News & Views - Page 16
How to stop medical students from burning out
Dr Anas Nader, co-founder and CEO at Patchwork Health, reimagines what an NHS career can look like to protect medical…
Health-tech sector can prosper as UK set to unleash potential of data
The role of digital data in the UK’s healthcare systems is set to gain newfound recognition and clarity when the…
Data shows ‘warning signs’ as rising numbers leave the NMC register
The number of people leaving the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) has begun to rise for the first time in…
Theory to reality: targeting health inequality in the North East
Hospital Times speaks to Julie Gillon, Chief Executive of North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust, on how the local…
New OECD report sheds light on health hazards posed by pharmaceutical waste
A new OECD report proposes methods to reduce and better manage the increasing amount of unused or expired medicines, which…
Mental Health Act reform to tackle detention disparities
The Queen’s Speech yesterday outlined government plans to change the Mental Health Act 1983, empowering the individual to have more…
Exploring photodisinfection in the fight against HAIs
As the NHS readies to tackle the elective care backlog, Jo Shorthouse discusses the efficacy and application of photodisinfection in…
Dame Carrie MacEwan appointed Chair of the GMC
Dame Carrie MacEwen has been appointed by the Privy Council as the new Chair of the General Medical Council (GMC).…
Millions of discarded PPE items to be recycled under new partnership
Millions of items of PPE discarded in hospitals could be recycled into new products for the NHS, under a new…
Work needed to make NHS infrastructure “fit for future”, say MPs
A cross-party group of MPs and peers is seeking views on how the NHS estates and infrastructure can best meet…