Decent pay rise vital to ensure the NHS is fighting fit post-pandemic, say unions
Health unions have written to new health secretary Sajid Javid stressing the crucial importance of pay in ensuring the NHS is ‘fighting fit’ to deal with its...
Action plan can prevent over 600 stillbirths a year
An estimated 600 stillbirths annually could be prevented if maternity units adopt national best practice according to an independent evaluation, which includes University of...
Covid-19 tests going into a data black hole claim
Data on the outcome of tens of thousands of tests carried out outside the NHS is ‘disappearing into a data black hole’, making it...
MP’s call on Ministers to ‘radically increase’ sexual health services funding amid ‘red flag’...
The Government has “failed to heed” warnings over adequately funding sexual health services amid “deeply concerning” data on STIs in young people,a committee of...
COVID-19 patients discharged from hospital were still experiencing symptoms of breathlessness, fatigue, anxiety and...
More than half of COVID-19 patients discharged from hospital still experienced symptoms of breathlessness, fatigue, anxiety and depression for two to three months after...
Care homes should have been prioritised from start of outbreak MP’s are told
The Boss of Care England Martin Green has told MP's that the focus should have been on care homes from the start of the...
Coronavirus antibody prevalence falling in England study shows
Tests on more than 365,000 people in England have shown that the antibody response to the virus that causes COVID-19 wanes over time.
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Widespread use of control measures such as facemasks is vital to suppress the pandemic...
A new mathematical model suggests that the easing of lockdown must be accompanied by wider and more effective use of control measures such as...
New report exposes real number of A&E waits, as over 1,000 patients faced a...
A new report by The Royal College of Emergency Medicine ‘Tip of the Iceberg: 12-Hour Stays in the Emergency Department’ reveals that on average...
Ground breaking pancreatic cancer trial begins in Manchester
A ground-breaking new pancreatic cancer trial, which aims to match patients with more targeted and effective treatments for their tumours has now opened in...