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Government to roll out nation-wide digital prescriptions
The NHS will be expanding use of Electronic Prescription Services (EPS) across England, the Government announced over the weekend. EPS…
NHS cancer screening needs to modernise
The NHS has the opportunity to upgrade cancer screening to save thousands more lives each year, according to a new…
CQC State of Care 2019 highlights strain on A&E and mental health services
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has published its annual report: The State of Health Care and Adult Social Care in…
First trust to earn clean sweep of outstanding CQC ratings
The Royal Papworth Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has become the first trust to be rated 'outstanding' across all categories by…
Little Angels Nursery
Little Angels is a network of family-run, home-away-from-home settings where children can spread their wings and develop into wonderful little…
Six in ten hospital trusts introduce NHS rainbow badges in support of LGBT+ patients
More than six in ten hospital trusts in England have introduced NHS rainbow badges for their staff. The scheme is…
Lack of “concrete proposals” on social care in Queen’s speech
In a Queen’s speech overshadowed by Brexit, the Government laid out its’ “ambitious” agenda to a packed House of Lords.…
Flexibility: the key to a sustainable workforce
If we want a meaningful conversation about flexibility and the healthcare workforce, we need to define our terms and consider…
Is there more to saving the NHS than stopping Brexit?
With a general election looming over the Palace of Westminster and the country, there is no party with more to gain than the…
How to operationalise digital change in the NHS – lessons from around the globe
Despite the billions of pounds worth of investment into the Health Information Technology (HIT) market, the unfortunate reality is that the return on this…