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“Alexa, what are the symptoms?”
The NHS and Amazon have announced a partnership to enable voice-assisted technology to provide patients with health information from the NHS website. It is hoped…
Government to incentivise new antibiotic development
A 'subscription' style payment model will be tested in the NHS to incentivise pharma companies to develop new antibiotics, with…
Boys to benefit from HPV vaccine from September
Public Health England has announced that from September 2019, boys aged 12 and 13 will be offered the free Human Papilloma…
NHS out and proud to show support for LGBT+ Pride
Ahead of the Pride celebrations, the NHS confirmed that more than 200 hospitals are launching dedicated schemes that support lesbian, gay, bisexual…
An Impending crisis? Opiates in the UK
The US is in the midst of an opioid crisis that has claimed the lives of over 350,000 people in…
The evolution and future of UK dentistry
Sara Hurley, Chief Dental Officer for NHS England, writes for Hospital Times providing a comprehensive analysis of what the future…
The NHS is failing to capitalise
Joshua Kraindler, Economics Analyst at the Health Foundation, writes for Hospital Times about the current state of capital spending in…
The future is a mobile workforce
Dr Nicholas Andreou, Co-Founder & Managing Director, Locums’ Nest writes for Hospital Times on how a unique digital interface can…
How grassroots action can inspire innovation
Homerton Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has developed a means of providing essential knowledge to frontline staff in the form of…
Prevention: It’s like pulling teeth
In response to the emphasis on prevention in the not-so-recent NHS Long Term Plan (LTP), Hospital Times spoke to Professor…