Leading midwives have expressed fears over the impact Brexit will have on NHS finances. The Royal College of Midwives (RCM) said that while the full impact of the decision to
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Plans to create a new nursing support role risk “diluting” the profession and confusing patients, a medical conference has heard. The UK Government announced proposals in December to introduce nursing
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Funding cuts to public services are putting the health of the public at risk, leading nurses have warned. Almost four in 10 nurses have treated patients whose health has been
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Radiotherapy for prostate cancer on the NHS could change after a new system that delivers higher beam doses over a shorter period was found to work as well as existing
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A new service designed to give patients with learning disabilities a helping hand when they need hospital care is being launched this week at Morriston Hospital in Swansea. The key
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Mounting pressures on hospitals are leading to patients treated in storerooms, frail and elderly patients being moved around in the middle of the night and ambulances queuing outside A&Es, leading
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A revolutionary mobile device to deliver radiotherapy more precisely during surgery, without causing damage to surrounding tissue and organs, is to be used for the first time at a UK
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The Scottish Government has been urged to “get to grips” with staffing pressures in the NHS after an unpublished probe into children’s wards at several hospitals reportedly raises serious patient
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Soaring numbers of blocked beds continue to disrupt the NHS in England – despite figures suggesting it may be starting to recover after a challenging start to the year. Delayed
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The number of staff working in the NHS has reached a record high, although the use of agency nurses and midwives has increased substantially for the third year running, according
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