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NHS App goes live
NHS England has today announced that the NHS App is now available with a web-based version to be released in…
BMA investigation: number of homeless people visiting A&E has tripled since 2011
The number of visits to England’s emergency departments by homeless people has more than trebled since 2011, an investigation by…
Southampton NHS Treatment Centre achieves ‘Outstanding’ CQC rating
Southampton NHS Treatment Centre is now the only hospital in Hampshire to be rated ‘Outstanding’ overall by the Care Quality…
NHS Long Term Plan aims to save up to half a million lives through health service of the future
The NHS Long Term Plan (LTP), published in January, aims to save half a million lives through prevention and early…
A small country with a big punch in medicine – The Czech Republic
Deputy Minister for Health, Radek Policar For a country with a population of around ten million, it may be…
The changing face of health and care regulation
As Andrea Sutcliffe prepares to leave her role at the Care Quality Commission, she can look back at five years…
Pedal away the parking problems
Steve Edgell, Director of Cycle Solutions, outlines the importance of cycle to work schemes for the NHS. In response to…
250,000 shortfall in NHS staff predicted by 2030
A new briefing from leading think tanks highlights the alarming risks created by shortages in the healthcare workforce which could…
Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust rated Good by CQC inspectors
England’s Chief Inspector of Hospitals has rated the services provided by Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust as Good…
Antimicrobial resistance: time is ticking
Warnings over increasing antibiotic usage, and the resistance to its healing effects that comes as a result, are increasing in…