Tag: NHS

Three quarters of trusts in England that responded to a survey by The BMJ are still reliant on paper patient notes and ...

Around 1 in 3 UK medical students plans to leave the NHS within 2 years of graduating—either to practise abroad ...

Work stress, high workload, and understaffing are the primary factors driving health professionals out of the NHS, suggest the results ...

There’s strong evidence of a ‘threshold effect’ in English hospitals’ efforts to comply with the 18-week referral to treatment standard, ...

New research shows that Allied Health Professions (AHPs) are significantly underrepresented in senior leadership roles despite being the third largest ...

Whether it’s setting up a Bank of England-type body to run it or fining patients for missing appointments, healthcare leaders, ...

There are significant variations in healthcare spending and care delivery across NHS hospitals in England and Wales following hip fracture, ...

The NHS will be “flying blind” in its attempts to meet its legal, and moral, obligation to eliminate ethnic inequalities in health ...

Weight and body mass index (BMI) policies introduced by NHS commissioning groups in England are inappropriate and worsening health inequalities, ...

A joint investigation published today by The BMJ and The Guardian finds that NHS trusts recorded more than 35,000 cases of rape, sexual assault, ...

Failure to implement active bystander training could thwart NHS attempts to tackle sexual harassment, say researchers at the University of ...

Only one NHS Trust offers its staff training focused on how to intervene when they witness sexual harassment at work, ...

Busy healthcare workers can safely enjoy a cup of tea within less than 10 minutes, and the best accompanying biscuit ...

Joe Zhang at Imperial College London and colleagues point to a recent 10 day IT system outage at one of ...

An investigation by The BMJ reveals that dozens of UK companies are offering private blood tests for a range of ...

Giving out vape starter kit vouchers on the NHS could help even hardened smokers quit, according to a new study ...

In England, 37 people die each day from bowel cancer, but screening using faecal blood testing followed by a colonoscopy ...

In England, 37 people die each day from bowel cancer, but screening using faecal blood testing followed by a colonoscopy ...

A restriction on junk food advertising across the Transport for London (TfL) network in 2019, has resulted in 94,867 fewer ...

In the UK, breast cancer accounts for 31% of all new cancers diagnosed in women each year, with cases having ...