Nurses have been told get into shape to ensure they "maintain a level of personal fitness and wellbeing required to meet people's needs for mental and physical care", amid concern that too many are too unfit to carry out their tasks.
It’s been established that organisational resilience is the “the ability of an organisation to anticipate, prepare for, respond and adapt to incremental change and sudden disruptions in order to survive and prosper”.
The Scottish government has unveiled new standards on the provision of health and social care, aimed at ensuring care is provided with dignity and respect.
People in Scotland living with alcohol and drug addictions are often experiencing stigma and prejudice when accessing health and care services, the watchdog has found.
Merck, one of the world's largest pharmaceutical companies, could face a multi-million pound fine after the UK's competition watchdog discovered that it unlawfully implemented an unfair discount scheme on one of its top drugs.
The keynote speaker on day one at UK E-Health Week 2017 was Juliet Bauer the Director of Digital Experience for NHS England. She spoke at length about the ways in which the NHS is trying to put patients at the heart of the digital experience.
The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) is demanding the introduction of legislation to guarantee safe staffing levels in hospitals amid a recruitment crisis in the NHS.
