They will be tasked with looking after patients’ non-clinical needs. The British Red Cross will help patients and NHS staff in 11 Welsh hospitals this winterImage: British Red Cross British Red Cross volunteers are synonymous with helping people across the globe during times of crisis, such as famine, natural disasters or deep conflict. But now …

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Research led by the Royal College of Anaesthetists (RCoA) around improvements in the care of over 24,000 patients before, during and after emergency bowel surgery has shown enhanced patient care to have reduced the average hospital stay from 19.2 days in 2013 to 16 days in 2018, saving the NHS £34 million annually. National Emergency …

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A hospital trust believes it is the first in the UK to introduce disposable sterile headscarves for staff to use in operating theatres. Junior doctor Farah Roslan (left) with consultant surgeon Gill Tierney Junior doctor Farah Roslan, who is Muslim, had the idea during her training at the Royal Derby Hospital. She said it came …

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Following a cabinet reshuffle from Boris Johnson, which has seen secretary of state for health and social care, Matt Hancock, remain in his position, NHS Providers has outlined the key tasks he has ahead of him. Image Credit: Dominic Lipinski/PA Wire/PA Images These included ensuring that the Prime Minister delivers on his promise to make …

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People were less likely to catch either influenza or a common cold-causing rhinovirus if they were already infected with the other virus, a new study by scientists from the MRC-University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research has found. Understanding how these distinct viruses inhibit each other could help public health planning to improve forecasting models that predict …

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Fiorano ITK Framework Provides Digital Foundation Facilitating Healthcare Delivery. The system combines the benefits of centralized management with the efficiency of distributed architectures enabling efficient, scalable implementations in cloud-to-cloud, cloud-to-on-premise and on-premise-to-on-premise environments. Fiorano Software, a leading Enterprise Middleware and API Management specialist, has announced that National Health Service (NHS) Wales, UK has implemented the Fiorano ITK …

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