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Birmingham Integrated Care Partnership shares its Early Intervention programme
Less Survivable Cancers Awareness Day launches with call for commitment to increasing survival rates
Help judge the Leading Healthcare Awards 2022
News in Brief – Bradford’s £300k boost, new Chief Nurse for Chelsea, ULHT announces Director
CNWL to launch Improvement Academy
NICE announces Dr Samantha Roberts as new Chief Executive
New Associate Director of Inclusion for Barts Health
Nottingham University Hospitals appoints new Chair
Northern Lincolnshire and Goole shares building and digital plans for 2022
Latest NHS sickness stats show anxiety, stress and depression as most common reason for August absences
Barts Health details green achievements and plans
Dartford and Gravesham opens MDT complex epilepsy clinic
New NHS shared corporate services launches across north central London
News in brief – Cheshire Chief Exec to step down, new staff podcast, cancer centre collaborates with musicians
Bradford District Care rated ‘good’ by CQC
New £9m framework to improve Scotland’s NHS gender identity services
Chief Executive of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough announced
Moorfields and UCL open pop-up NHS eye care hub
Funding extension for research into the impact of COVID on nurse and midwife wellbeing
CEO ‘goes back to the floor’
Chief Executive of Hampshire and Isle of Wight Integrated Care Board appointed
Chief Executive designate appointed to Derby and Derbyshire Integrated Care Board
News in brief – Royal Cornwall seeks new non-exec, RCN committee opens to applicants, skin cancer support in Blackpool
Moorfields to appoint new chief nurse and executive director of Allied Health Professionals
Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire ICB Chief Executive confirmed
Birmingham trusts pilot avoids unnecessary hospital admission
New guidance on responsibilities of principal occupational therapists in adult social care services released
Humber, Coast and Vale ICS appoints Chief Executive
Chief Executive of South Yorkshire’s Integrated Care Board confirmed
UK Government publishes white paper on social care
NHS Race & Health Observatory reveals new three-year strategy
News in Brief – new birthing centre opens, arts in health exhibition, dyslexia support packs
New £7.8m PhD programme in mental health research will open to health professionals
Developments in long-read sequencing at Genomics England
Moorfields patient receives world’s first 3D printed eye
New multi-million pound ICU unveiled at Hull Royal Infirmary
Wirral University Teaching Hospital reveals plans for £28m A&E facility
North East London ICS appoints CEO
NHS Employers marks Disability History Month
James Paget clinical strategy refreshed for 2021 to 2026
Review launched into the health impact of potential bias in medical devices
HEE development roadmap released for healthcare support workers
Tavistock and Portman NHS shares ‘Green Plan’ for trust sustainability
New collaborative nurses bank in NW London
South Tyneside and Sunderland gets go ahead for new eye hospital
North East to embed environmental sustainability in health education
Record number of GPs accepted onto training placements
Patients with dementia to benefit from ‘memory’ machines
NHS to pilot 15 specialist clinics for child obesity
Chief executive appointed to North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care Board
Incoming chief executive announced for NW London ICS
Manchester set for £105.9 million mental health unit
New CEO-designate for West Yorkshire ICS
BSW Partnership’s Integrated Care Board announces new designate chief executive
New National Guardian for the NHS appointed
New research into making prescribing safer for patients in prisons
Adult eating disorder clinicians to benefit from new £471k training model
Barts Health adds new non-executive director
UHCW launches new wheelchair-sharing system
Trust’s new fellowship to address under-representation in senior leadership roles
Scottish Government releases new guidance for A&E departments
Cambridge University Hospitals tech project generates carbon savings
News in brief: four new non-exec director posts, motorcycle paramedics relaunched, first carbon literate trust
East Lancashire Hospitals to roll-out maternity system
Livi plans roll-out of digital Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
Annual ‘State of Care’ assessment released by CQC
Hampshire Hospitals announces two new appointments
Imperial College Healthcare appoints second medical director
London NHS trust opens new mental health hubs to link up local care
Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS FT new chief executive announced
Whipps Cross Hospital chief executive steps down
East London NHS Foundation Trust releases new strategy
New Health Innovation pilot to support NHS leaders with digital skills and development
News in brief – NHS staff mental health study, new openings, PHU pilots course for assessing ill children
Chief Executive appointed at London North West University Healthcare
New ICS Chair for Coventry and Warwickshire
East Kent invests £1.6m in more midwives after staffing review
Pennine Care CEO to retire
NHS opens online COVID-19 vaccination bookings for 12-15 year olds
£162.5 million funding for adult social care
Adult inpatient survey results released by CQC
RCN’s Deputy General Secretary elected to European committee
News in brief – new ICS chair for Humber and Vale, UHD chief exec to retire, South West trust introduces new ultrasound
Charities unite to call for £3m national training centre for breast cancer professionals
North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust and Kent and Medway ICB appoint new chairs
Chief Executive appointed at Lincolnshire Community Health Services
The Health Foundation calls for whole government approach to improving health
CQC awarded funds to support GP innovation
Barnet, Enfield and Haringey launches clinical strategy
New children’s hospital building gets ‘green light’
New Chair-designate appointed for Surrey Heartlands ICS board
NHS sets out blueprint for improving patient access to GP appointments
West Yorkshire and Harrogate HCP publishes strategy on psychological professions workforce
Barts Health celebrates staff ahead of Allied Health Professions Day
News in brief – new appointments, NHS staff’s pandemic poetry book, Bolton governors elected
Humber, Coast and Vale to pilot new primary care breast pain clinics
Royal College of Midwives calls for renewal of initiative to support staff mental health
NHS trusts celebrate Black History Month
Doncaster hospital to introduce new ‘cutting-edge’ surgical theatre and children’s ward
CQC publishes report on safety, equity and engagement in maternity services
News in brief – RCN winter wellbeing campaign, 40 new diagnostic centres, maternal mental health service pilot
UCL launches business school dedicated to health
HEE’s new £10m critical care workforce training package set for autumn roll-out
UCLH releases new strategy and plans for improving integrated care
New centralised emergency operations centre to open in 2022
Gov Office for Health Improvement and Disparities launches
Interview Series: Lorna Brightman discusses Survivor’s antibacterial iPad and phone case technology
New Chief Executive of Cardiff and Vale University Health Board named
NICE and PHE advocate for mental health training for managers
New orthopaedic elective care centre to open in 2022
Nuffield Health obtains five hospitals from Aspen Healthcare
Leading Healthcare Awards launched and open for entries!
Barking, Havering and Redbridge release plans for greater collaboration with Barts Health
News in Brief – non-executive director appointed, new shared corporate services group announced, and funding released to combat climate change
CQC publishes survey results on urgent and emergency care
CQC rates Isle of Wight NHS Trust as good; praises leadership improvements
£1.7bn hospitals project planned by Bradford NHS trusts
Digital Health and Care Wales name new Chair
New CEO appointed by Norfolk Community Health and Care NHS Trust
Government plans changes to tackle overprescribing
Northern Irish Health and Social Care board begin consultation on Pharmacy Needs Assessment benchmarking tool
News in Brief – new WHO appointment, hospital opening date set, London trust names its Lead Nurse for Addictions
New Chair announced by Sheffield Health and Social Care FT
NHS Health Research Authority publish a business plan
New Chair of the Board appointed at Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
New Nursing, Midwifery and Allied Health Professionals strategy launched
CQC Chief Inspector to retire next year
Non-emergency services to be suspended at NHS Trust
Guys and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust appoint new Chief Executive
News in Brief – pandemic institute launched, Chief Executive formally appointed
National Clinical Directors appointed
New maternity pledges set out by NHS England
New elective recovery adviser appointed
National Director of Learning Disability and Autism appointed
NHS guidance on ICS strategy released
FH Awards 2021: Early Stage Pilot / Early Adopter of the Year the winner is…
FH Awards 2021: Supporting Healthcare Teams through Technology the winner is…
FH Awards 2021: Workforce and Staff Engagement Initiative of the Year the winner is…
FH Awards 2021: Excellent Use of Data the winner is…
FH Awards 2021: Excellence in Communication and Engagement the winner is…
UK Gov releases funding plans for tackling NHS backlog and support for social care staff
FH Awards 2021: Innovation in Mental Health the winner is…
News in Brief – veteran services funding increase, non-executive directors appointed, new Chief Nursing Officer for Wales
FH Awards 2021: Enhancing care through technology category the winner is…
FH Awards 2021: Community/ Primary Care Innovation the winner is…
New body for tackling health inequalities set to officially launch
New NHS guidance released on personalised care
An AHSC and ICS formalise new partnership in Bristol
Charities to combat health inequalities with £2m funding package
Deputy Chief Nurse to become director of nursing, midwifery, and allied health professions at the Isle of Wight
Diabetic genetic tests and lower cholesterol jabs to be rolled out by NHS England
Forward Healthcare Awards 2021 finalists: five excellent examples of enhancing care through technology
Forward Healthcare Awards 2021 finalists: six excellent uses of communication and engagement
Forward Healthcare Awards 2021 finalists: five outstanding projects that support healthcare teams through technology
Ambulance leaders release report on the role of the sector in transforming services
News in Brief – solar panels, ICU refurbishment, new non-executive directors
Oxleas announces new Interim Chief Executive
Forward Healthcare Awards 2021 finalists: five excellent innovations in the community or primary care
New £43m funding for primary care leadership
“Ask why?” advice for new NHS Graduate Management Training Scheme cohort
Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust announces new Chief Nursing Officer
University College London Hospitals declares climate emergency
NHS England and Queens Nursing Institute collaborate on international nursing recruitment
News in Brief – new Life Sciences Chair, anti-racism campaign launched, medical director update
Pharmacies to offer blood pressure tests to those aged 40 or over
New NHS Deputy CNO named
HEE Chief Exec calls for evidence to help shape framework on future health and social care workforce planning
CEO announced by Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust
New study finds increase in GP turnover over past decade
Better Care Fund to receive funding boost
New interim Chief Executive appointed at Cheshire and Wirral Partnership
Case Study: Dovehaven care homes improves visibility and management of quality and safety across group using DCIQ from RLDatix
New designs for Cambridge Children’s Hospital published
Florence Nightingale Foundation and HEE to provide new leadership programmes for nurses and midwives
Forward Healthcare Awards 2021 finalists: five exceptional innovations in mental health
Perfect Ward IPC Poll reports 63.2% of healthcare respondents feel ‘unprepared’ for winter season
News in Brief – paramedic degree launched, maternity staff investment and new Northern Centre for Cancer
University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS FT chief executive to step down
Annual report published by Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust
New framework for clinical senior leadership published
Forward Healthcare Awards 2021 finalists: five outstanding early adopters of technology
CQC releases report on Princess Royal Hospital’s emergency department
100 places on offer for NHS programme that helps trusts design flexible working plans
Plans revealed for £10m Integrated Diagnostic Centre
CQC reports on diagnostic imaging service at The Royal London Hospital and Whipps Cross Hospital
CEO named by Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust
Finalists announced in the Forward Healthcare Awards 2021!
Forward Healthcare Awards 2021 finalists: four excellent examples of data use
Forward Healthcare Awards 2021 finalists: four fresh takes on workforce and staff engagement
£105m mental health facility given the green light
Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust announces new Chair
New Maternity Trauma and Loss Care Service launched in North West London
News in Brief – NHS pay consultation, new Badgernet app for maternity services, Buxton bids for new hospitals programme
NIHR Maudsley launches new funding for neuroimaging research
New single CEO announced for two London Mental Health Trusts
Leeds Teaching Hospitals concept designs for new hospital buildings
South East Coast Ambulance Service Executive Director of Nursing and Quality to depart the trust
New hospitals group model announced
HEE publishes NHS work experience insight report that recommends new digital platform
Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS reveals sustainability plan
RCGP announces new President
News in Brief – maternal mental health hubs, appointment news, and new hospital main entrance
National Director of Healthwatch England to step down
NHS England announces free travel for kidney diaylisis patients
NHS Digital outlines workforce diversity targets
CQC releases public feedback on regulation consultation and changes to the rating of trusts and GP practices
GMC publishes results from National Training Survey 2021
Breast Cancer Now to collaborate with Pfizer on programme to boost innovation and ‘stop women dying by 2050’
Adult Social Care leaders collaborate on vision for a future workforce strategy
NHS England appoints Amanda Pritchard as chief executive
NHS England report covers diversity, discrimination and pay-gaps
UK Prevention Research Partnership to invest £19 million across three projects
News in Brief – new palliative care services, Chief Exec to step down, Badgernet roll-out begins
Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Trust publishes New Hospitals report
National Guardians Office releases Freedom to Speak Up strategy
New fund to fast-track medicines and treatments in the NHS
New chair in common named by London NHS trusts
NHS pay rise faces push-back from staff groups
New NHS mental health standards announced
New Chief Executive announced by Northern Care Alliance
CMO releases coastal wellbeing report
DHSC new autism strategy published
First Clinical Academic Professor in Nursing named by Newcastle NHS FT
RCN announce new interim General Secretary & Chief Executive
“You would be surprised what you learn from your patients”- advice for first-year nurses from Twitter feedback
News in Brief – cell therapy, mental health transformation and new CEO appointed
NIHR announce £19.6m investment into Long- Covid research
DHSC announce over 10 million using the NHS app and new verifier app launched
National charities release joint vision on integrating care
Humber, Coast and Vale reveal strategic objectives for 2021-22
NHS trusts invited to express interest in new hospitals programme
Northamptonshire Health and Care Partnership publishes engagement priorities
South Notts ICP commits to co-production to support the development of services
New HEE report makes recommendations for improving bioinformatics workforce
New non-executive director appointed by Cambridge NHS FT
New megalab opened to help detect new COVID-19 variants
Survey launched to study ethnicity terminology in health and care
£20m funding for new cancer services
Ambulance trusts to receive £55m in funding
UKHSA given greater powers and targets global health collaboration
Public Health England priorities and transition outlined
News in Brief – New Chair at NHS Trust, housing support for mental health patients, non-emergency care funding
New Life Sciences strategy launched by UK Government
Welsh initiative to improve national wellbeing
New board members join Leeds Academic Health Partnership
Public dialogue supports use of whole genome sequencing in newborn screening
New CEO named by Barking, Havering and Redbridge NHS Trust
NHS Business Services Authority releases annual statistics for medicines used in mental health
GP Patient Survey results published for 2021
London’s Chief Digital Officer explains digital inclusion aims and approach
New Director of Nursing announced by RCN
News in Brief – George Cross, new paramedic bursary and new mental health services in London
New CEO appointed by University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust
New health and social care bill introduced to parliament
New £8m package to improve workforce wellbeing in Scotland
NHS releases booklet on new digital weight management kit
Gloucestershire NHS FT releases new five-year strategy
New maternity services funding announced
New Moorfields Eye Hospital plans given the green light
NHS England releases oversight approach for 2021/22
New CEO appointed by Barts Life Science
Services to combat childhood obesity launched
New flexible working guidelines welcomed by staff groups
NHS England publishes framework for involving patients in safety
New voice-based covid research study seeks public input
New CEO named by Royal National Orthapaedic Hospital
New maternity care plan launched by Cornwall NHS FT
HEE releases guidance on supporting digital literacy in the pharmacy workforce
News in Brief – new CQC appointment, mass vaccination centre closes and New Community Mental Health Centre
£24 million for adolescent mental health projects
Health Data Research announces 49 interns joining its Black Internship Programme
Kent Community Health focuses on improving health check rates for people with learning disabilities
£250 million in funding awarded to social care
NHS Resolution publishes business plan for 2021/22
NICE releases latest guidance on shared decision making in healthcare settings
Health Foundation to set up four new innovation hubs to boost adoption of healthcare improvements
DHSC announces £64 million in funding and new plan to strengthen clinical research delivery
Barts Charity sets up new £2.6 million centre for squamous cancer
James Paget University Hospital sets up ‘Colorectal Straight To Test’ service
AHSN to deliver virtual sessions on best practice for NHS ‘Net Zero’ ambitions
Portsmouth launches England’s first eye clinic for people with Down’s syndrome
Royal College of Nursing updates healthy workplace resource and calls for focus on staff breaks
NHS Blood and Transplant launch organ donation and transplantation ‘meeting the need’ strategy
Over 80% now received first-dose COVID vaccination
BMJ publishes article on how to accelerate population health improvements
North West London launch online mental health platform
Forward Healthcare Awards: Deadline extended to Wednesday 23 June
New Centre for Early Childhood launched by Duchess of Cambridge
The King’s Fund publishes AHP framework for tackling health inequalities
NHS England releases design framework for ICSs
Royal College of Nursing announces new president
Maternity staff vote for standardised uniform
New radiochemistry unit opened by Guy’s and St Thomas’
New vaccine task force chair announced
Norwich to use 4D flow MRI scans to help patients with heart disease
News in Brief – Sleeping pods, Queen’s Birthday Honours, StreetDoctors campaign
£450million plans for Leicester’s hospitals gets go-ahead
NHS England and King’s College London announce new partnership
NHS England announces £2.7m for ICS health equality schemes
The new independent chair of the Learning Disability and Autism Children and Young People’s Steering Group announced
Health Education England launches business plan for 2021/22
New mental health service unites volunteers and clinicians
Twitter chat discusses Future Midwives
NHS graduate scheme expands to ICSs
Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt CEO to join Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin ICS
New chief executive named by Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust
University Hospital Southampton publishes new five year plan
Mersey Care acquires North West Boroughs Healthcare NHS FT
Public consultation to begin on new Sutton hospital
New director announced at the Alder Hey Academy
News in Brief – Dating apps to promote vaccines, Manchester hospital rebuild, new midwifery team
New managing director for University Hospitals Sussex NHS FT
Nursing research into resilience set to begin
Construction partner announced for new Leeds pathology laboratory
New global health and tackling epidemics report released by G7
Breakthrough gene-therapy drug used by NHS for the first time
Body cameras delivered to ambulance staff
National Guardian’s Office release Freedom to Speak Up Index
Forward Healthcare Awards: First group of judges announced
News in Brief: Largest vaccination centre opens, speakers announced for G7 vaccine panel, new midwifery team at Newcastle FT
New CCIO and Director of Therapies at Black Country NHS
Trust buys independent hospital to tackle demand
Digital EU Covid certificate launched
New £60m home for UCL Institute of Immunity and Transplantation
Urgent care performance targets released by NHSE
New vaccine centre of excellence launched at Bristol University
NHSBT begins COVID vaccine antibody trial
News in Brief – electric ambulances, calorie labels and a global pandemic radar
HEE urges pharmacies to complete a nationwide survey
New funding available for international nurses
New chair appointed by Association of Mental Health Providers
The UK to lead world first COVID booster study
Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust name new chief executive
Forward Healthcare Awards: Become a judge!
Global health news round-up: S.Korea to combine COVID vaccines, New Zealand’s Wellbeing Budget
NMC releases report highlighting nursing registration drop in the past year
The COVID-19 vaccine now available to 34- and 35-year old’s
New strategy to deliver genomic healthcare announced by UK government
Evelina London plans children’s hospital expansion
Association of Ambulance Chief Executives releases strategy to combat suicide
New pharmacy process goes live at Northumbria Healthcare NHS FT
GMC announces new measures to combat inequality
New ICU to open this summer at Hull NHS Trust
Manchester University NHS FT unveils new £40m A&E design
News in Brief – two new Yorkshire Air Ambulances, new £3m GP hub, MediCinema set to re-open
Online talk announced by University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS FT to discuss new hospitals
Construction starts on £17m UCL building for neuroscience research
WHO chooses Leeds university as partner for global health strategy
UCL releases real-time results of COVID-19 Social Study
NHS England reports over 600,000 vaccination bookings in 48 hours
Global health news round-up: Australia to invest billions in mental health, MIT anaesthesia discovery
New interim Deputy Chief Medical Officer appointed to DHSC
St Bartholomew’s Hospital to celebrate 900th year with fundraising campaign
COVID-19 blood vessel study receives £133k investment
New CEO appointed at Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust
Work begins on West Midlands Ambulance Trust’s new hub
Oxleas NHS Trust launches two new staff support networks
Alder Hey names new Tier 4 mental health facility
Nuffield Trust highlights relationship between deprivation and rate of hip replacement surgery
ONS statistics reveal an increase in depression among UK adults during the pandemic
New helipad installed at Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust
NHS Trust charity partners with National Portrait Gallery to provide creative workshops for patients
CNTW NHS Trust highlights role of nature in treatment during Mental Health Awareness Week
Global health news round-up: new brain imaging technique in NZ, WHO ‘pandemic intelligence hub’ announced in Germany
New Chief Executive joins University Southampton Hospital FT
Mini 3D brain cell models could accelerate future MS research
Barts Health achieves financial stability for the first time in ten years
NHS releases guidance to help staff support new mums with mental health difficulties
News in brief; new interim CEO at NHS Digital, UCL office productivity research, Cambridge University cancer breakthrough
RCN launches education strategy
NHS to roll-out HeartFlow tech
Moorfields appoints new chief executive
Global health news round-up: G7 proposals, NZ’s early COVID app
Sir Simon Stevens to leave NHS post
UK government calls for public input into Women’s Health Strategy
First blood plasma donations to take place after a 20-year pause
Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS offer new nurse degree apprenticeship
New streamlined service for frail patients at Lancashire Teaching Hospitals
A new workforce report from The Royal College of Radiologists reveals the NHS needs nearly 2,000 extra radiologists
News in brief: New tech deployed for cancer patients in Oldham and cardiology centre revealed in Newcastle Upon Tyne
Researchers call for investment and improvement in miscarriage care
North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust appoints new chief executive
NCA Chief Executive Raj Jain to retire at end of Summer
Surge testing deployed in Birmingham to detect South African variant spread
Wye Valley opens same day emergency care area
Department for Education publishes digital strategy
Study finds one in six colon cancer patients have hereditary gene mutation
Morecambe Bay benefits from £90k for diagnostic equipment
Global health news round-up: five-minute COVID lab tests, malaria vaccine success
Chelsea and Westminster Hospital gets new patient arts studio
New Interim Chief Executive at Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust
Barnsley Hospital opens new children’s emergency department
Barts Health innovates with stroke care
Royal Free London announces new clinical research facility
New Prostate Cancer Research wins funding boost
Oxford to co-develop rapid testing tech at scale
NHS trust announces ‘Green Plan’ to mark Earth Day
Novartis launch health tech contest
NHS uses Facebook to reach men at risk of diabetes
Sleeping patterns linked to risk of dementia
New G7 partnership launched to fight pandemics
Forward Healthcare Awards 2021 revealed…
New sensors to be developed for drug monitoring and quicker cancer detection
Coalition calls for better maternity buildings and facilities
AI-driven cancer assessment tool being studied in Glasgow
Impact of pandemic pressures on critical care nurses to be studied
New £2.5m COVID-19 drug screening hub set up in Scotland
Kettering Hospital opens new paediatric outpatients clinic
Better End of Life programme launched by Marie Curie and UK universities
Surge testing to be deployed in Wandsworth and Lambeth
Medway NHS FT announces new Interim Chief Executive
Global health news round-up: ‘world first’ living donor lung transplant, Italy to host Global Health Summit
COVID ‘surveillance system’ trialled to track transmission in hospitals
Nottinghamshire NHS trust launches new recruitment portal
Somerset NHS FT announces new eye theatre to be built
New study launched into impact of long-term COVID lung damage
Aberdeen recruits first UK patient for new Huntington’s drug trial
New roll-out of mental health hubs for maternity patients and staff
Northampton General Hospital appoints new chief executive
Rapid COVID testing kits available to everyone from Friday
New breast cancer treatment to cut waiting times for NHS patients
£1.6m study to investigate if talking therapies can reduce dental anxiety in children
Dorset launches new nurse-led hospital clinic for older patients
LH Awards 2021: Category winner videos
And the winners are…Leading Healthcare Awards 2021 results
Greater Manchester HSCP workforce wellbeing toolkit goes live
North Manchester General Hospital formally joins Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust
Featured finalists: a year of exciting partnerships and digital transformation
Addenbrooke’s Hospital registers CE mark for clear COVID mask
New Women’s Health Hub and menopause support launched by Bupa
Featured finalists: excellent innovators and best remote monitoring
UCLH announces two new board directors
Featured finalists: best in class at supporting patients and patient safety
Global health news round-up: Canada and the Netherlands tackle diabetes, Gibraltar vaccine success
NHS board meeting: COVID alert level recommended to be lowered, vaccine rollout hailed and pandemic report
“Innovation is not about a small number of people spending a large amount of money” – Designing the Hospital of the Future
NICE approves drug for multiple myeloma
NHS learning disability review receives new update
NHS rolls out final 13 Integrated Care Systems across England
Government publishes review to improve babies’ and children’s healthy development
University Hospital Southampton offers support for vulnerable patients
North East autism ward gets new structure for family visits
Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS FT co-launch online genomics training
Liverpool Women’s Hospital procures robot to help with gynaecological surgery
New Scunthorpe General Hospital Emergency Department announced
New North East laboratory built to process COVID-19 tests
Over 2 million received second dose vaccination
Glasgow’s Centre for Virus Research looks at whether ‘common cold’ can offer COVID protection
Scunthorpe Hospital staff raise awareness ahead of World TB Day
New Portsmouth In Reach service to help support patients with mental health struggles
NHS Barts opens new diagnosis centre in East London
Network of £18m gene therapy hubs launched
Global health news round-up: NZ’s mental health knowledge-sharing network, Chile vaccinates Antarctica
NHS Staff Survey: Health and wellbeing, highest and lowest revealed
NHS Staff Survey: Equality, diversity and inclusion, highest and lowest revealed
Results from the annual NHS staff survey published
Bradford Teaching Hospitals’ nursing team launches new kindness campaign
NIHR publishes long COVID survey that suggests significant impact on home and work life
Learning academies launched to help Wales’ health and care system meet the challenges of tomorrow
Video-led parenting feedback programme has successful trial in toddlers
£5.4m funding boost for patient-centred exercise study
Swansea University is seeking volunteers for wellbeing and COVID-19 research
UCL research says early screening can prevent prostate cancer deaths
Leadership Series: Neil Pease, Chief People Officer, Nottingham University Hospitals
Scottish study uses breast screening clinics to promote healthy lifestyle programme
Barts Health: The first day of zero COVID-19 admissions for six months
Global Health News Round-up: Open Research Europe launches, Gambia gets vaccinations underway
“When we work together, we’ll all be the winners” Health Secretary calls for global teamwork on vaccines
Royal College of General Practitioners appoints new chief examiner and announces new route for membership
NHS secures deal to trial lifesaving gene therapy
North East research centre recruiting participants for mental health studies and treatments
Yorkshire bowel cancer programme gets boost to help tackle ‘postcode lottery’
Leading Healthcare Awards 2021 Finalists Revealed
Interview Series: Dr Lucy Stead on the new Leeds brain tumour Research Tissue Bank
£10.7m in UKRI funding for healthy ageing research projects
22.2m receive first dose and 1.1m second dose of COVID-19 vaccines
Global health news round-up: Self-vaccination patches in Japan, HIV research in Finland
Free personalised mental health service launched for NHS employees
Oxford Brookes University launches COVID-19 study to analyse effects on healthcare staff
Sandwell and West Birmingham appoint new trust chairman
Medical educational platform receives £500k investment
Collaborative UK study to research vaccine responses in impaired immune systems
New Swansea University study to research the impact of COVID-19 on children’s health
Greater Manchester Mental Health launches new rapid support to young adults with eating disorders
£5m funding to increase understanding of genetic risk factors in patient response to COVID-19
NENC Suicide Prevention Network publishes revised mental health and wellbeing guide
Cancer Research UK releases new report on giving NHS staff ‘Time for Research’
20 million people have now received the first COVID vaccination
New cancer treatment testing facility in Liverpool City Region
Global health news round-up: $100 million boost for Australian health tech, Japan’s loneliness task force
Wolfson Prize 2021 asks for projects to design the hospital of the future
Latest figures on registered blind and partially sighted released
British Heart Foundation funds Aberdeen study into “neglected area of cardiology”
Liverpool’s Aintree radiology department awarded ISO certification
Barking, Havering and Redbridge hospitals release update on Urgent Treatment Centre and Children’s and Young Persons Centre
PHE launches new Psychological First Aid training
Newton Heath Health Centre improvement works completed
40 mental health hubs to be set up nationwide for NHS staff affected by the pandemic
Barts Health releases ovarian cancer study results
Great Ormond Street and Royal Papworth introduce world-first paediatric heart transplant technique
London GP phones every patient from her surgery who has been offered but not yet accepted their jab
17.5million receive first Covid vaccination
Global health news round-up: NZ and Australia prioritise vaccines for border staff, Norway studies child growth
UK Gov boosts long COVID research with £18.5 million in funding
Green Social Prescribing Grant open to submissions
East Kent Hospitals appoints new Chaiman
New report explores how investing in digital could provide UK economy ‘£232 billion’ boost by 2040
New research suggests tocilizumab can reduce mortality rates in Covid patients
UKRI and NIHR fund new COVID projects in low and middle-income countries
Childhood cancer survival rates in Yorkshire amongst highest in the world
UCLH appoints new chief executive
Fitbit and Diabetes UK announce three-year partnership
Blueprint launched for NHS and social care reform
CNTW NHS Foundation Trust to host virtual open days for NHS jobs in the North East
UKRI announces £4.5 million for four new projects on the impact of COVID on ethnic minority groups
Royal Free nuclear medicine technology introduced
Mid and South Essex FT launches new app for IBD patients
Consultant becomes first female president of plastic surgeon association
Prostate Cancer UK collaborates with Sky on World Cancer Day
Healthy Streets Index is a new way for Londoners to check how healthy their city is
CEO Series: Tim Guyler, Assistant CEO, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust
Scottish universities launch new £375k long COVID study
Deadline extended to enter the Leading Healthcare Awards 2021
Cromwell Hospital opens new long COVID clinic
UCL-led study highlights education access and cognitive ageing link in women
Hampshire Together programme aims to develop better network of care
Global health news round-up: Italy’s commemorative coin, Spanish minister steps down
Glasgow scientists working on breast cancer immunotherapy
AOT gains CE certification for contact-free cutting of bones with a laser
Oxford publishes new study on post-hospital COVID patient health
Mental health of intensive care staff should be immediate priority
New implant reduces need for hospital visits amongst cardiac and stroke patients in Warwickshire
Research England announces £10 million funding boost
App launched to support NHS and social care staff vaccination programmes
Sano Genetics gets £2.5 million boost for long COVID research
6,573,570 receive first dose COVID-19 vaccine, reaching a daily high of 491,970
Community asymptomatic COVID–19 testing rolled-out
CE Mark approval for ‘first’ robotic gamma probe
Glasgow’s SPHSU launches online COVID-19 impact tool
Global health news round-up: Norway shares, Japan to reach out to robots?
Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust is first to use “state of the art” patient imaging technology
Government announces £269 million injection to help social care sector
New UK universities study finds bowel cancer diagnosis drop
Global health news round-up: Danish disinfection robots, NZ vaping study
NHS publishes regional statistics on delivery of COVID vaccines
Healthcare inventions star at Young Innovators’ Awards 2021
Boots starts COVID-19 vaccinations
22,046 receive first dose of vaccine each hour according to Government statistics
RCP London publishes report on modern ward round recommendations
New blood test reduces liver clinic waiting list at NHS Tayside
Natalie Forrest appointed to oversee new hospital programme
Revolutionary technique helping to identify lung damage in COVID patients
UK Government begins publishing daily figures on COVID-19 vaccinations
Emergency care set for £2.5m improvement project at the Bath Royal United Hospital Trust
Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS secures funding to develop estate
Health Data Research UK selects 12 projects to accelerate use of data for vital COVID-19 research
Ensuring ICS legislation drives partnerships
Gene therapy offers hope for a common cause of mitochondrial blindness
UCLH COVID-19 antibody trial doses first patient at new research centre
Chief Medical Officers recommend COVID-19 alert level to be raised
Professor Sir Liam Donaldson appointed Chair for the Integrated Care System for the North East and North Cumbria
UK universities embark on £10 million lung cancer research collaboration
Maternity Royal Colleges say safety “must be the driving force” in new vision
Milton Keynes research nurse discusses pandemic role change
New NICE guidelines on long Covid
Local restrictions by Tier; full list by area
Barts Health hospitals move to ‘high pressure’ phase
Testing memory over four weeks could predict Alzheimer’s disease risk
Chronic pain and mental health data research hubs to be established
Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital expands robotic assisted surgery
New diagnostic test leads to earlier detection of neurological damage caused by gluten sensitivity
11 new integrated care systems confirmed
Liverpool Women’s successful in securing £6.5m
UK approves Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine and vaccinations could begin next week
NHS to pilot blood test to detect cancers
East Kent Hospitals to live stream endosurgery
Yeovil District Hospital NHS FT and Somerset NHS FT to explore potential merger
UCL develops online tool to identify highest risk of developing TB
Researchers use machine learning to track the pandemic’s impact on mental health
Funding to help transform heart and lung care for adults and children
Barts Health launches first clinical trial to help MS patients without lower limb function
New Chief Executive appointed to lead Shropcom
RCGP publishes toolkit to support GPs deliver care to deaf patients
40 ‘long COVID’ clinics launched to tackle persistent symptoms
Royal Mail to collect COVID-19 test kits 7 days a week
£12.2 million funding for COVID-19 Genomics UK Consortium
£16m funding for 16 trusts to introduce digital prescribing
Majority have ‘long Covid’ symptoms seven weeks after discharge
Scientists develop new precision medicine approach for pancreatic cancer
GP COVID-19 vaccination plan revealed
CEO Series: Alex Whitfield, Chief Executive, Hampshire Hospitals NHS Trust
Lancashire Teaching Hospitals to expand staff training initiative after promising results
Covid-19 vaccine developed by Pfizer and BioNTech found to be 90% effective
Four partnerships selected for Health Foundation’s £2.1 million programme
37 NHS staff join Digital Pioneer Fellowship
Epsom and St Helier introduces rest pods
Barts Health establishes new surgical hubs
Cambridge and Peterborough research funding for Alzheimer’s disease in adults with Down’s syndrome
CEO Series: Angela Hillery, Joint CEO of Leicestershire Partnership and Northamptonshire Healthcare
Oxford scientists develop diagnostic test for Covid-19
SilverCloud Health and Dorset CAMHS offer new online approach to tackle teenage depression
CEO Series: Glen Burley, Chief Executive of South Warwickshire NHS FT, Wye Valley and George Eliot NHS Trusts
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Nightingale hospitals in North asked to prepare
NHS to offer ‘long covid’ sufferers help at specialist centres
Forward Healthcare Awards 2020 winners revealed…
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CEO Series: Tracy Taylor, Chief Executive, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust
NICE and SIGN to explore Long Covid
Bradford Royal Infirmary rolls out COVID-19 vaccine trial
North Bristol appoints new Chief Executive
NHS England plans high street ‘one-stop’ diagnostic centres
Plans published to deliver ‘Net Zero’ National Health Service
Royal London Hospital research to help trauma victims
Hull Royal Infirmary team performs world-first in keyhole surgery
Dr Navina Evans starts today as Chief Executive of Health Education England
New research study to explore childhood cancer diagnoses
Analysis: NHS Sickness Rates In-Depth: The Impact of Covid-19
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Clinical options unveiled for delivering future hospital services in Hampshire
New legal duty to self-isolate comes into force today
CEO Series: David Probert, CEO, Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS FT.
NHS England initiative launched to explore alternative ways to tackle mental health issues
£13m contract awarded for critical care information system for Wales
University of Leeds project to improve angina care receives Heart Research UK grant
Interventional neuroradiologists perform world’s first brain aneurysm surgery on awake patient
The Health Foundation announces new polling data focusing on approach to COVID-19
Somerset NHS FT publishes ‘Musgrove 2030’ programme
Six tech projects to benefit from £32m funding
NICE launches recruitment for seven non-executive board roles
Healthcare app used by British Army to connect deployed medics
New Chief Executive for Royal United Hospitals Bath
Leukaemia UK appoints new CEO
New HEE fellowships will aid NHS staff shape the digital healthcare space
Innovate UK awards £1.4m grant for invasive treatment for soft tissue tumours
Government teams up with midwives, health experts, and academics to investigate BAME maternal mortality
Cash injection for artificial intelligence in NHS to speed up diagnosis of cancer
Research highlights digital therapeutic app helps insomnia and depressive symptoms
UHCW CEO takes national role in point of care COVID-19 testing
CEO Series: Nick Hulme, Chief Executive of East Suffolk & North Essex NHS Foundation Trust
Asthma UK and the British Lung Foundation appoint new chief executive
Barts Health launches new app to aid Covid-19 recovery
New breast cancer radiotherapy as effective for treating breast cancer as conventional treatment
Cancer Research announce a DNA vaccine for UK’s eighth most common cancer
NIHR launches research incubators
Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board appoints new Chief Executive
View Point: Health experts react to Matt Hancock’s speech
Covid-19: Matt Hancock reveals plans for new National Institute for Health Protection
Dashboard published highlights volunteers participating in UK COVID-19 vaccine studies
New blood test for prostate cancer ‘ninety-nine percent accurate’
Team of specialists perform life-changing surgery on new-born baby
New app launched to coordinate support for most vulnerable in Greater Manchester
Leeds City Digital Team supports third sector go digital
Cancer Research UK attempts to progress a DNA vaccine
Nursing apprenticeship receives cash injection of £172m
Forward Healthcare Awards 2020 deadline extended
OUH releases a new five-year strategy framework
NHS emergency staff encouraged to use rest pods
10,000 aspiring medics sign up for virtual GP work experience during COVID-19
NHS Wales ministers announce £800m stabilisation package
Three London NHS trusts confirm new pathology partnership network
NHS Wales Health Board to launch virtual assistant
NHS Lothian appoints new Chief Executive
Health Foundation: New analysis highlights failure to protect social care from COVID-19
Government launches open consultation on reducing bureaucracy
NHS launches scheme to cover childcare costs for GPs
RCGP survey highlights how GP care has been accessed recently
NICE publishes new COVID-19 guideline on arranging planned care
Moorfields researchers highlight how AI could help detect eye disease in diabetes patients
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Cancer Research UK plans to rebuild and adapt to changed world following £300m drop in income
COVID-19 test results now visible in GP systems
NHS COVID-19 vaccine research registry launches
Sheffield Teaching to test and develop pain-free method to detect oral cancer
Researchers highlight liver perfusion could save seven in ten rejected donor livers
Initial findings from largest testing programme for coronavirus published
Norfolk and Norwich Dietitians begin research into poor nutrition and post-stroke falls
Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust chief executive appointed
Northern Ireland signs £275m deal with Epic
General practice will not become a remote service post-COVID, says RCGP
Research indicates digital mental health interventions long-term impact
NHS to launch online COVID-19 rehab service
Health Education England to invest 10 million towards expanding the number of nursing and midwifery placements
New chief executive for Bradford Care Trust
Diagnosis and treatment of Huntington’s and other diseases could be improved through novel pathology
Impact of Covid-19 on Leukaemia investigated in new study
Trial finds blood loss medication does not reduce death from stomach bleeding
Imperial Covid-19 vaccine administered to first participants
New resource pack launched by HEE to help doctors in Foundation training
High levels of stress hormone found in patients with severe Covid-19
James Paget University Hospital develops new intensive care course
Covid-19: the current global situation
Innovative drive-thru service for patients with Obstructive Sleep Apnoea
Clatterbridge Cancer Centre opens in Liverpool
Predictive Sepsis test funded for coronavirus patients by MOD
Impact of Covid-19 on blood cancer patients assessed by Barts Health researchers
New saliva test for coronavirus piloted in Southampton
Promising signs in early trial for personalised cancer vaccines
Dexamethasone reduces death rate in patients with severe Covid-19 respiratory issues
Common ‘immune signature’ in sickest Covid patients could help guide treatment
Key drug treatment trial recruits first patient
Clinical imaging services to be provided at NHS Nightingale Yorkshire and the Humber
Leading Healthcare Summit 2020 Call for Proposals
Immunotherapy drug significantly improves survival in patients with advanced bladder cancer
Barts Health new screening programme for patients requiring urgent cardiac care during Covid
Trial of Oxford Covid-19 Vaccine approved by Brazilian Health Regulatory Agency
Contact tracing app has potential to exacerbate existing health inequalities
Mental health community projects given £5million funding
Imperial uses mixed-reality to reduce staff numbers on its COVID-19 wards
Sharmila Nebhrajani takes up her new position as Chairman of NICE
Phase II/III Covid-19 human trials to begin in Nottingham
Expert research centre launched by NHS England and NHS Confederation
New cancer hospital to open in Liverpool as part of NHS response to Covid
CEO Series: Roisin Fallon- Williams, CEO of Birmingham & Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust
NHS Orkney’s CEO apologises in open letter
Children 50% less likely to be infected with Covid-19
Forward Healthcare Awards 2020 open for entries
Covid-19 Insights and Feelings: for the first time, negative feelings are not the majority
All those with Covid-19 symptoms in the UK are now eligible for testing
1,000 masks created by Bradford College for Bradford Royal Infirmary
‘Working’ during Covid-19 cited as most frequent source of stress for parents
UCL, UCLH and F1 team develop breathing aids
Heart failure patients helped to stay safe through video consultations
New CEO appointed at Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust
‘Pre-hab’ lifesaving service for lung cancer patients at Barts Health
Independent health and care charities warn NHS and social care will take many months to restart
UK Government Covid-19 antibody testing
CEO of NHS Scotland resigns on health grounds
Coronavirus new partnership formed to sequence human genomes
BAME groups up to 3x more likely to die from Covid-19
UK Government roadmap for lifting lockdown restrictions
New treatment option recommended by NICE for those with early breast cancer
New Zealand ‘Covid-19 Alert System’ specifies measures needed at each level of outbreak
New healthcare professionals join St Mary’s Hospital
Immune response in the elderly can start normal, but struggle to switch off
CEO Series: Tracy Taylor, Chief Executive of Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust
Volunteers at Imperial College London use Hackspace solution to supply PPE for Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust Hospitals
Sir Patrick Vallance admits testing capacity was inadequate at the early stage of the outbreak
Cancer deaths could rise by at least 20% over the next 12 months
A message from Professor Charles Knight on Nightingale London
Encouraging results from Covid-19 clinical trial at Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Portfolio of studies grows for Royal Cornwall NHS Trust Covid-19 research team
Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust to support home testing programme to track Covid-19 infection rates
CEO Series: Claire Molloy, Chief Executive of Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust
Imperial College Healthcare: new research finds being male or obese are factors in serious Covid-19 cases
South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust Covid-19 patients helping to identify future treatments for the disease
Widnes Urgent Care Centre makes ‘Important Changes’ to its Service
Imperial College Healthcare Covid-19 ISARIC4C study begins
East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust appoints new Chief Executive
First Covid-19 patient to receive CPAP treatment discharged from specialist ward
PPE ‘lifeline’ provided to North East London community by team from Barts Health
Patient transfers practiced via RAF Chinook helicopter with Isle of Wight Ambulance Service
Lockdown exit strategies for European countries
Covid-19 insights from around the world
New hospital at Whipps Cross planned
Italian celebrity chef cooks for Barts Health staff
Covid-19 virus genomic tracking used in Guangdong Province, China
Boris Johnson returns to Number 10 after recovering from Covid-19, facing pressure to ease lockdown restrictions
The Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust: CEO gives statement to clear up misconceptions surrounding PPE
NHS Nightingale Yorkshire and the Humber opens
Protein linked to heart attacks can identify heart patients with increased risk of death
Feature: how healthcare providers have responded
UK Government: large scale virus infection and antibody test study to begin
Covid-19: Stockholm expected to reach ‘herd immunity’ within weeks
Matt Hancock: coronavirus human vaccine trials to begin Thursday
Walgreens drive-thru Covid-19 testing to open in 15 new locations across 7 states in US
NHS Louisa Jordan Hospital in Glasgow clinically ready to treat Covid-19 patients
NHS Blood and Transplant ask coronavirus survivors to donate blood plasma
Covid-19 research programme launched by Barts Health and Queen Mary
First patients discharged from NHS Nightingale London
‘Traffic light’ system to ending lockdown measures
Age demographics ‘highly influence’ Covid-19 mortality rates
600-800 million coronavirus vaccines by 2021 according to Johnson & Johnson
UK Government publishes adult social care sector action plan
Interview Series: Dr Tom Stubbs Co-Founder of Chronomics
Feature: how healthcare providers have responded
Cancer Hub new approach to cancer care during COVID-19 pandemic
£14billion for NHS and vital public services
Ross Kemp NHS Frontline Documentary comes under fire
Leading Healthcare Awards 2020 Meet the Winners
Hosted document sharing platform launched for free to support healthcare teams during COVID-19 pandemic
Social distancing is effective, according to the maths
Call for PPE for Transport for London staff as 14 die from COVID-19
Consultant describes fighting COVID-19 on the frontline in moving blog post
Wythenshawe Hospital temporarily relocating paediatric emergencies to Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital
COVID-19 death rate slows
Boris Johnson in Intensive Care
COVID-19: the problems with current widely used testing methods
Chief Medical Officer for Scotland resigns
New COVID-19 guidelines for severe asthma, pneumonia, rheumatological disorders and symptom management published by NICE
NHS Nightingale hospitals announced in Bristol and Harrogate as NHS Nightingale London opens today
Cambridge team develop rapid COVID-19 test for hospital use
Correcting the misconceptions around COVID-19 testing
Leading Healthcare Awards 2020 Winners revealed
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‘OxVent’ ventilator project approved for testing stage
Inside NHS Nightingale London – how to build a hospital in 5 days
COVID-19 blue light partnership between London Ambulance Service & London Fire Brigade
Director of UCL Pathogen Genomics joins alliance to map spread of COVID-19
One Billion Vaccines Worldwide through Johnson & Johnson Partnership with U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
NHS Tayside COVID-19 testing hub proves a success
NHS Nightingale London not for critical patients
Barts Health NHS Trust hosting new NHS Nightingale London hospital
Emergency fund for Royal Free London Foundation Trust
Boots ‘drive through testing’ for COVID-19
Birmingham & Manchester to join London in opening NHS Nightingale hospital
COVID-19 finger-prick home-testing kit close to being available
Epidemic in the UK “just about” slowing
EasyJet & Virgin Atlantic to work at NHS Nightingale hospitals
HTN & Leading Healthcare Weekly Roundup
Matt Hancock tests positive for COVID-19
Boris Johnson tests positive for COVID-19
HEE announces new chief executive
Matt Hancock: “Let’s join together at 8pm to thank NHS”
Vaccine trials to receive part of £20million coronavirus research investment
170,000 sign up for COVID-19 battle
Universities working with HEE to identify students willing to work in the NHS
NHS Nightingale hospital to open next week in fight against COVID-19
UK health and care workforce given free open access to COVID-19 e-learning programme
COVID-19: The Highs and Lows of the NHS Healthcare Worker
WHO COVID-19 Tracking Dashboard
COVID-19 fatalities outside of ‘at risk’ groups
Leading Healthcare Newsweek
Vaccine candidate identified for COVID-19
“Your NHS needs you!”
COVID-19: how do you know if your symptoms are real?
Duchenne muscular dystrophy drug shows promising results in GOSH trial
Transformative treatment regimens for tuberculosis initiated by first global collaboration
NICE appoint new Chief Executive
Junior doctors to receive extended flexible-working arrangements
Doctors to receive leadership training with £1.8m award
£10m in clinical placements from HEE
Leading Healthcare Summit 2020: Share your work, ideas, learnings and more…
NHS ConfedExpo cancelled in wake of Corona spread
Quarantined doctor continues to serve the public through Twitter
Deputy CEO NHSX: “We need to know how many people are self-isolating by region”
Celean Camp appointed as FRAME CEO
Study highlights ability to predict depression in Facebook users
Rebecca George Appointed New President of BSC
Coronavirus tracking dashboard published
Government Healthcare Budget 2020
Royal Wolverhampton picks Zesty for digital outpatients
77.8% of NHS 111 calls NOT advised to go to Emergency Department
Coronavirus testing to see a significant expansion
Coronavirus fake news prompts NHS action
RUH Bath appoint new Chief Executive
NHS 111 Online received one million Coronavirus calls
Embracing diversity in the NHS head office
King’s College creates Deputy Group Chief Executive role and Site CEO
Government funding boost of £1million for student mental health projects
April to see price hike in prescription charge to £9.15
Coronavirus: Facts over Fiction
NHS introduces online coronavirus advice tool
Doncaster teaching hospital enters partnership with local school creating England’s first ‘Foundation School in Health’
Reprogenetics: ‘A Glimpse of Things to Come’
Dried blood droplets could shed light on specific health conditions, study suggests
Leading Healthcare Awards 2020 Finalists Revealed
Electronic consultations being trialled in Coventry and Warwickshire
New Chief Executive puts clinical leaders back in control
NHSE: 2 million at risk of Type 2 Diabetes
NHS Staff: Levels of abuse still high yet morale has improved?
Patient plays violin while King’s surgeons remove brain tumour
First patient begins gene therapy for blindness
The Humber launches app library
Wireless device recommend by NICE
College launches new MyRCGP app
New bill gives hospitals power to develop personalised treatment
Chief Nursing Officer appoints first-ever adviser for care home nursing
New Chief Executive for The Shrewsbury and Telford
16 digital adult social care projects awarded share of £4.5m
The Christie works with Kenyan partners to improve cancer outcomes
Coventry and Warwickshire secures GDE Fast Follower status
Professor Wendy Reid announced as acting Chief Executive of HEE
NHS Digital appoints new Chief Information Security Officer
HIV remission achieved in second patient
Manchester surgeons live stream surgery to thousands across the world
Bowel Cancer UK appoints new Chief Executive
University of Edinburgh launch £20m research centre
£20m announced to fund vaccines for coronavirus and other infectious diseases
Jeremy Hunt MP elected Chair of Health and Social Care Committee
Case Study: North Bristol celebrates going paperless
New Chief Executive for Oxford Health
UCLH immune cell discovery opens door to new powerful cancer therapies
Royal Papworth Hospital performs world-first surgery to treat lung cancer
University of Liverpool awarded £8m for health protection research on infections
NHS Highland to appoint new chief exec
Rapid response teams to launch in April
New Chief Executive appointed to lead Shropcom
Opinion: How the home tech revolution can ease Britain’s social care crisis
£1.9million research funding to help improve diagnosis and treatment of kidney disease
The Dudley Group introduces new scheme to speed up service
NHS tells gambling giants to tackle betting related ill health
NHS funding bill enters Parliament
NICE publishes draft guidance for implantable cardiac monitors
New heart disease drug to be made available for NHS patients
KGH and NGH to appoint group CEO
University Hospitals of Leicester joins alliance for health data research
WWL FT secures £1.75m elbow fracture research funding
Boots UK partners with Public Health England to launch Reboot Quiz
NHS App users double in 3 months
Long waiting times for GP appointments are unacceptable, says College
£40 million investment to transform IT login times
Bolton NHS FT appoints new Chief Exec
Free hospital parking for thousands of patients, staff and carers
Brighton A&E Consultant is the inventor behind enterprising new board game “The Floor”
Nursing students to receive £5,000 payment a year
Health and social services spending to increase by £421m in Wales
Alzheimer’s Society appoints Kate Lee as new Chief Executive Officer
New CEO for Queen’s and King George Hospitals
New Broadmoor Hospital opens to patients
Social exclusion project in Kent receives National Lottery funding
CEO appointed for merging trusts
New Chief Executive appointed to North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust
NHS warning as winter vomiting bug closes 1,000 hospital beds
UCLH researchers test new drug for sudden hearing loss
Systems that cannot talk to each other putting patients at risk, researchers suggest
Sheffield Health and Social Care NHS FT appoints new Chief Exec
Major Trauma centre first in UK to benefit from weather station
Breakthrough major trauma treatment is saving lives
East Suffolk and North Essex offers straight to test cancer service
Text reminder systems saves 14,000 appointments for NHS Tayside
Cancer web tool receives NICE endorsement
BT signs deal with NHS Blood and Transplant
Royal Berkshire staff win £30k award for pioneering patient project
One in four hospital staff born outside the UK, new Nuffield Trust analysis reveals
Scotland’s first NHS orthopaedic robot
Kent Community Health appoints new chief operating officer
Home urine test for prostate cancer could revolutionise diagnosis
Nuffield Trust: Up to 90,000 social care workers needed immediately to meet manifesto pledges
Long hospital waiting lists are adding to GP pressures and encouraging patients to go private, says NI’s top GP
Liverpool University Hospitals new model helps pancreatic patients
Camden and Islington launches phone use research
Basildon Hospital launches maternity app
Brighton and Sussex introduces Virtual Fracture Clinic at Children’s Hospital
Barking, Havering and Redbridge launch blue wristband trial for dementia patients
National Institute for Health Research and IQVIA invests in clinical trials
Leading Healthcare Awards 2020 welcomes new judges
Hull introduces multi-million pound cancer tech
Hertfordshire and West Essex STP receive funding to improve community mental health care
Great Western Hospital pioneers nurse-led eye injection
NHS Scotland publishes new pension measures
Trauma medics use 999 callers’ mobile phone camera to help most seriously injured people in the capital
Pioneering new ‘smart needle’ could revolutionise cancer diagnosis
Manchester’s Citylabs genomics and precision medicine to expand
Greater Manchester announces successful tech suppliers
Hospital consultant uses social media to connect with patients given an initial diagnosis of amputation
First team of Leading Healthcare Awards 2020 judges announced
Interview Series: Dr Ola Spencer, Group Head of IT, Data Protection Officer, Optegra UK
NICE International returns to deal with growing overseas enquiries
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals to test new treatments for ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome, a potential side effect of fertility treatment
Alder Hey leads study for early warning system for children
Bupa Cromwell installs robot for surgery
Trial offers hope of a cure for leukaemia
RCGP: Extra GP appointments ‘cannot happen overnight’ and must be backed by investment and support for GPs and their practices, says College
UCLH benefits from 3D printing
£9.34 million to upgrade IT in Scotland
Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh aims to save £38k through intelligent lighting
New NHS online training to help people get home from hospital quicker
West Midlands takes step to integrate 999 and 111
UCLH and UCL begin trial of genetic analysis in blood pressure patients
Painkiller use in childbirth drops six percentage points in a decade
NHS Scotland invests £10m to tackle winter pressures
Approval for new trial to prevent Group B Strep in newborn babies
HEE announces investment boost for District Nursing
Leicester doctor awarded grant to reduce risks of heart attacks and strokes
Interview: Lucie Clough, Senior Improvement and Transformation Manager
Norfolk and Norwich introduces new tech for junior doctors
78 NHS trusts to receive new cancer screening machines
£184 million loan funding for urgent hospital upgrades
New national academy set up for social prescribing
National roll-out of electronic prescription service
Thousands given life changing diabetes monitors.
24/7 confidential advice and support for NHS
Royal Papworth Hospital rated ‘Outstanding’ by Care Quality Commission
New Chair for North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust
Towns with high rates of homelessness are set for investment
RCGP announces new Vice-Chair
Public Health England launches new platform to support mental health
Rob Shaw to leave NHS Digital for consulting
Shropcom’s ‘speaking up culture’ praised in national report
Northern Care Alliance and Hitachi to deliver Digital Control Centre
NHS whistle-blower support scheme to roll out across the country
Genetic testing of children’s tumours can help doctors identify the best drugs to treat them
New Foundation Trust created following merger
New chief medical officer appointed
£50 million boost for digital health and care services in Wales
NHS hospitals go back to the future for dementia care
Case Study: The Royal Orthopaedic Hospital opts for space and time saving solutions for GDPR compliant Surface Pro deployment
£2.7bn hospital building programme launched – schemes revealed
Dr Paul Jones appointed as Chief Digital and Information Officer at Leeds Teaching
Forward Healthcare Winners Revealed
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£1.6m investment in nursing at Northern Lincolnshire and Goole
Plans for NHS trusts to merge given go ahead
Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland CCGs appoint new chief exec
New Virgin Care service aims to reduce hospital admissions
BBC launches ‘digital wellbeing’ Own It app for children
Eye doctor awarded research grant to help save children’s sight
Planning application for £23m The Christie at Macclesfield submitted
Southport and Ormskirk Hospitals Trust appoints seventh CEO in 4 years
Social media sites say they will act on NHS call for greater online protection
Applications now open for NICE’s fellows and scholars programmes
Hampshire Hospitals appoints new chief medical officer
The £4m new Bolton Centre for Urology officially opens
St Thomas’ pharmacist develops medications app
Wireless microcomputer implant first for UHB
Seven new data hubs launched
Leading Healthcare Awards launched and open for entries
RCGP and NICE respond to PHE prescription medications review
Genomes Project data may help decide dose of medications
Government to invest over £130 million in new tech to tackle cancer and debilitating illnesses
New chair and chief executive to see in exciting future for Liverpool hospitals
England’s top nurse to recruit NHS ‘social media influencers’ to extend the reach of NHS App
£7m invested to support NHS Passports and e-rostering roll-out
Dr Nikki Kanani appointed as England’s Medical Director for Primary Care
Pharmacists set to offer free heart checks
New figures highlight savings in medicine costs
Successful first trial for dizziness monitoring device
CliniSys to support nationwide HPV programme
BMA Scotland respond to doctors pay award
£18 million funding for Scotland cancer support workers
Bath Spa University launches app to tackle mental health problems
New services to be added to NHS login
Sir Andrew Dillon to stand down as NICE chief executive
Forward Healthcare Awards 2019 Shortlist
Prime Minister announces £25 million cash boost for hospices to secure their future
CQC appoints Dr Kevin Cleary as new Deputy Chief Inspector of Hospitals and lead for mental health
More targeted approach to health checks welcome, but method needs careful consideration, says RCGP
Prime Minister orders urgent action to improve vaccination uptake
Personalised health checks to be considered in new review
New director of people appointed to the RD&E and NDHT
73 suppliers submit to GP IT Futures framework
New service to deliver urgent medicines and medical products into UK
Digital diabetes prevention rolled out as part of NHS Long Term Plan
NHS Digital and Accenture agree perimeter security deal
Norfolk and Norwich appoints Chief Exec
Health Secretary announces £250 million investment in artificial intelligence
NHS pensions for senior clinicians: new changes announced to improve care
Ground-breaking research study has potential to transform care on hospital wards across UK
James Paget appoints Chief Exec
PM announces extra £1.8 billion for NHS frontline
£72.3 million Boost to Manchester’s Mental Health Service
University Hospitals of Leicester agrees 10-year partnership with Nervecentre
Royal College of Physicians appoints new clinical director for digital health
College sets out priorities for new Prime Minister
Innovative treatment for gynaecological cancers approved for Cancer Drugs Fund
Chris Wigley appointed CEO of Genomics England
NHS England annual assessment published
Guernsey’s first genomic screening programme aims to be the most effective in the world
GPs in Wales receive £25m boost following contract agreement
New virtual tour launches at Norfolk and Norwich
Changes to NHS pensions for senior clinicians: have your say
Former National Medical Director joins messaging app company
Better Care Fund renewed for 2019 to 2020
NHS hires new Chief People Officer
£10 million awarded to 9 air ambulance charities
Trust benefits from electronic meal ordering
Health care provider tackling social isolation
Young people among those set to benefit from lifesaving heart op
Inhealthcare and Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals sign three year deal
Diabetes research assesses effectiveness of diagnosis test
Government announces £135 million investment in health research
Martin Marshall named new Chair-elect of RCGP
Health information available via Amazon Alexa
NICE recommends innovative treatment for type 1 diabetes
NHSA welcomes another mental health trust to its Alliance
London North West promotes patients sepsis video
Primary Care Networks have undeniable benefits, but there is no ‘one size fits all’ approach to solving GP pressures, says College
Children’s hospices to receive £25 million a year as part of NHS Long Term Plan
NHS Wales agrees £39 million deal with Microsoft
Southampton researchers secure £3 million for dedicated infection lab
New toolkit launched to support delivery of health services research
Hampshire Hospitals recruit first global patient to haemophilia study
RCGP Scotland calls for GP Cluster model to be extended to Out of Hours general practice
Leicestershire Partnership launches perinatal mental health text message service
RCP elects new clinical vice president and council members
Paula Clark to join Shrewsbury and Telford as interim Chief Executive
New fractures project could save NHS £35m
Tayside innovates with liver testing project
Sensyne Health partnership to accelerate AI data-driven drug discovery
Opinion: In demand and On Demand: putting community pharmacy at the heart of a 21st Century NHS
Forward Healthcare Awards deadline extended
NHS to launch young people’s gambling addiction service
Innovative treatment for inflammatory eye condition recommended for use on the NHS
First NHS clinical director for violence reduction appointed
NHS prepares to fast-track ‘game changing’ cancer drugs that target genetic mutations
New Chief Executive for NHS Scotland
Tissue cell and arthritis link discovered
Salford launches new Transfers of Care Around Medicines project
Oxford AHSN appoints first medical director
New chief medical officer appointed
Simon Stevens wants NHS to be world leader in artificial intelligence and machine learning
£22.7m funding announced towards delivering A Healthier Wales
Humber Teaching NHS acquires eighth GP practice
3D heart modelling and advanced blood test innovations showcased
Amanda Pritchard appointed NHS’ Chief Operating Officer and Chief Executive of NHS Improvement
Wendy Lane, Arden & GEM CSU: RCGP Fit for the Future report
Trust to invest £40m in 300 new ambulances
Child safeguarding system reaches 100 per cent roll-out in London
Focus on retention in interim NHS People Plan welcome and necessary, says RCGP
“More staff not enough – NHS must also be best place to work” says new NHS people plan
NHS doctors to be given more flexible pensions
Chesterfield announces new Chief Exec
Worcestershire mental health team surpass national A&E targets
North West London CCGs discuss merger into single organisation
New NHS online support for Type 2 diabetes
Leading surgeon joins Bupa Cromwell Hospital
Social care and health leaders join forces to lead Hertfordshire and West Essex STP
Tender launched for GP IT Futures programme
Child safeguarding system reaches 100 per cent roll-out in London
Lincolnshire’s hospitals announce new Chief Executive
National Events Management Service goes live
New App supports child patients at The Christie
NHS invests £5 million to improve care for people with a learning disability
Digital mental health platform now available through the GP Health Service
Trust and CCG appoint joint leader
RCGP publishes Fit for the Future: A vision for general practice
Northamptonshire Healthcare and Leicester Partnership to share Chief Exec
NHS funds tech to protect prostate cancer patients during radiation treatment
New 24/7 text message helpline launched to support those in crisis
NHS 111 online hits one million triages mark
NHS Digital chief nurse calls on nurses and midwives to continue to take the lead on digital revolution
King’s neurosurgeon carries out innovative surgery
Lower price for MS drug paves the way for positive recommendation from NICE
Innovative brain cancer treatment aid now available across England
NHS England funds £2million to boost system-wide leadership development
College calls on Health Secretary to make NHS a world leader in tech by getting the basics right first
Arden & GEM CSU leads tech projects to prevent endoscopy screening
Matt Hancock announces plans for NHS hospitals and GP practices to get fibre optic internet
BMA warns of effect of pensions storm on NHS workforce
HTN launches Health Tech Trends Survey and seeks your views
Robot tech improves the way patients receive medication
New partnership will bring together social media giants and suicide prevention experts
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Department of Health and Social Care seeks new Chair to lead NICE Board
Health Secretary launches TPA report on automation in health care
NHS productivity grows highlights new study
New technique developed by Lancashire Teaching pathology team
Chief Executive appointed to lead Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust
Annual NHS cancer checks top two million for the first time
Trusts to share CEO
Medovate secures licence to develop and launch ground-breaking anaesthesia innovations
Hospitals still running with nurse staffing levels that put patient lives at risk
Digital tool to help reduce avoidable lengthy stays in hospital
Newcastle University reveals a potential revolutionary way to treat eye injuries
Epsom and St Helier is going green with £20 million investment
New Medical Director for Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership
Siilo Messenger reaches 140k users
GP scheme frees up half a million hours for patients
Offer women a choice of procedure to terminate their pregnancy, says NICE and RCOG
Asking GPs to take pictures of skin cancer referrals ‘implies doubt’ about clinical judgement, warns RCGP
Forward Healthcare Awards Launched
NHSX appoints CEO
Mid Cheshire Hospitals appoints James Sumner as its new Chief Executive
St Peter’s Hospital completes land sale
Improving care for new and expectant mothers through innovative new method of diagnosis at Lancashire Teaching
UHB is leading UK recruiter to liver trial
Liverpool 5G Health and Social Care pilot extended for a year
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals awarded exemplar status for image-guided surgery
New NIPT quality standards to be developed by St George’s Professor
£4.8m available to scale up local digital adult social care projects
Thirteen UK healthcare bodies launch ‘pragmatic’ guidance on valproate use
New treatment can delay chemotherapy for women with advanced breast cancer
New indemnity scheme for general practice introduced
NHS Assembly announced to help deliver the Long Term Plan
Countess of Chester Hospital appoints Susan Gilby as Chief Executive
NWAS increases mental health support for staff
New AI able to identify and predict the development of cancer symptom clusters
Patient monitoring technology benefits Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership
NHS Digital releases new emergency readmissions for hospitals stats
New research could provide early reassurance to patients with chest pain and reduce stress on ambulance crews and A&E departments
Moorfields and UCL Institute of Ophthalmology launch new ophthalmic master’s course exclusively for nurses and allied health professionals
Health Tech Feature: Interoperability
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust appoints new Chief Executive
GMC to ask SAS doctors about workplace experiences for the first time
New draft guideline on hypertension needs careful consideration, says College
Campaign to bring more family doctors back to general practice
Salford Royal GDE launches own app library
England’s Chief Nurse sets out long term vision for NHS nursing
Leeds Teaching Hospital rolls out video outpatient appointments
NHS England calls for female healthcare scientists to apply for Leadership Development scheme
NHS Wales Health Services Safeguarding Tool Launched
NHS to test new rapid care measures for patients with the most urgent mental and physical health needs
NHS signals four-hour A&E target may end
NHS trust placed into special measures for finance
Community pharmacy funding: interim arrangements agreed
New inflatable MRI scanner helps children at Harrogate District Hospital
Mental Health Trust approves non-medical clinician
NHS England publishes guidance on Flash Glucose Monitors for Type 1 diabetes patients
Leading Healthcare Awards Winners Revealed
13 innovations join NHS Innovation Accelerator
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NHS National Medical Examiner announced to support bereaved families and improve patient safety
BMA research reveals ageing of the medical workforce is a growing trend
New Chief People Officer to help build the NHS workforce of the future
Proportion of women taking up breast screening invitations falls
New leaders announced to help deliver the NHS Long Term Plan
Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University benefits from e-sepsis tool
New trial highlights need for lifelong medication for dilated cardiomyopathy
NHS publishes latest NHS staff survey results
New app turns smartphone into a medical device for detecting infections in transplant patients – at home and at speed
20,000 mums get help from NHS maternity advice line
Virtual reality therapy has lasting effect in treatment for autism phobia
Using AI and ML to predict staffing and patient demand in A&E departments
Health and Social Care Secretary bans pagers from the NHS
Young male nursing applicants surge after ‘We are the NHS’ recruitment campaign
RCPCH responds to latest child mortality data
NHS managers ‘improve efficiency’ according to new research
UK young people let down on long-term illness, new international report finds
Overhaul of cancer screening planned
Government pledges improved mental health and wellbeing support for NHS staff
NHSX launched
NICE draft guidance recommends pertuzumab for new breast cancer indication after improved price offer from company
Daffodils set the standard for end of life care
Babylon Health given go-ahead to expand to Birmingham
Matt Hancock: email should replace paper communications
York Teaching Hospital welcomes new Chief Exec
Doctors create innovative hospital ‘passport’ for older patients
Royal Free London announces its new group chief executive
Changes to secondary legislation to make it easier for integrated care providers to be set up
Air ambulance charities invited to bid for share of £10m funding
New campaign to recruit thousands more adult social care staff
NHS urged to review all x-rays for patients who have had surgery involving metal plates for limb fractures over the past year
Efforts to boost general practice workforce will be ‘imperative’ in forthcoming strategy, says RCGP
Dame Sally Davies to step down as Chief Medical Officer
NHS to rollout lung cancer scanning trucks across the country
Birmingham Professor announced as a ‘future leader’
GPs create 100,000 extra patient appointments through Primary Care Network model
New NHS guide launched to help people living with coeliac disease
Leading eye surgeons join forces to launch innovative new clinic
New digital service to monitor 1,000 patients with heart failure
Chesterfield Wards provided with aid for patients with dementia
New interim Chair for King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust announced
Leeds Chief Executive to lead development of NHS workforce implementation plan
NICE recommends another revolutionary CAR T-cell therapy for adults with lymphoma
New contracts awarded by NHS Scotland to meet GPs evolving needs
One of the largest mental health trials launches in schools
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Five-year deal to expand GP services and kick start NHS Long Term Plan implementation
Many women are positive about their maternity care but improvements still needed
RCGP: new contract could help general practice ‘finally turn a corner’
Plans to recruit 1,000 social prescribing workers
Devon County Council Children’s Social Care goes live with new case management system
Cancer Research UK tackles global cancer challenges with £60 million in funding
Milestone reached for pioneering Working Win research trial
Health Foundation selects 23 innovative projects to improve health and social care through supporting the workforce
First mental health trust joins prestigious northern research alliance
NHS App roll-out begins
Yorkshire first to train healthcare IT leaders to international standard
Offer digital CBT to young people with mild depression, NICE says
Aseptika wins grant from Innovate UK to undertake a clinical trial with its child asthma solution
71% of healthcare professionals believe the NHS can only financially cope with Type 2 diabetes for 10 years at most
Unique and innovative follow up clinics introduced for patients
Robot revolution for knee replacement patients
College reveals worrying decrease in number of GPs per patient – despite increasing demand for general practice services
Scientists at Newcastle University create self-curving cornea
Cancer Research UK, NIHR and Athenex to trial innovative oral chemotherapy
National Director of Improvement for NHS announced
Final report on GP partnerships published
More donor livers could be used for transplantation thanks to exciting new development, NICE says
Gogodoc welcomes high profile ambassador
Age UK South Gloucestershire selects data management platform
Somerset avoids 7,500 nights in hospital
Retired Whittington Health IT equipment benefits local community
Sheffield patients to take part in landmark irritable bowel syndrome trial
New migraine drug not cost-effective NICE says in draft guidance
Missed appointments can indicate something is wrong, says College
Local NHS allocated £570 billion to fund the NHS Long Term Plan
Spotlight on discharge and reducing length of stay
GP practices free up 3,000 extra patient appointments through Primary Care Network
Moorfields Eye Hospital proposed new eye care centre
Greater Manchester launches strategy to support carers
Neonatal major redesign planned
Reaction: NHS Long Term Plan
Draper & Dash support Leading Healthcare Awards
NHS Long Term Plan to tackle major killer conditions and save up to half a million lives
App offers suicide prevention help and support in Gloucestershire and Herefordshire
EEAST awarded £18m to get crews back in the community faster
Shake-up to GP IT announced
Regional service identifies more than 100 people living with ‘hidden killer’
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15.4 million missed GP appointments
NHS England announces £25 million boost for children’s hospices
Chief Medical Officer calls for unified approach to revolutionise health by 2040
Spinal surgery for babies in the womb on the NHS
PHE investigating rise in reports of rare illness
PRSB publishes document indexing standards
Huge improvements made at Royal Preston Hospital thanks to £1.9m funding boost
DoseCare acquires Biodose monitored dosage system
New state-of-the-art endoscopy centre opens
Double pressure of winter and workforce shortages highlighted in new report
£1 billion of funding to upgrade NHS services in England
Evening and weekend general practice appointments available across England
BGF leads £6m fundraise into AIM-listed genedrive
NHS Spine reaches one billion monthly transactions
Innovative skin cancer drug available on Cancer Drugs Fund
GPs want to be at the forefront of technology but need significant investment in core IT services, says RCGP
NHS England and NHS Improvement announce new senior leadership posts
Hampshire Hospitals secures £10m in government funding
First NHS cancer patient to begin treatment with state of the art proton beam therapy in Manchester
Health and Social Care Secretary bans fax machines in NHS
100,000 whole genomes sequenced in the NHS
Opinion Piece: How digitalising the CHC process helped us meet targets
Partners of new mums with mental illness set to get targeted support on the NHS
One test to diagnose them all: researchers exploit cancers’ unique DNA signature
NHS Improvement’s latest report highlights 1,000 more ED patients each day
New NHS data shows targets are already being met for stroke prevention programme
EMIS reveals new platform EMIS-X
Health and Social Care Secretary commits £12 million to get South East Coast ambulances back on the road more quickly
College calls for greater efforts to keep existing GPs in the profession delivering patient care
13 trusts to receive share of £78m for electronic medicine management
Lincolnshire goes live with EPR
First children with cancer to begin treatment with revolutionary CAR-T therapy
New dashboard shows data from 20 million primary care consultations
Staffing shortfall of almost 250,000 by 2030 is major risk to NHS long-term plan, experts warn
Video messaging service launched at Lancs Neonatal Unit
COPD study sees hospitals and GP practices working together
Patients could access new medicines up to 6 months earlier in a deal expected to save the NHS around £930 million next year.
A new ‘Single Cancer Pathway’ will be the way to improve outcomes and experiences for cancer patients in Wales
RCPCH responds to latest NHS Digital mental health stats
Reaction to £3.5bn funding for primary and community services
Record NHS funding to give patients a better alternative to hospital
Opinion: Why PGME management of study leave can no longer remain paper-based
‘One size fits all’ outpatient care no longer fit for purpose says RCP
Indemnity scheme promises stability for GPs
Eye disease patients have more opportunity than ever to take part in NHS research studies
Innovative skin cancer drug available on Cancer Drugs Fund
Government promises more funding to fight superbugs
Leeds receives £10m investment for AI and digital pathology
Newcastle experts introduce gene editing for kidney disease
Talking therapies could help those with type 1 diabetes
Funding for Chelsea and Westminster to tackle missed appointments and duplication
Cancer screening to be overhauled as part of NHS long term plan to improve care and save lives
Leading Healthcare Awards launched and open for entries!
Thousands caught up in ‘appalling’ cervical screening blunder
Research paper boosts understanding of rare disease
NHS to provide life changing glucose monitors for Type 1 diabetes patients
Instant messaging services a “vital part of the NHS toolkit” during a crisis
NHS Improvement issues alert to spot bleeding in patients with kidney dialysis
UK’s largest lung cancer screening trial launches in Leeds
GPs in Wales are concerned about being able to deliver patient care this winter
Measles outbreaks across England
NHS England lift legal directions for quality of leadership at three clinical commissioning group
NHS Wales announces funding for MRI scanner at Bronglais
King’s Radiologist uses AI to better diagnose lung condition
Newcastle Hospitals leads new genomics laboratory hub for the North East and Yorkshire
Pioneering NHS sites improving patient outcomes through innovation commended by Health Secretary, Matt Hancock MP
Social prescribing key in prevention agenda, says RCGP
Pioneering study could improve life for prostate cancer sufferers
Health Secretary launches ‘Prevention is better than cure’ vision
Student has innovative surgery to repair her heart
CCube Solutions to transform Lloyd George records for GPs
Bullying costs NHS £2.3bn, finds study
New partnership to deliver health technology revolution in Greater Manchester
Advice line for GPs saves hours of travel for patients and £100k to be reinvested back into NHS
University team to work with Welsh Ambulance Service researching VR training for paramedics
£36 million for Prince Charles Hospital Refurbishment
NIHR Academy Launches in London
UHB clinicians lead on new guidelines for rare condition
Moorfields helps develop first national standards to increase support for eye clinic patients
Promising early results for potential new treatment for Parkinson’s
New law proposed to safeguard UK citizens’ healthcare abroad after Brexit
College launches innovation initiative for primary care
NHS set to save £150 million by switching to new versions of most costly drug
NHS pledges action to eliminate ethnicity pay gap
Health boards overspend on directly managing practices
Health News
Wednesday, January 19, 2022
Health News
Wednesday, January 19, 2022
