Managing millennials demands different skills, says Forbes columnist Heidi Lynne Kurter. In this blog post she sketches out three key strategies for increasing loyalty and retention among this emerging generation of professionals – it’s all [read more]

Women working more than 55 hours every week are more likely to become depressed than those who work a standard, 40-hour week, a new study has found. We explore the research and what you can [read more]

Following the scandal last year, which saw over 43,000 women not send their smear test information, Capita has been stripped of its contract Capita is to be stripped of its cervical screening contract in June, [read more]

As reported by the BBC, a trio of think tanks have stated that the NHS has no chance of taking on enough GPs and nurses to fill the recruitment shortage NHS England has stated that [read more]

The government has updated its advice on the continuity of reciprocal healthcare, in the event that the UK leaves the EU without a deal The government is updating UK nationals on the Department of Health and [read more]

WhatsApp, the Facebook-owned digital messaging platform, is a useful communication tool – but how secure is it, and should you really be using it to share practice information? We speak to security expert Kevin Curran, [read more]

Over three quarters (79%) of GPs see someone with a sleep complaint at least once a week – a significant drain on resources. A new tool offers the potential for GPs to quickly diagnose insomnia, [read more]

A scheme intended to give medical students hands-on experience of working in rural healthcare environments hopes to improve the recruitment crisis in the area As reported by Cambrian News, a new scheme aiming to boost [read more]

Health app developers should allow users to choose precisely what data are shared and with whom, researchers at the BMJ say Sharing of user data by popular mobile health apps is routine, yet far from transparent, according [read more]

As reported by The Guardian, the health secretary has called for the NHS to roll out genetic testing across the health service Matt Hancock, the health secretary, is calling for genetic tests for the detection [read more]

Could mentoring help you break free from workplace stress? A new article in the Harvard Business Review by authors Michael Gill and Thomas Roulet suggests that the positive benefits of mentoring could help you and [read more]

As reported by Wales Online, a new study shows a worrying lack of clinical oncologists – something that could seriously impact cancer patients It’s feared that a severe shortage of cancer consultants could cause patients [read more]

Research published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine shows that even low levels of leisure time physical activity lowers risk of death Even low-level physical activities – such as walking or gardening – are [read more]

Two new studies are challenging current views on the diagnosis of ovarian and breast cancer in women. Awareness of ovarian cancer is low and screening programmes for breast cancer don’t go far enough, the studies [read more]