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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…
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…
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.…
Lincolnshire Hospitals look to slash carbon emissions and save millions
United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust is embarking upon a trio of major energy-saving projects across its main hospital sites. The…
New campaign launched to end corridor care for thousands of patients
The Royal College of Emergency Medicine (RCEM) has today launched a new campaign to end corridor care and improve emergency departments…
Morecambe Bay begins work on multimillion-pound operating theatre
A £ million state of the art modular operating theatre is being built at the Royal Lancaster Infirmary (RLI), a…
Stark concerns raised about prisoners access to healthcare services
Four in ten prison hospital appointments are cancelled or missed, with prisoners receiving around a quarter less hospital care than…
Civility must survive for NHS to thrive
David Liddle, CEO of conflict resolution company the TCM Group, writes for Hospital Times. Here David discusses why the NHS…