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£330 billion fund announced to protect businesses from coronavirus
Chancellor for the Exchequer Rishi Sunak has announced a stream of new measures to protect businesses and individuals in the…
All non-urgent operations in England postponed
Non-urgent operations will be postponed for at least three moths in order to provider 30,000 beds for COVID-19 patients. This…
How do we fulfil our digital aspirations for the NHS?
As NHSX reveals the first wave of 'digital aspirant' trusts. David Duffy, Hospital Times Editor, writes about what exactly NHSX…
How should we fund our health service?
Is the Government allowing the NHS to grow into a modern, purpose-built health system? The NHS Long Term Plan (LTP)…
Temporary Minor Injuries Unit created at NHS Lothian
Vanguard has created a temporary Minor Injuries Unit (MIU) at one of Scotland’s busiest hospitals. The creation of a temporary Minor…
Vanguard Healthcare Solutions acquires Young Medical
Vanguard Healthcare Solutions, a market leader in delivering mobile healthcare facilities recently announced the acquisition of Netherlands-based Young Medical, specialists…
Covid-19 outbreak declared a pandemic by WHO
After expressing concern over the spread of Covid-19 outside of China over the past weeks, WHO has now declared that the outbreak of the…
Budget 2020: Key takeaways for health spending
Only two weeks after his appointment, new Chancellor Rishi Sunak MP had plenty of ground to cover in his first…
NHS set to ramp up COVID-19 testing
The NHS and Public Health England (PHE) are planning to significantly increase the number of daily coronavirus testing to 10,000.…
COVID-19: advice for the health and social care sector
The constantly developing progress of Coronavirus (COVID-19) presents health and social care organisations with a unique array of issues to…