Cath Cooksey, NHS lead medicines optimisation pharmacist, Kent and Medway Integrated Care Board, describes educational ...

COPD is a major health challenge in the UK, affecting around 1.4 million people.[ii] It’s a condition that doesn’t just seriously impact the lives of people with COPD – it also puts a significant ...

Two conflicting views wove through the HSJ and IBM event on how information technology might help deliver the forthcoming 10-year NHS plan. The first – and foremost – was the view that technology’s ...

Medicines optimisation teams are advancing patient care through initiatives like polypharmacy management and antimicrobial stewardship, yet face new challenges. FDB is developing holistic solutions to ...

As the NHS faces sweeping reforms, drawing on expertise from other sectors could offer fresh perspectives, boost innovation, and enhance service delivery. Overcoming cultural and recruitment barriers ...

The Department of Health and Social Care has proposed new protections for whistleblowers, including “a statutory duty of candour which would make NHS managers legally accountable for responding to ...

Around 1,500 identified for retest by Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells FT Other laboratories report issues over glucose blood test results The test is used to diagnose diabetes, prediabetes, and manage ...

The most esteemed accolade of healthcare excellence in the UK, the HSJ Awards provide the largest annual benchmarking and recognition programme for the healthcare sector with a vision to look into ...

The new government’s focus is firmly on fixing the NHS, increasing productivity by 2 per cent year-on-year, reducing the current repairs backlog of just under £13.8bn and creating a step change in the ...