We consider the implications of different staffing models for the work and education of clinicians in nursing, social work, and medicine, as well as other health care staffing. Data were from the ...

The new measures will only ban the sale of disposable vapes - it's actually still legal to import them. In March, the government announced an extra £10m funding for Trading Standards in England to ...

The number of women dying during or soon after pregnancy in the UK is higher today than 10 years ago,1 with shocking reports of avoidable deaths, as articulated by The Lancet.2 ...

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) health workers had a much lower incidence rate of 4.3/1000, explained as the result of MSF’s ‘duty of care’ toward staff safety ... even in well-resourced settings. In ...

Health commissioners failed to properly assess risk when closing a homeless GP practice, an independent whistleblowing review ...

There has been a recent increase in seasonal influenza vaccination mandates for HCP based on their (1) obligation to ‘do no harm’, (2) professional duty to prioritise patients’ interests (‘duty to ...

Rapid digitisation and interconnectivity of the UK National Health Service (NHS) among hospital trusts, general practices, and patients help to streamline patient care across sectors.1 However, this ...

They are formed by NHS organisations and upper-tier local councils in that area and also include the voluntary sector, social care ... health getting worse. ICSs were created to encourage and enable ...

Eileen Mullan, Chair of the Southern Trust welcomed Mr Spoerry: “We are delighted that Steve will be joining the Southern Health and Social Care Trust ... mindful of our duty to deliver value ...

Adult social care services also told us through their provider information returns about the challenges they faced accessing services for people with dementia, including GPs, mental health services ...

At a time when the latest figures show a 4.5 per cent UK unemployment rate in the three months to March, with 1.61 million out of work (the highest levels in nearly four years), it may seem rather ...

A care home nurse who allegedly repeatedly slept while on duty and who made a series of medication blunders has been hit with a 12-month suspension. Sharon Fogg also failed to act appropriately ...