Keeping NHS workers safe
As NHS workers, we’ve all felt uneasy or isolated at times travelling home late, or in the wee hours. On…
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The Chancellor tells patients nothing
The Chancellor had several key questions to answer at this Budget, so that patients could understand how he would be…
Time to act on secondary breast cancer
It's time to act on secondary breast cancer which is the stage when breast cancer spreads to other parts of…
How to tackle workload crisis in primary care
The growing workload crisis in NHS primary care could be helped by the systematic integration of community health workers at…
Wellcome Photography Prize 2019
Wellcome launches a £20,000 photography prize to showcase powerful stories about health and invites doctors, researchers, clinical photographers and other…
Breastfeeding is worth trying
Back in the 1970s breastfeeding rates were incredibly low. Only around 28% of women in the UK breastfed their babies…
You’re somebody’s type
Giving blood saves lives. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B6dAPXpUjCE
Children’s visible scars
Children's young skin is sensitive and precious, and it is natural for parents to worry that any damage will leave…
Financial incentives to reduce antibiotic use
Financial incentives help to drive down unnecessary antibiotic prescriptions from GPs and could reduce the amount of antibiotics in the community,…
New diagnostic tests could save NHS billions
Research commissioned by Innovate UK and the British In Vitro Diagnostics Association (BIVDA) reveals that the NHS could save over…
Intensity better than counting steps
We are all now encouraged to count our steps - 10,000 a day being the recommended goal - but health…
Follow NICE guidance and test for Lynch
NICE guidelines published last year recommended that all bowel cancer patients should be tested at diagnosis for signs of Lynch…