Professor Dame Parveen Kumar has been awarded an Honorary Fellowship in Medicine from the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow at a ceremony in the city. Dame Parveen Kumar was Academic Sub-Dean at Barts and later the first Director of Postgraduate Medical Education Professor Dame Parveen Kumar was Academic Sub-Dean at Barts and […]

Injuries include fractures, loss of sight, brain damage, loss of consciousness, asphyxia or amputation Care workers suffered more than 6,000 violent attacks resulting in serious injuries during the last five years, shocking new official figures show The horrifying statistics, which were obtained under the Freedom of Information Act, are being released as GMB’s Annual Congress

New report from CQC describes lessons for better medicines optimisation across health and social care providers and the positive impact of involving pharmacy professionals in health and social care settings. People rely on medicines every day to help achieve good outcomes such as managing long-term conditions, dealing with immediate medical needs, and complex chemotherapy regimes

Glasgow is leading the way in closing medicine’s gender gap, thanks to a new initiative which was jointly launched Wednesday 5th June by the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow and the University of Glasgow. Despite the fact that over half the UK’s medical graduates are women, a significant gender gap remains in

Opioid analgesics were associated with a 30% increase in the risk of pneumonia in persons with Alzheimer’s disease, a recent study from the University of Eastern Finland shows. The risk of pneumonia was highest among those using strong opioids, such as oxycodone or fentanyl, but the risk was also increased among those using buprenorphine, tramadol

Building an NHS fit for the future. Watch the video above of Julian Hartley, Chief Executive of Leeds Teaching Hospitals on how these changes will be achieved. The Department of Health and Social Care has launched the interim NHS People Plan which will secure the workforce to deliver the NHS Long Term Plan and build

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