Benefits of vaccines highlighted at Global Vaccination Summit
The European Commission and World Health Organization (WHO) are jointly hosting the world’s first Global Vaccination Summit to draw attention to the benefits of...
Sanitary products: new funding to tackle period inequality
More people from low-income households will be able to access free sanitary products supported by £530,000 (~€591,000) of new Scottish Government funding.
The grant has...
WHO joins coalition for free digital access to health research
WHO announces it is the first of the United Nations agencies to join a coalition of research funders and charitable foundations supporting free digital...
Hip replacement operations highlight trend of NHS privatisation
A report published by the Royal Society of Medicine highlights that NHS-funded private sector hip operations are worsening health inequality in the UK and...
The NHS could save millions by targeting vitamin D deficiency
Adding vitamin D to wheat flour would prevent 10 million new cases of vitamin D deficiency in England and Wales and save the NHS £65m...
Hawaii will be decriminalising cannabis possession from 2020
In 2020 Hawaii will be decriminalising cannabis possession for small amounts but citizens will still receive a fine.
A legislature-passed bill will be decriminalising cannabis possession...
Digital fax: axing the fax machine, but not the fax
Digital fax providers, eFax, recognise the healthcare industry’s processes aren’t yet ready to totally abolish the fax – instead they suggest a better solution.
Experts...
Should the EU establish a single market for direct-to-consumer genetic testing?
Ever wondered where your data goes once completing an ancestry test? Should genetic testing be regulated? Do you think countries should lift bans on...
Is improving patient care next on Boris Johnson’s to-do list?
Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced an extra £1.8 bn (~€1.9bn) for NHS frontline services, but will improving patient care come with the cash injection?
Johnson...
New Prime Minister Boris Johnson to prioritise upgrade of hospital services
Johnson has made “hospital upgrades” a focus in his first speech as PM and “ensuring the money for the NHS really does get the...
New Index reveals world’s best healthcare systems
ID Medical has created an index ranking OECD countries on metrics regarding their healthcare systems such as healthcare spend, number of hospital beds, doctors...
The NHSX, multidisciplinary teams and healthcare professionals
Explore how NHSX can improve communication between multidisciplinary teams (MDTs) and healthcare professionals.
Every week, multidisciplinary teams (MDTs) made up of healthcare professionals from different...
Discover how survivors of China’s organ transplant trade are to mobilise across all major...
Tens of thousands of people will take to the streets across the world, as pressure mounts for China to end the persecution of Falun...
Digital records and patient care – just what the doctor ordered
Linda Watts, GDE Programme Manager & Head of Health Records at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, delves into the importance of digitisation in healthcare...
Healthcare Partnership Network: why a simple bar code can change the tide in the...
Scheduled to be speaking at the Healthcare Partnership Network event, Stuart MacMillan, Interim Consultant on the NHS project Scan4Safety, talks us through the digital...
NHS Nurses save 87 minutes a day in revolutionary trial
In a busy hospital setting, innovative technology makes medication rounds safer and more efficient, helping NHS nurses save 87 minutes each, per day, in...
NHS North East partners with Health Call to deliver digital healthcare
NHS organisations across the UK have welcomed a new collaboration to harness innovative digital healthcare and technology, with the aim of improving patient health...
NHS ethics are being compromised by hostile immigration policies
Maddie Grounds writes as a political correspondent for the Immigration Advice Service, exploring the NHS ethics that have been compromised by hostile immigration policies.
The...
NHSX: reviewing NHS tech spending and setting its mission
NHSX announced it has completed a major review of NHS tech spending, with some programmes to close, merge and some that have naturally come...
The NHS Long-Term Plan and a fully digital NHS
David Highton, Strategic Health Advisor at Servita explains the importance of the NHS Long-Term Plan and how collaboration is the key to facilitating a...
