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Jason Bruges Studio’s interactive installation at Great Ormond Street features jumping rabbits and scurrying hedgehogs. The journey to the operating theatre is rarely a pleasant one. The squeak of trolley wheels on linoleum, the glare […]

Facebook-style online health communities are helping to improve patient care and provide rich data for new health innovations, a study has found. Online communities like HealthUnlocked and Mumsnet are not only helping people come together […]

Board and senior managers cannot be allowed to sweep scandal under the carpet says GMB. GMB, the union for ambulance staff, commented on the press release issued by SECAMB NHS Trust on 31 May about […]

The UK’s National Institute of Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has published guidance that electroCore’s non-invasive vagus nerve stimulation treatment (gammaCore) for the prevention and acute treatment of migraine and cluster headache is safe and […]

FOI requests reveal disabled people and carers actually worse off since the launch of the Care Act. One year on from its launch, the long-awaited Care Act, billed as the most significant reform of social […]

More needs to be done to minimise the risk of venous thromboembolism (VTE) in patients with lower limb injuries who are discharged from Emergency Departments (EDs) after being put in a plaster cast, according to […]

The Royal College of Emergency Medicine is calling for better of vital signs in children who attend Emergency Departments (EDs) after a clinical audit found that nearly a third are not using a formalised scoring […]

Nearly half of adults sedated in Emergency Departments (EDs) did not have their consent recorded, according to an audit by the Royal College of Emergency Medicine. The report, released today, audited 8845 adults presenting to […]

The NHS in England has had the busiest year in its history with more patients than ever seeking help, official figures show. Nearly 23m people visited A&E in the 12 months to March 2016 – […]

The NHS could save millions of pounds if families and doctors were offered mediation when they disagreed on a treatment, a leading consultant said. Dr Chris Danbury, an anaesthetist at Reading’s Royal Berkshire Hospital, said […]