I am a district nurse working for a Foundation Trust and have noted incidences of poor patient care; should I report these and how?
The DH and NHS Commissioning Board have been urged to counter the 'default setting' under which patients are cared for in hospitals and to demonstrate their commitment to transferring work into the...
General practices will be expected to work harder to address risk factors for diabetes, doubling the percentage of adults with type 2 diabetes who achieve NICE-recommended blood glucose, blood...
Progress in the fight against the five major causes of death, including plans to tackle cardiovascular disease (CVD), could save 30,000 lives by 2020, health secretary Jeremy Hunt has predicted.
NHS financial pressures and cuts to local authority budgets could undermine the effective use of volunteers in health and social care, independent charity the King's Fund has warned.
Prime minister David Cameron has pledged to 'deal with' cheap alcohol being sold in supermarkets in England and Wales, following news reports the government has ditched plans for 45p per unit minimum...
An international task force has been formed to advise the NHS in England on preventing avoidable harm to patients.
Researchers at the University of Nottingham have developed a 'quick and easy' test to detect Alzheimer's disease in its earliest stages, to be carried out in GP practices.
The Health Select Committee is 'optimistic' the NMC is concentrating on its core statutory roles and has welcomed its progress on its fitness to practise caseload.
Pay for NHS employees will increase by 1 per cent from April, the government has confirmed.
Life expectancy in the UK has risen over the last 20 years, but levels of ill health have not improved and the UK is below average compared with 18 other countries, on a range of important health...
Care for people with dementia is not meeting their needs as services struggle to cope, according to the Care Quality Commission's second Care Update.
Health groups have urged health ministers to abolish prescription charges for patients with long-term conditions in England, after research showed more than a third are missing out on medication due...
It is essential to improve hygiene in health organisations and to prescribe fewer antibiotics, only when needed, to combat the threat of antimicrobial resistance, the chief medical officer has warned....
More than a third of GPs on clinical commissioning group (CCG) boards have a conflict of interest due to directorships or shares held in private companies, according to an investigation by the BMJ.
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