People who live in areas where there is a high prevalence of HIV should be offered testing for the infection when they first register with their GP, as recommended by NICE
The Commission's inquiry into the home care system in England reveals disturbing evidence that the poor treatment of many older people is breaching their human rights and too many are struggling to voice their concerns about their care or be listened to about what kind of support they want
Service integration to deliver the Nicholson Challenge more important than management change say MPs on Commons Heath Committee
Pregnant women should avoid close contact with animals that are giving birth, the Government advised today
The Royal College of Midwives (RCM) is calling for the NHS Health and Social Care Bill to be scrapped. The RCM has consistently voiced its concerns about the Bill with little response or movement on its key concerns from the Government. The Bill, currently moving through the legislative process, has attracted vehement opposition throughout
Computerised exercise games could have more cognitive benefits for older people than traditional exercise according to a study published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine
Research published today by the Food Standards Agency shows that a significant proportion (76%) of oysters tested from UK oyster growing beds contained norovirus. The virus was detected at low levels in more than half of the positive samples (52%)
Care Services Minister Paul Burstow today welcomed the Care Quality Commission’s announcement that it would carry out a programme of inspections of 250 providers of home care services
NHS Confederation chief executive Mike Farrar says the NHS reforms are a distraction from the prime concern for the NHS of making £20 billion in efficiency savings
Mixed sex accommodation in NHS hospital trusts has dropped by 94 per cent in one year, Health Secretary Andrew Lansley announced today.
The latest statistics show that unjustified stays in mixed sex accommodation have fallen by 11,035 in just one year since December 2010
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