RECENT NEWS

RCN and other healthcare unions have won new rights aimed at giving NHS staff a better work-life balance.

New guidance has been launched which will boost the NHS in its efforts to provide better advice, support and care to patients contemplating or waiting for surgery.

A major national study will pitch human skill against machine precision as it compares the benefits of knee replacement surgery performed using a robot to a surgeon using traditional methods.

James Cook University scientists in Australia believe they have made a breakthrough in the science of keeping premature babies alive.

Pioneering technology developed by researchers from UCL and Africa Health Research Institute (AHRI) could transform the ability to accurately interpret HIV test results, particularly in low- and middle-income countries.

New official figures show that the number of doctors taking early retirement from the NHS has more than tripled over the past 13 years.

Healthcare staff should give clear and up-to-date information on e-cigarettes to people who are interested in using them to stop smoking, according to draft NICE guideline recommendations developed with Public Health England.

Patients across the UK will benefit from a super-charged clinical research system, backed by over £64 million of dedicated investment, which will save lives across the country.

Chris Finch, Nuffield Health’s Infection Prevention and Control Lead Nurse, has been awarded the Silver Chief Nursing Officer’s Award.

Surgeons will perform liver resections with greater accuracy and deliver improved patient outcomes thanks to new research by Nottingham Trent University.

Shared decision making between service users and healthcare professionals is an integral part of healthcare, according to new NICE guidelines.

New research by the BMA has revealed doctors are suffering ‘moral distress’ and even ‘moral injury’ because they cannot give their patients the care and support they want to when they feel they need it.

A National Patient Safety Alert has been issued asking all providers that use piped medical air to eliminate the risk of inadvertently connecting patients to medical air via a flowmeter instead of oxygen.

The British Thoracic Society (BTS) and the Intensive Care Society (ICS) have today published guidance that aims to set the standards for the establishment and operation of Respiratory Support Units across the UK.

Investigating doctors with health concerns under ‘lack of competence’ grounds could exacerbate health issues, warns the Medical Protection Society (MPS).

A landmark partnership has been agreed by the UK Health Security Agency and US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to strengthen the global response to future pandemics.

The latest NHS England performance statistics reveal the extreme pressure the NHS faces as it works to tackle the enormous backlog in routine hospital care caused by the pandemic.

The introduction of Getinge's Torin Artificial Intelligence (AI) solution is designed to improve efficiency in managing schedules for surgical procedures.

A COVID-secure temporary centre in Manchester, to assess the skills of thousands of overseas doctors who want to work in the UK, has now opened.

Women from under-represented groups are being urged to respond to the Government’s call for evidence to shape the future of women’s healthcare.