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Calls to end “broken” care system for vulnerable patients
Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, the Rt Hon Matt Hancock MP, has today called for an end…
DHSC to invest £10m in hospital ‘rest facilities’ for junior doctors
The government has invested £10 million in rest facilities for doctors across trusts in England. This comes as a result of lobbying…
RCS presents new guidance for surgical innovations
The Royal College of Surgeons (RCS) has published new guidance to provide surgeons with up-to-date thinking on the development and implementation of surgical innovations,…
With no accountability, who is responsible for the nursing shortage?
Former health secretary Stephen Dorrell and other cross-party political voices add their names to the growing list speaking out about the workforce…
NHS Trusts need clinicians to lead the way with digital
When you dump technology on people, they will reject it, says Toby Avery, CIO of Surrey and Borders NHS Foundation…
We must fix broken blood culture practice
Dr Mike Weinbren, Microbiology Consultant at King’s Mill Hospital in Mansfield, a part of Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust,…
How an Upright Open MRI scan finally helped my back pain
Lorraine Woodcock’s claustrophobia meant that having a traditional MRI was impossible - but an Upright Open MRI scanner changed all that.…
An intriguing plant with powerful benefits
Professor Mike Barnes is a highly experienced consultant neurologist in rehabilitation medicine. Mike has had an increasing interest in the…
Regulating a 21st century medical workforce
As the first woman to have been President of the British Orthopaedic Society, the first woman to have been President…
Why are people turning away from vaccinations?
In 1955 people lined up to receive the polio vaccine as if a new iPhone had just been released. Thanks…