latest health care news

Identification of Covid-19 risk groups to help guide treatment

10.09.20: Appropriate treatment pathways for coronavirus patients admitted to hospital are beginning to be refined after research data showed people were able to be divided into four distinct risk groups to better ensure the correct treatment was off... more >

UKRI backs new technology to support ageing with £12m funding

10.09.20: UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) has made a commitment to supporting new ways to help people remain independent, active and productive as they age, offering £12m of funding to help encourage and back promising innovations. The govern... more >

NHS England commits £30m to join up HR and staff rostering systems

09.09.20: As NHS England looks to support new ways of working, it has launched a £30m contract tender for HR and staff rostering systems, seeking suppliers to provide software to help join up systems. The framework has been drafted to help supp... more >

Gender equality in NHS leadership requires further progress

09.09.20: New research carried out by the University of Exeter, on behalf of NHS Confederation, has shown that more progress is still needed to achieve gender equality within NHS leadership and ensure women are more fairly represented in senior roles. ... more >

NHS Trust set for big savings in shift to digital patient letters

09.09.20: Up and down the country, NHS trusts are finding new and innovative ways to leverage the power of digital technologies. In Bradford, paper appointment letters are the latest thing to become a relic of the past, as Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS... more >

Sir James Bevan: Investing in nature could save NHS billions annually

08.09.20: As part of a speech at University College London (UCL), Environment Agency Chief Executive Sir James Bevan is set to say universal access to a healthy natural environment could save the NHS billions of pounds a year in treatment costs. Coin... more >

UK must be ‘very cautious’ over rising coronavirus cases

08.09.20: Government ministers and experts have expressed concern over the rising number of coronavirus cases recorded in the UK, calling for the public to “be very cautious”. On Monday, 2,948 new cases were recorded with Housing Sec... more >

Calls for greater access to rapid patient testing for GPs

08.09.20: The Royal College of GPs (RCGP) has stressed the importance of GPs having rapid access to testing results for patients, as newly-released research highlights the role general practice is playing during the coronavirus pandemic. Release... more >

New £47bn construction framework launched for the NHS

07.09.20: Companies are being invited to tender for a new four-year £47bn developer-led framework launched to provide the NHS and public sector with a compliant procurement route to carry out vital expansion plans. Acting on behalf of Cumbria... more >

Genetic studies reveal what influences blood and blood diseases

07.09.20: New research from two large-scale genetic studies have managed to identity most of the genetic variation which influences medically important characteristics of blood cells, significantly increasing our understanding of blood and blood diseases.... more >

Government deal for clear face masks to help people with hearing loss

07.09.20: Around 250,000 clear face masks are set to be delivered to frontline NHS and social care workers to allow for better care to be provided to those who use lip-reading and facial expressions to communicate, whilst still ensuring staff and patients... more >

First cohort graduate from innovative midwifery pilot programme

04.09.20: An innovative new midwifery pilot programme being run by the University of the Highlands and Islands (UHI), in association with a number of NHS trusts in the north of Scotland, has seen it’s first cohort of sixteen nurses graduate from the... more >

Two key leadership roles elected to RCN Council

04.09.20: The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) Council has elected a new Chair and Vice Chair position, who will look to further develop the cooperation and effectiveness of the RCN Council and its work alongside the body’s executive directors. D... more >

NHS to open new Lighthouse Lab to further boost lab capacity

04.09.20: Following the success of the UK’s network of diagnostic testing facilities, and to help further increase lab capacity ahead of winter, a new Lighthouse Lab is set to be opened by NHS Test and Trace in Loughborough by the end of September. ... more >

IMechE: Cutting-edge healthcare will require more engineers

03.09.20: For the NHS to take maximum advantage of a huge influx of new, cutting-edge technology in the coming years, the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE) has stressed the need for more engineers coming into the healthcare sector. Accordi... more >