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No time wasted
Ensuring safe and effective clinical waste streams is of paramount importance to any NHS trust. Talisman Security Seals, a manufacturer…
Government advised to drop immigrant salary threshold to help NHS
A £4,000 reduction should be made to the current salary threshold for non-EU immigrants, according to new advice from the…
Ensuring comprehensive protection against cytotoxic drugs
Industry-standard gloves offer enhanced protection and cost savings to nurses handling toxic chemotherapy drugs. European nurses have called for better…
New report: Health inequality worsening for poorest in England
Health outcomes and quality of NHS care in England’s most deprived areas is worse than in less deprived ones, new…
Coronavirus threat upgraded as death toll rises in China
Public Health England has today upgraded the threat posed to the UK by the deadly Chinese outbreak of coronavirus from…
Improving patient outcomes through better conversation
Sue Kennard, Head of Employee Wellbeing Service at Barts Health NHS Trust, writes for Hospital Times. Here Sue discusses how…
Bed shortage leaves NHS emergency care in crisis
Nearly 100,000 patients were forced to spend four hours or more on corridor trolleys while beds were found, new performance…
Lord Victor Adebowale announced new Chair of NHS Confederation
Lord Victor Adebowale CBE has been appointed as the new permanent Chair of the NHS Confederation. Lord Adebowale will assume…
Norovirus outbreak closes over one thousand hospital beds in England
An outbreak of Norovirus has caused hospitals in England to shut down more than one thousand beds in the past week. Around one per cent…
Quarter of all NHS hospital staff born outside UK
New figures show that people born outside the UK account for almost a quarter of all staff working in hospitals…