The NHS has invited Captain Tom Moore to be the guest of honour at the official opening of the new Nightingale hospital in Harrogate next week as a way of honouring the Yorkshire native’s fundraising efforts. The 99-year-old war veteran, and now a household name for raising an incredible £23 million for the NHS, is […]
New NHS Nightingale hospitals will be built in Bristol and Harrogate to provide hundreds of extra beds if local services need them during the peak of coronavirus in addition to those already in development in London, Manchester and Birmingham, NHS England is today announcing. NHS chief executive, Sir Simon Stevens, will today confirm that sites […]
A National Patient Safety Alert has been issued around ligature and ligature point risk assessment tools and policies. In keeping with guidance around publishing information of this nature, this alert is not available in the public domain and can only be accessed through the Central Alerting System website by registered users. About National Patient Safety […]
A National Patient Safety Alert has been issued around the risk of harm to babies and children from coin/button batteries in hearing aids and other hearing devices. National Patient Safety Alert – Risk of harm to babies and children from button batteries in hearing aids About this alert Babies and young children (under five years) […]
In response to today’s attack at London Bridge, NHS chief executive Simon Stevens said: “Our heartfelt thanks go to everyone who responded to this incident, both the extraordinarily brave members of the public and our emergency responders. “As the Met Police have confirmed, sadly two people have died in addition to the suspect. “London Ambulance Service […]
Last month the independent Scottish Medicines Consortium assessed that Vertex’s ‘justification of the treatment’s [Orkambi and Symkevi] costs in relation to its health benefits was not sufficient’: meaning the company was charging an unreasonably high price for its product. Vertex has rejected the health service’s offer, which would give access to the treatment for people […]
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