RECENT NEWS

East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust has been awarded £108,000 from the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR).

Arthritis Research UK has launched a report exploring why it is important to consider musculoskeletal health when planning how the health system tackles multimorbidity.

A superbike champion is back under the care of the surgeon who saved both his leg and his career, after a second horror crash has again put his racing future in jeopardy.

Professor Robin Talbot has been appointed as the interim chair for Cumbria Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (CPFT).

The government has announced changes to blood donation rules following a review by the advisory committee on the Safety of Blood, Tissues and Organs (SaBTO).

An annual national survey shows key patient experiences of NHS cancer care improved over the past year.

The Kent Haemophilia and Thrombosis Centre based at Kent & Canterbury Hospital has become the first centre in the UK to enrol patients in a new study about haemophilia treatments.

The Government has announced £325 million of capital investment for local projects that will help the NHS to modernise and transform care for patients.

New figures published by the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH) highlight an urgent and growing problem in the paediatric workforce.

The Government has announced new funding of up to £86 million for UK firms to develop medical breakthroughs.

NHS Supply Chain has announced the launch of its 2015/16 Sustainable Development Report.

The UK was rated first out of 11 countries in a report on international healthcare systems published by the Commonwealth Fund.

A team of specialist nurses at East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust is raising awareness of sepsis.

NHS services are well organised to deliver breast cancer care in line with national clinical guidelines, according to a new audit.

A new report suggests that a more strategic role for ‘traditional’ community hospitals might be timely within the NHS in England.

Warwick SASCo is supplying a number of NHS Trusts with single-use sterile pack components after responding to a nationwide shortage.

Cancer patients at Royal Surrey County Hospital are now receiving individually tailored treatment plans thanks to DNA testing.

The government has announced a UK-wide inquiry into the contaminated blood scandal that left more than 2,000 people dead.

The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust (RWT) has invested more than £1.8 million in the latest technology to help in the fight against cancer.

Over half of all doctors in training say they work beyond their rostered hours at least weekly, and more than a fifth claim working patterns regularly leave them short of sleep, according to the General Medical Council’s (GMC) national training surveys.