Is there an app for that?
Have you used a mobile phone app to keep fit, find a hospital or help manage an illness? Or do you have an idea for an app that could help you? You can now recommend your favourite health apps, and… Read more →Is there an app for that?
New health visitor taskforce
A new national health visitor taskforce has been created to support the government’s plans to rejuvenate the health visiting profession, recruit 4,200 new health visitors, and develop a new health visiting service across England. The taskforce provides support and leadership… Read more →New health visitor taskforce
Living well with dementia: A Design Council challenge
A national challenge has been launched by the Design Council, in partnership with the Department of Health, to develop new design-led ideas for products and services that make life simpler and more enjoyable for those with dementia, and for their carers.… Read more →Living well with dementia: A Design Council challenge
NHS Future Forum to carry out new work on key health issues
The Government has asked the NHS Future Forum to continue a new phase of conversations with patients, service users and professionals following its listening exercise on the proposals to modernise the NHS. The NHS Future Forum, a group of health… Read more →NHS Future Forum to carry out new work on key health issues
Path of least resistance
Sally Davies, Chief Medical Officer, has taken part in a discussion on BBC Radio 4, about people’s resistance to antibiotics. Bacteria will evolve and those that resist antibiotics will survive. Other issues include over-prescription, failure to complete courses, and factors such as… Read more →Path of least resistance
£800 million for medical research
£800 million will be spent to boost medical research, advancing diagnosis, prevention and treatment, and benefitting patients with diseases such as cancer, diabetes and heart disease. The research will be carried out through NHS and university partnerships, managed by the National Institute… Read more →£800 million for medical research
NHS bursary scheme 12th edition
The 12th edition of the NHS bursary scheme has been published. The bursary scheme provides financial support to pre-registration healthcare students, including nurses, midwives, some allied health professionals and, in their later years, medical and dental students. This document sets… Read more →NHS bursary scheme 12th edition
A step by step guide to making a powdered formula feed
We have produced an A4 size leaflet giving a step by step guide to making a powdered formula feed. This has been developed to help health professionals working with new mums and sits alongside the guide to bottle feeding. For… Read more →A step by step guide to making a powdered formula feed
