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NHS hospitals to receive £600m for refurbishment
Funding of £600m will be provided to NHS Trusts across the country for refurbishment.
Staff, patients, and visitors across all regions in England will be...
Supporting people and communities through social prescribing
A new report has been launched today that reveals how the NHS can make small changes to better support local communities’ health and wellbeing.
NHS...
Hospitals in England to receive funding for digital prescribing
The UK Government is providing £16m in funding to hospitals across England to introduce digital prescribing.
Patients and staff across 16 hospitals in England are...
Digital inclusion fundamental to tackling health inequalities
The NHS’s Widening Digital Participation Programme, delivered by NHS Digital, found that tackling the ‘digital divide’ is essential to reducing health inequalities.
NHS should help people self-care with online health information gateway
Experts are calling for the NHS to help people self-care by offering a clear online gateway to quality-assured information about minor health conditions.
The call...
Total dedication to excellent wheelchair service delivery
AJM Healthcare is one of the leading providers of NHS wheelchair services in the UK.
Our corporate strategy is to focus exclusively on wheelchair services...
ADASS calls on UK Government to prioritise adult social care this winter
To ensure that working-age disabled people and older people get the care they need, the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (ADASS) is...
NHS looks to improve care with AI in Health and Care Awards
The NHS has announced that applications are now open for the second round of the AI in Health and Care Award.
The NHS is continuing...
1.2m patients to benefit from improved NHS space in England
In England, 1.2 million patients are to benefit from the improvement to spaces across the NHS estate over the next three years.
The initiative will...
Scotland allocates £500,000 for treatment of neurological conditions
The government of Scotland has allocated nearly £500,000 in funding for 17 projects specialising in the treatment of neurological conditions.
The investment, which totals £492,535,...
Report recommends teaching pupils about selfcare
School pupils should learn about selfcare for minor ailments as part of a ‘wholesale cultural shift’ in attitudes towards health services, says a coalition...
Groundbreaking UK health projects receive government funding
A number of groundbreaking health projects have received £32m in government funding to help transform NHS healthcare delivery.
The new projects that will be receiving...
Supporting the NHS through winter and beyond
In this article, David Hare, Chief Executive of the Independent Healthcare Providers Network, discusses the need for NHS support in preparation for the winter.
With...
Advances in digital communication in the NHS: experts weigh in
An expert panel has offered in-depth analysis of current and future advances in digital communication across the UK’s healthcare sector.
The panel, with participants including...
2020 sees increase in NHS nurse numbers
This year has seen an increase in the number of doctors and nurses working for the NHS, according to newly published figures.
2020 marks the World...
PHE to be replaced with National Institute for Health Protection
Today, UK Health Secretary Matt Hancock has announced the scrapping of Public Health England (PHE) and its replacement with the National Institute for Health...
BMA survey shows doctors’ low confidence for NHS return to normal
A new survey from the British Medical Association (BMA) has shown that NHS doctors have low confidence that the NHS will return to normal...
UK Government announces funding package to prepare NHS for winter
The UK Government has announced a funding package of £300m which will be allocated to 117 NHS Trusts to upgrade A&E facilities in time...
Outdated NHS communications technology to be phased out by 2021
The NHS is set to phase out its outdated communications technologies by 2021 with the launch of a new Clinical Communications Framework.
In February 2019...
Welsh NHS receives £800m in preparation for second COVID-19 wave
Welsh Ministers have announced a new stabilisation package of £800m that will help support preparations for a second wave of COVID-19.
The new fund will...