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Understanding the Scope of Healthcare-Associated Infections in 2024
Learn about the escalating challenge of healthcare-associated infections in 2024 and discover the innovative strategies being employed to combat this issue.
Pandemic preparedness in 2024: Lessons learned and future directions
The COVID-19 pandemic has underscored the critical importance of pandemic preparedness and shaping more resilient healthcare systems.
What have we learnt from the infected blood inquiry?
Yesterday (20 May 2024), the infected blood inquiry published the “catalogue of failures”, which led to thousands of people receiving contaminated blood and blood...
Spectrum Blue: Innovations for a safe healthcare system
Spectrum Blue aims to reduce the spread of infections, ultimately contributing to a more resilient global healthcare system and decreasing infections, epidemics, and contamination.
The...
Healing the health workforce: A call to action for EU institutions
Mariano Votta, Director of Active Citizenship Network, is calling on new EU Institutions to tackle the health workforce crisis.
Civil organisations, patients' advocacy groups (PAGs),...
NHS waiting list continues to fall as staff tackle COVID backlog
NHS waiting lists and the COVID backlog fell for the fourth month in a row in January despite strike interruptions.
European Patients’ Rights Day: Addressing skills shortage, medical desertification and job strain
Ahead of European Patients' Rights Day, Mariano Votta, Director of Active Citizenship Network, discusses how the event will tackle the skills shortage, medical desertification...
How UK nurses moving to Australia is bleeding the NHS dry
The exodus of UK nurses moving to Australia is becoming increasingly prevalent, accounting for a substantial proportion of nursing staff who have left the...
NHS Emeritus pilot scheme aims to reduce elective care wait times
The NHS is taking proactive measures to address the prolonged waits for elective care by encouraging retired doctors to return to the health service.
The...
NHS waiting lists and ambulance response times continue to improve post-COVID
The latest NHS monthly data reveals a significant decline in waiting lists for elective care and improved ambulance response times nationwide.
Despite grappling with industrial...
NHS emergency care continues to experience record demand
New data shows that NHS emergency care had the busiest October on record, with Type 1 attendances facing the busiest month so far this year.
Combatting bullying in the NHS could save the health service £2.8bn
New research led by the University of Surrey has found that Bullying in the NHS costs the health service £2.8bn each year.
400,000 patients may travel for treatments to cut NHS waiting lists
In a bid to cut NHS waiting lists, hundreds of thousands of patients will be offered the opportunity to travel to different hospitals to...
NHS strike: Junior doctors and consultants to launch historic walkout
NHS strike action is anticipated to disrupt almost all planned care as junior doctors and consultants plan a walkout from tomorrow.
£200m NHS funding announced to reinforce winter resilience
The UK Government has announced £200m NHS funding to safeguard the health service during the historically challenging winter period.
This announcement follows a meeting held...
NHS Retention Direct Support Programme prevents 11,400 deaths
A University of Surrey study has found that the NHS Retention Direct Support Programme (RDSP) has prevented more than 1,400 deaths.
A call to action: Addressing inequalities between European healthcare systems
We must rethink the structure of healthcare systems and workforce strategies across the EU and address geographic disparities of healthcare professionals.
Improving health literacy in mitigating COVID
Mariano Votta, responsible for EU Affairs at Cittadinanzattiva & Director at Active Citizenship Network discusses the important role of health literacy during COVID-19.
Evidence collected...
One in five would use a high-street pharmacy for a minor illness
Only one in five people aged 18-40 would use their local pharmacy first for expert advice about a minor illness, according to an NHS...
Urgent need to improve heart failure management
Patients with heart failure often suffer from co-morbidities, which places a great strain on healthcare services. Researchers now urge for improved risk management of...
