New healthcare innovations set to be rolled out
Seventeen healthcare pioneers are due to find out that their inventions are to be rolled out to patients, hospitals and GP practices across England. A smartphone heart monitor, a tool
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Tag: Health and Wellbeing
Osborne warned over damage to nations health of £200M budget cut
The Government’s planned £200 million cuts to public health budgets will harm the nation’s health, a number of leading charities and organisations have warned. In a letter to The Times,
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Gething announces major health conditions funding in Wales
A £10m investment to improve NHS services for major health conditions such as cancer, diabetes, heart disease and stroke has been announced by Deputy Health Minister Vaughan Gething. The investment
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Medical professionals must apologise for errors under new guidance
Medical professionals must apologise to patients and explain their mistakes, under new guidance. Efforts should be made by doctors, nurses and midwives to speak to patients or their families as
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Report: Focus on the Health and Care of Young People, June 2015
Statistics on the health, care and wellbeing of young people in England – from birth to young adulthood – are published today in a report from the Health and Social
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Funding approved for new health centres in Clydebank and Greenock
Two multi-million pound health centres have been given the green light thanks to funding approval from the Scottish Government. Deputy First Minister John Swinney announced that Clydebank Health Centre and
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Robison launches ‘national conversation’ on future of health and social care
Cabinet Secretary for Health, Wellbeing and Sport, Shona Robison MSP used her address to the NHS Scotland Conference in Glasgow to launch a national conversation on the future of health
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Scottish Parliament hears how complaints will be handled beyond HSC Integration
The Local Government and Regeneration Committee of the Scottish Parliament recently (June 10) held an oral evidence session relating to Health and Social Care Integration complaints handling. Concerns had been
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Report: Radical changes needed on commissioning integrated care
A new report from The King’s Fund argues that the fragmentation of commissioning is a major obstacle to integrating health and social care and improving outcomes for people. Options for
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New films show power of human rights in health and social care
The Scottish Human Rights Commission, the Health and Social Care Alliance Scotland (the ALLIANCE) and NHS Health Scotland have joined forces to launch a series of short films highlighting the
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