Artificial intelligence (AI) is a term that’s being increasingly used in relation to the health service, but its meaning is increasingly becoming misunderstood, says Ian Jackson, medical director and clinical safety officer at Refero. It [read more]

Karen O’Brien, controlled drug accountable officer (CDAO), Greater Manchester Health and Social Care Partnership, describes why medicines optimisation – a key focus for the NHS Long Term Plan – is important to her. She describes [read more]

A new service will allow both NHS workers and parents to access crucial child health information NHS Digital and NHS England have collaborated with IT suppliers to launch a new service that will allow healthcare [read more]

According to new research published in The BMJ, hitting the government’s sugar reduction targets could save the NHS millions while improving child obesity rates Reducing the sugar content of certain foods by 2020, in line [read more]

According to NHS England – and as reported by Pharma Times – over 500,000 hours of GP time have been freed up thanks to the Time for Care programme The Time for Care programme has [read more]

You’ve heard of a workforce strategy, but have you heard of a workplace strategy? As the modern workforce and workplace changes, practices need to adapt to provide a working environment that’s designed for patients and [read more]

As reported by the BBC, a new way of giving out vaccinations in the Highlands runs the risk of seeing those in rural areas miss out In an effort to reduce GP workloads, MMR and [read more]

As reported by the Shropshire Star, scanning pregnant women at 36 weeks could help identify breech babies early and cut down risks – as well as cutting costs According to a new study, giving pregnant [read more]

Female genital mutilation (FGM) is a growing problem in the UK. We speak to independent charity Forward about what practices can do to tackle FGM and what resources are available What does FORWARD do? FORWARD – [read more]

Between October and December 2018 new cases of FGM were added to the NHS’ experimental statistics data set. This barbaric and illegal practice is still going on in the UK today. Practices need to understand [read more]

People under 40 who have been diagnosed with type 2 diabetes face a heightened risk of cardiovascular disease People under the age of 40 diagnosed with type 2 diabetes are more likely to have or [read more]

Hospital doctor leaders have written to the health secretary expressing ‘deep concerns’ over exclusion from enhanced pay for shared parental leave The heads of BMA committees representing consultant and SAS doctors have written to the [read more]

Tenacity is more important than brilliance, says international consultant Richard Trevino II. In this article he outlines four qualities leaders must have to be successful. Do you have them? This is an edited version of [read more]

The BMA has stated that continued out-of-area placements for mental health services put patients at risk According to the latest NHS Digital report – which details out-of-area placements in mental health services over January 2019 [read more]