Care home residents and hospital patients could gain a legal right to nominate a relative or friend to support them in person, under an amendment to the Health Bill now before Parliament. The measure is intended to ensure no one relying on health…
Read more...Country Cousins has joined forces with Barchester Healthcare to help restore the wellbeing garden at St Peter’s Hospital in Chertsey, creating a welcoming outdoor space for hospital staff and visitors to enjoy.
Read more...Reported data on corridor care and a single agreed definition are urgently needed to drive solutions, RCN Scotland said in a new report published today (Thursday 8 October).
Read more...Members of Parliament have voted down proposals to legalise assisted dying in England and Wales, drawing to a close the most sustained parliamentary effort in…
Read more...The care that people experience as inpatients in NHS hospitals improved between 2024 and 2025, according to survey data published today.
Read more...NHS organisations in England are “systematically failing” to comply with legally required digital safety standards…
Read more...The NHS is urging millions of people to book their flu jab from today as the health service starts winter preparations earlier than ever. The…
Read more...The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has launched a new video – My right to better records – to help care-experienced people understand their rights when…
Read more...The latest Emergency Department (ED) performance figures from NHS England, covering July 2026, show that last month was the worst July on record for 12-hour waits…
Read more...Extreme heat is turning parts of the NHS and the care sector into an “impossible and inhumane” environment for staff and patients alike, the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) has warned, as it calls for an urgent nationwide programme to heat-proof health…
Read more...An RCN report has exposed how some employers are exploiting migrant nursing staff in social care by taking advantage of their vulnerable visa status. It…
Read more...One in six UK hospital beds is currently occupied by a person with dementia, at a cost to the taxpayer of £2.8 billion annually, with this number set to increase to one in four by 2040, according to a new report by UCL researchers.
Read more...Elderly and frail patients aged 81 and over are worst affected by the ongoing crisis in A&E, which often leaves those admitted to hospital waiting for a bed to become available in inappropriate places like corridors and cupboards.
Read more...Prime Minister Andy Burnham has vowed to fix England’s broken social care system, announcing an accelerated timetable for the National Care Service commission and a new cross-party push…
Read more...The National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) has awarded £1.65 million to 17 projects to support the early-stage development of quantum technologies.
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