Coventry University will be the host venue for The DAISY Foundation conference which will also see parts of the two-day event take place in the iconic Coventry Cathedral. This year’s conference – taking place later this month – is titled ‘Why Nurses Stay?’ and is centred on understanding what drives retention of nurses and the […]
Alternatives to hospital admissions for children insufficient, new report claims: There are record numbers of unwell children being admitted to Scottish hospitals and the current new alternatives being used are insufficient, a new University of Aberdeen study concludes. The researchers are calling for the introduction of a “Hospital at Home” service for those children who […]
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New study reveals way to predict side-effect risk from common immune suppressant medication: A major new study has found a method to identify people who may experience blood, kidney, or liver related side-effects from methotrexate, the most commonly used immune-suppressing medicine with 1.3 million users in the UK. The method, known as ‘risk stratification’, predicts […]
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Responding to the launch of the Labour Party’s mission for health, Matthew Taylor, chief executive of the NHS Confederation said: “The ambitions laid out by Labour as part of its ‘health mission’ are sensible and – if achieved – would be good news for patients and staff alike. GP access, ambulance delays, the elective care […]
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University exploring offering CT scans for NHS: The University of Bradford, working in partnership with Fujifilm has completed a £1.5m project to provide a high-quality medical imaging environment to support the education of radiographers and explore the possibility of offering some NHS imaging services. The imaging facilities, which include a Fujifilm visionary X Ray imaging […]
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Stephen Fry champions the #FundNHSHubs campaign: Award-winning actor, writer and mental health advocate Stephen Fry has called on the government to commit to funding and protecting the NHS staff Mental Health and Wellbeing Hubs in England, which have acted as a vital lifeline to NHS workers struggling with their mental health. In a video published […]
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The British Dental Association has slammed the Prime Minister’s latest attempts to gloss over the crisis in dentistry. In response to questions from Norwich’s Clive Lewis, the PM offered misleading lines on workforce, funding and reform which have been repeated, almost verbatim, time and again at PMQs since the start of 2023. The professional body […]
Queues return to NHS dental practices in England: The British Dental Association has described scenes of hundreds of patients queuing outside a Norfolk dental practice as belonging in the Soviet Bloc not in a 21st century health service, and pressed government to deliver urgent and meaningful reform. Over 300 wannabe dental patients reportedly queued outside the […]
The British Dental Association has warned oral health inequality among the young is set to widen, as new research commissioned by the Liberal Democrats indicates 6.5 million children in England have not been seen by an NHS dentist for at least a year. The BDA warn the lack of access will disproportionately impact on lower […]
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Urgent and emergency care in ‘precarious position’ unless exemptions made to nursing strikes: NHS leaders fear they will not be able to guarantee safe care for their patients in emergency and life-critical situations unless exemptions are brought in by the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) to allow nurses to work on hospital wards during the […]