The issue is also impacting staff safety, the HSSIB said (PA) Exhausted NHS staff are putting themselves and patients at risk, an investigation has found. Excessive workloads, long shifts of 12 ...

Exhausted NHS staff are putting themselves and patients at risk, an investigation has found. Excessive workloads, long shifts of 12 hours or more and inadequate breaks are among the factors ...

Four pioneering cancer studies are set to benefit from research access to Wessex NHS patient data. The studies, which include research into aggressive bladder cancer and early diagnosis of lung ...

HSSIB report: Staff fatigue poses serious risk to patient safety Another excellent report from HSSIB has been published this week highlighting how NHS staff fatigue significantly endangers both ...

“This is a long road, but with tens of thousands more patients getting care that works for them and waiting lists falling faster in areas of high joblessness, we are getting the NHS back on its ...

Communication barriers could put lives at risk, charities say (Alamy/PA) The lives of deaf patients are being put at risk due to communication barriers in the NHS, charities have warned.

Nearly three quarters of all dentists across Leicestershire are still not taking on any new NHS patients. New data has revealed it is still just as difficult to register at an NHS dentist in ...

Four pioneering cancer studies will benefit from research access to Wessex NHS patient data. This has been made possible by a new secure platform, the Wessex Secure Data Environment (SDE), led by ...

The patient will be the key piece of the puzzle in the digitisation of NHS services, according to the NHS Digital director. As Director of Digital Transformation at NHS Digital, Beverley Bryant ...

THE lives of deaf patients are being put at risk by communication barriers in NHS England, two leading charities have warned. A report by the Royal National Institute for Deaf People (RNID) and ...

UK Health Secretary Sajid Javid has said he wants to accelerate the rollout of electronic patient records (EPR) in the NHS, with 90% of NHS trusts using them by the end of 2023. Javid laid out the ...