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The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists and the Royal College of Midwives have called for action following the publication of a damning report on failures at Shrewsbury and Telford NHS Trust.

The Health Secretary has announced it is investing £600 million to tackle critical maintenance work across 178 NHS Trusts, covering almost 1,800 maintenance projects. The projects are now underway, and will be completed by March 2021.

Medical education and training must adapt to equip doctors for the changing and complex demands of the health system, says the Chair of the General Medical Council (GMC).

Aortic stenosis is a growing health problem and affects approximately 1.5 million people over the age of 65 in the UK.

NICE has published medical technology guidance which recommends the Zio XT service for detecting abnormal heart rhythms, if NHS organisations collect further evidence of its benefits.

Concerns have been raised over a number of incidents that have led to patient harm, prompting the publication of a National safety alert.

NHS organisations will need to intensify partnership working with local authorities and the voluntary sector to tackle health inequalities resulting from COVID-19, the head of the NHS has said.

Tens of thousands of people will receive an effective and high-quality COVID-19 vaccine from next week, as the UK becomes the first country in the western world to authorise a vaccine.

Below is a comment from the NHS on Sunday's announcement by the government of funding for the health service.

An innovative blood test that may spot more than 50 types of cancer will be piloted by the NHS in a world-leading programme, chief executive Sir Simon Stevens announced today.

Luton and Dunstable University Hospital is among the first NHS hospitals to deploy the Geko device for VTE prevention in immobile acute stroke patients who cannot be prescribed the current standard of care.

Medstor recently joined forces with sister company Mailbox to help NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde (NHSGGC) keep its food production service running smoothly during increased demand for hospital meals during COVID-19.

Black and minority ethnic (BME) doctors are less likely than their white counterparts to report improvements in workplace teamwork during the coronavirus pandemic, according to a report published by the General Medical Council (GMC).

A UK medical technology company is helping reduce Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust’s cataract surgery waiting list.

For the first time in the history of MEDICA, the medical trade fair took place entirely online due to the pandemic, but still attracted a total of over 1,500 exhibitors, hailing from 63 nations.

A new diagnostic test leading to the earlier detection of neurological damage caused by sensitivity to gluten is being offered at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in a UK NHS first.

The Royal College of Emergency Medicine has warned that dangerous crowding and corridor care has returned to Emergency Departments in England.

Sixteen hospitals across England will receive a share of nearly £16 million to introduce electronic prescriptions.

Preventing heart attacks and strokes in type 2 diabetes patients managed in primary care should be an urgent priority, according to a study published in the European Journal of Preventive Cardiology, a journal of the European Society of Cardiology.

Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has become the second centre in the UK, and one of only 21 in the world, to be awarded Centre of Excellence status by the World Endoscopy Organisation.