Four new bedside furniture designs to reduce healthcare acquired infections are available today for the NHS to purchase after testing showed positive patient and staff feedback

NICE has today (9 November) published its quality improvement guide on the prevention and control of healthcare associated infections (HCAIs) in secondary care settings

Over the next two decades, the number of people aged over 80 is set to double in Britain, according to a new report published by the think tank IPPR. In London, the number of people over the age of 80 is estimated to rise by 40 per cent over the next 30 years, reaching 350,000 by 2031

The Health Secretary, Andrew Lansley, today announced a series of steps to respond to recent concerns regarding French Poly Implant Prostheses (PiP) implants

A new drive to free up nurses to provide the care patients and relatives expect has been announced today by Prime Minister David Cameron and Health Secretary Andrew Lansley

Commenting on a recent report on integrating care from the King's Fund and the Nuffield Trust NHS Confederation deputy policy director Jo Webber said integration was the right way to go but requires social care funding reform first

Ciarán Devane is today confirmed as Non Executive Director of the NHS Commissioning Board Authority. He will take up post on 1 January 2012.

All parts of the NHS can now work out how fairly they treat patients and employees in a systematic and robust way following the launch today (10th November) of a new toolkit

A new charity has been established by the Department to provide financial assistance for those people who were infected with hepatitis C before September 1991, as a result of NHS treatment by blood transfusions or blood products

A group of stakeholders committed to the wellbeing of independent community pharmacies convened recently at the National Pharmacy Association, for a wide-ranging discussion on supporting smaller pharmacy businesses across the UK