Don’t let your work damage your health
When is the last time you had to organise a hospital discharge at short notice or skip lunch in order to type up a backlog of needs assessments? Perhaps you’ve
Read MoreWhen is the last time you had to organise a hospital discharge at short notice or skip lunch in order to type up a backlog of needs assessments? Perhaps you’ve
Read MoreThere are still “significant challenges” to overcome in tackling Scotland’s “stubbornly persistent” health inequalities, doctors’ leaders have warned. The British Medical Association (BMA) in Scotland is calling for integrated action
Read MoreThe UK’s biggest care home provider has been ordered to pay £170,000 in fines and costs after a vulnerable resident choked to death on fish and chips during an entertainment
Read MoreThousands of women have been treated in British hospitals after undergoing female genital mutilation (FGM), figures suggest. Since 2009, nearly 4,000 women and girls have been treated in London hospitals
Read MorePublic Health England (PHE) is launching a national conversation about health inequalities to better understand the English public’s perception and experience.PHE Where you live, what you earn and how long
Read MoreThis new policy paper from the University of Birmingham’s Health Services Management Centre argues that the NHS has become too dominated by quantitative and medically orientated notions of what constitutes
Read MoreA campaign is being launched this week to improve the diagnosis and treatment of endometriosis, a painful disease linked to infertility. Medical experts will raise awareness of the condition, which
Read MoreControversial plans to share medical records will be delayed until later this year “to allow more time to build understanding of the benefits of using the information”, health officials have
Read MoreThis paper examines the association between housing tenure mix and health outcomes for urban residents. The analysis used Cox’s proportional hazard regression modelling with a range of health measures from
Read MoreAn inspection at Northern Ireland’s biggest hospital emergency department has found evidence of a dysfunctional system plagued by shortages of medics and allegations of staff bullying, the Health Minister has
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