
The government's gaze has been fixed on secondary care since the publication of Robert Francis' report into care failings at Mid Staffordshire Hospital. But like the fiery eye of Tolkien's Sauron on...
There are 800,000 people with dementia in the UK and the numbers are on the rise. Our research shows by 2021 there will be more than 1 million people living with the condition. Yet despite dementia...
I am writing this during International Nurses' week and reflecting on how much I love being a nurse and enjoy working with and meeting nurses in the UK and abroad.
NHS Trust HR director Graham White offers advice on employment issues affecting nurses
Relationships with team members during times
of change can have a
significant impact on productivity and job
satisfaction, writes
Caroline Forrest
Prisons should introduce routine dementia screening for older patients and training for prison officer, writes David Woods
Patients with allergic rhinitis symptoms should be adequately treated and educated, write
Jane Scullion and Dr Steve Holmes
EU regulations to control the risks posed by needlesticks and other 'sharps' in healthcare, have taken effect from this month.
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