The Health Services Safety Investigations Body said medication errors, impaired decision-making, reduced attention and rude and disrespectful behaviour were the … Read More “Exhausted hospital staff”
The NHS and Royal Mail have secured a deal for an NHS-specific barcode on letters to ensure appointments and results … Read More “Royal Mail introduces NHS-specific barcode”
Members of the World Health Organization (WHO) have agreed the text of a legally binding treaty designed to better tackle … Read More “WHO agrees legally binding pandemic treaty”
Millions of patients can now register with a new GP at the touch of a button via the NHS App … Read More “Millions more patients can register with a GP”
The first of nine trailblazer programmes to get people back into work has begun in South Yorkshire, with GPs helping … Read More “GPs to identify patients for Government’s back-to-work scheme”
Around 12,000 men in the UK die from prostate cancer every year. Calls for the routine testing of healthy men … Read More “Saliva test may turn tide”
Monthly performance data shows that there were more than 3.1 million additional appointments delivered in the seven months from July … Read More “Over three million additional appointments delivered”
There has been limited take up of healthcare professionals other than GPs writing fit notes since the new legislation was introduced in … Read More “Most fit notes still written by GPs”
This month the government in England will launch a consultation for its men’s health strategy. The move is long overdue, … Read More “Why men are so unhealthy”
The number of hospital beds taken up by seasonal viruses this winter was more than the equivalent of the population … Read More “Beds lost to seasonal viruses this winter greater than population of Malta”