Adapting to the preventative agenda is one key challenge for the new integrated Health and Social Care Partnerships being established across Scotland. Their role is vital to the practical embedding
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Labour’s manifesto confirmed the party’s pledge of a £2.5 billion “time to care” fund to boost spending on health, but did not match Conservative and Liberal Democrat promises to meet
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David Cameron has pledged to meet NHS funding needs “in full” as the Tories and Labour unveiled rival health policies targeting new mothers and OAPs. With the General Election outcome
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No-one will face prosecution following a Legionnaires’ disease outbreak in 2012 in which four people died, the Crown Office has announced. Prosecutors investigating the Edinburgh outbreak – the largest in
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The UK is the 11th most “socially advanced” nation in the world, according to a new report. The ranking, based on analysis of a range of criteria in 133 countries,
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London South Bank University’s (LSBU) School of Health and Social Care has kicked off the first in a series of topical debates. The first debate covered a set of national
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The University of Bradford has announced the appointment of a Director and Deputy Director to oversee its new Health and Wellbeing Centre. Professor Allan Kellehear (pictured) has been appointed as
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Healthcare workers should not be allowed to smoke during work hours or when recognisable as an employee, according to new guidelines. Other measures suggested by the National Institute for Health
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David Cameron has apologised on behalf of the British government to victims of the contaminated blood scandal. The Prime Minister also confirmed £25 million of funding to improve financial support
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The Health and Social Care Academy has published its latest thinkpiece, The Right To Health: Health Inequalities in Scotland, highlighting the issue of Scotland’s growing health inequalities. The thinkpiece has been produced
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