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Protecting patients and frontline workers, one patch at a time

Protecting patients and frontline workers, one patch at a time

Surface Medical highlights the risks posed by damaged hospital mattresses, and how a simple patch can create a safer hospital environment while saving healthcare...
Can hypochlorous acid revolutionise hospital cleaning?

Can hypochlorous acid as a disinfection product revolutionise cleaning?

John Ware, Director of Envirolyte ECA UK Ltd, details how the Envirolyte disinfection product can aid in the fight against COVID-19. The arrival of the...
How the response to the pandemic is shaping the future of healthcare

How the response to the pandemic is shaping the future of healthcare

In this article, ER physician Dr Ajala Ngarndi discusses how the response to the COVID-19 pandemic is shaping the future of the healthcare sector...
Online chat can reduce strain on healthcare and offer COVID-19 guidance

Online chat can reduce strain on healthcare and offer COVID-19 guidance

New research has highlighted how online chatbots can help to ease the burden on healthcare services, not only for critical care but also to...
EpiShuttle: a revolution in patient transport

EpiShuttle: a revolution in patient transport

The EpiShuttle, a single-patient isolation and transport system, has the potential to lower costs, save time, and protect patients. Norwegian medical technology company EpiGuard was...
Is technology a distraction or a salvation for the NHS during COVID-19?

Is technology a distraction or a salvation for the NHS during COVID-19?

Krittika Bhattacharya and Rory Tanner of the Health Tech Alliance explore the potential of technology to support the health sector during the COVID-19 pandemic. Technology...
European Federation of Nurses on Florence Nightingale’s legacy

European Federation of Nurses on Florence Nightingale’s legacy

European Federation of Nurses Associations Secretary General Paul De Raeve and President Elisabeth Adams detail the ways in which EFN’s current lobbying efforts parallel...
2020: Year of the Nurse and the Midwife

2020: Year of the Nurse and the Midwife

HEQ introduces our special feature celebrating the work of nurses and midwives in honour of 2020 as Year of the Nurse and the Midwife. 2020...
Medical cannabis treatment in the UK with Professor Mike Barnes

Medical cannabis treatment in the UK with Professor Mike Barnes

Medical cannabis expert Professor Mike Barnes discusses Medical cannabis treatment and highlights the challenges facing cannabis in the UK. Consultant neurologist and medical cannabis treatment...
A look at the essential role of nurses

A look at the essential role of nurses

We speak to Brando Benifei MEP and Professor Patricia Davidson about the essential role of nurses. The nursing profession plays an essential role in the...
ECDC expert discusses the need for public health support

ECDC expert discusses the need for public health support

ECDC Principal Expert for Emergency Preparedness and Response Dr Agoritsa Baka on the need for public health support. The European Centre for Disease Prevention and...

Digitalising the healthcare ecosystem in the European Union

Paul De Raeve and Smart4Health Co-ordinator Ricardo Jardim-Gonçalves highlight the growing need for Digitalising the healthcare ecosystem with EU-wide electronic healthcare records. There is increasing...
Celebrating nurses: their work and the challenges they face

Celebrating nurses: their work and the challenges they face

Health Europa celebrates nurses, looking at their work and the challenges they face in their job. In recognition of 2020 as the International Year of...
SureWash interactive hand hygiene training

SureWash interactive hand hygiene training

SureWash provides a cost effective hand hygiene training solution to help achieve compliance, reduce the risk of infections and improve patient outcomes. In studies of...
The digital health collaboration protecting health staff from COVID-19

The digital health collaboration protecting health staff from COVID-19

Europe is making a collaborative effort in the fight against COVID-19 and now, a new digital health collaboration with EIT Health, an Irish startup,...
Mental Health Awareness Week: COVID-19 mental health research

Mental Health Awareness Week: COVID-19 mental health research

Mental Health Awareness week takes place from 18 – 22 May, and, during the COVID-19 crisis ensuring good mental health is more important than...
UK faces worsening health inequalities due to COVID-19 response

UK faces worsening health inequalities due to COVID-19 response

A new report has highlighted how choices made by NHS hospitals in response to COVID-19 have meant that disadvantaged and marginalised people in the...
EFN recognises nurses’ hard work on International Nurses' Day

EFN recognises nurses’ hard work on International Nurses’ Day

In this article the European Federation of Nurses Associations celebrates International Nurses' Day. International Nurses' Day is celebrated around the world each year on 12...
Virtual healthcare at the epicentre of the COVID-19 outbreak

Virtual healthcare at the epicentre of the COVID-19 outbreak

A new study has demonstrated the benefits of using virtual healthcare during the COVID-19 outbreak. Findings from a new study have captured the largest experience...
EUPHA: Europe must prepare for an ageing population

EUPHA: Europe must prepare for an ageing population

The European Public Health Association has put together a collection of papers that have been published in the European Journal of Public Health in...

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