Healthcare

    Why energy management systems are a win-win for businesses

    By rights, the phrase 'energy management systems' should have business leaders leaping to their feet and cheering. Most choices made by companies involve compromise and trade-offs; there’s always an upside and a downside. Energy management is a rare win-win. Energy management systems offer a way to reduce cost, improve efficiency, develop strategic resilience, enhance corporate reputation and protect the environment in one fell swoop. Is your organization doing all it can to manage energy well?

    Published date:

    24/10/2018


    MHRA warns about bogus HIV tests sold online

    The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has issued a warning about buying self-testing kits for sexually-transmitted infections (STIs) and HIV online, as they could give unreliable and false results.

    Published date:

    17/10/2018


    Midwives call for guidance on weight gain in pregnancy

    UK midwives are calling for official guidance on how much weight is healthy for women to gain during pregnancy.

    Published date:

    16/10/2018


    Mesh should be last resort for incontinence, says NICE

    Women should be offered a full range of non-surgical treatment options for stress urinary incontinence or pelvic organ prolapse before surgery is considered, according to new draft guidance from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE).

    Published date:

    10/10/2018


    MPs call on Westminster to decriminalise abortion in Northern Ireland

    Conservative MPs have called for legal changes to decriminalise abortion in Northern Ireland, according to BBC News.

    Published date:

    10/10/2018


    Ambulances will not meet response targets for two years, warns ambulance chief

    New response time targets for ambulance trusts will not be met for two years, according to a sector chief reported by HSJ.

    Published date:

    05/10/2018


    MHRA launches no-deal Brexit consultation

    The UK medicines regulator has announced a consultation on how its role should change in the event of a no-deal Brexit, according to OnMedica.

    Published date:

    05/10/2018


    Dialysis patients to be offered more treatment choices

    Every year, around 29,000 people in the UK are given dialysis treatment to remove waste products and excess fluid from the blood when their kidneys stop working properly.

    Published date:

    05/10/2018


    New edition of Standards in Dentistry published

    The second edition of Standards in Dentistry has been published by the Faculty of General Dental Practice (FGDP (UK)), according to Dentistry.co.uk.

    Published date:

    01/10/2018


    NHS regulator calls for halt in setting up subsidiary companies

    Health service regulator NHS Improvement has told NHS trusts to stop establishing wholly-owned subsidiary companies pending the publication of further guidance on the matter, according to Public Finance.

    Published date:

    27/09/2018