NHS electronic health records pose ‘serious safety risks’
There are “serious safety risks” for patients in the rollout of electronic health records in hospitals across England, a charity has warned.Patient Safety Learning...
Streeting urges doctors to ‘stop sabre-rattling’ and work with him to fix NHS
The health secretary, Wes Streeting, has urged doctors to work with the government on its plans to change the NHS and to “stop sabre-rattling”...
Smoking could be banned in UK’s pub gardens and outdoor restaurants
Smoking could be banned in pub gardens, outdoor restaurants, outside hospitals and at sports grounds in the UK under tighter restrictions being considered by...
Vapes redesigned to avoid UK crackdown could lead to more waste, say critics
Vape products redesigned to avoid a legislative crackdown on single-use devices may do little to dent the environmental scourge of e-cigarette waste, experts have...
‘Women feel like failures if they haven’t had a “normal” birth’: how the NCT has shaped childbirth in the UK
In May, charity representatives, campaigners and MPs gathered in parliament to hear the then Conservative MP Theo Clarke launch the UK’s first national birth...
Victims of UK’s infected blood scandal to start receiving payouts by end of year
A new authority set up to properly compensate the victims and families of the infected blood scandal is due to start making payments by...