Ambulances: Increased handover delays threatening patient safety
A new snapshot survey by the Royal College of Emergency Medicine has found that in August 2021 half of respondents stated that their Emergency Department...
NHS
The NHS category focuses on the people, policies and challenges shaping the UK’s publicly funded health service. It offers thoughtful analysis of organisational change, workforce issues, funding and performance, along with debate on how to improve care delivery and health outcomes. From insights into frontline practice to discussion of strategic priorities and reforms, this category brings clarity to the complex forces influencing the future of health and care in the NHS.
Student nurse aiming to follow in the footsteps of her heroes
A student nurse has praised the 'superhero' nurses she worked alongside at University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire (UHCW) NHS Trust during the COVID-19 pandemic and...
Delaying reforms will only hold NHS back from addressing challenges
Delaying reforms will only hold NHS back from addressing challenges: Responding to the Centre for Policy Studies' report 'Is Manchester Greater?', Louise Patten of the...
IBMS statement on blood tube shortage
IBMS statement on blood tube shortage: The UK's pathology services are experiencing major disruptions to their supplies of blood test tubes due to the 'just...
Improving outcomes for critically ill children on ventilation
Major UK trial greatly improves outcomes for critically ill children on mechanical ventilation: A major UK clinical trial led by Queen's University Belfast has shown how...
Messenger apps and patient confidentiality
Messenger apps and patient confidentiality – what every healthcare professional should know: Three years after GDPR rules were launched, many healthcare professionals are still failing to comply...
A&E performance show NHS ‘near boiling point’
Responding to the latest set of performance figures released by NHS England for July 2021, President of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine, Dr Katherine...
University wins huge grant to train pharmacists in the North
University wins huge grant to train pharmacists in the North: From September, the University of Bradford will begin training hundreds of pharmacy students across the...
“Absolutely essential that masks are worn by everyone”
'It is absolutely essential that masks are worn by everyone in A&Es': Dr Katherine Henderson, President of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine has stated...
Parkinson’s Disease expert nursing appointment
Parkinson's Disease expert nursing appointment: A RENOWNED expert on Parkinson's Disease has been appointed the North East and North Cumbria's first Clinical Academic Professor in...
