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Hill-Rom Holdings has announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Voalte, a pioneer in real-time, mobile healthcare communications, for a cash consideration of $180 million. - and up to an additional $15 m in payments related to the achievement of certain commercial milestones.

One of Scotland’s most senior doctors has written to the Chancellor of the Exchequer ahead of the Spring Statement to ask for action to prevent experienced NHS consultants leaving the health service.

On 8 March 2019, GAMA Healthcare’s new Fellows Research Centre was opened by Sir Alan Langlands, vice-chancellor of the University of Leeds and the former chief executive of the NHS, in a ceremony attended by local MP Holly Lynch, the Mayor of Calderdale (Councillor Marcus Thompson) along with local dignitaries and GAMA staff.

An internationally renowned consultant physician who has led the way in developing key research that aim to reduce the burden of hypoglycaemia, a condition that occurs when a person's blood glucose level has dropped too low, has delivered the prestigious 2019 Banting Memorial Lecture, the highest honour bestowed by Diabetes UK.

A total of 44% of NHS acute Trusts lack a formal transformation plan, according to research by a network of NHS transformation specialists.

Public satisfaction with the NHS has fallen to its lowest level since 2007, according to analysis of the 2018 British Social Attitudes (BSA) survey published today by The King’s Fund and the Nuffield Trust.

A company developing proprietary bacteria-phobic polymers to apply to medical devices, has successfully closed an oversubscribed fundraising of £600,000.

Cancer survival is the highest it's ever been with thousands more people surviving cancer every year. For patients diagnosed in 2015, one-year survival was 72% - over 11 percentage points higher than in 2000. Despite this progress, one of the biggest actions the NHS can take to improve cancer survival is to diagnose cancer earlier. Patients diagnosed early, at stages 1 and 2, have the best chance of curative treatment and long-term survival.

The 2018 Staff Survey of NHS Trusts and Foundation Trusts has been published and reveals that more than seven in 10 staff would recommend their organisation to their family and friends for treatment, a proportion that has increased every year for the past four years.

A record breaking number of male school leavers have applied to be nurses following NHS England’s successful “We Are The NHS” recruitment campaign.

Getinge, a global provider of innovative medical technology, has announced its continuous commitment to the International Symposium on Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine (ISICEM).

Healthcare professionals from across Scotland gathered at a specialist event exploring the Scottish Waiting Times Improvement Plan.

Scalp cooling specialist, Paxman, and the University of Huddersfield have signed a five-year research and collaboration agreement covering the Paxman Scalp Cooling Research Centre, a new multidisciplinary research group at the University of Huddersfield.

Paramedics and emergency care assistants from South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (SWASFT) Swindon Station are set to sleep out rough for 24 hours to highlight the issue of homelessness this week.

The London Clinic, a private hospital and charity on London’s Harley Street, is the first private hospital in the UK to launch a specialist robotics centre, called The London Clinic Centre for Robotics.

A major overhaul of cancer screening has been launched as part the NHS Long Term Plan’s drive to improve care and save lives.

Poole Hospital is up for a prestigious national flu award after 90% of its frontline clinical staff - who deal directly with patients – were vaccinated against flu over the winter months.

World Encephalitis Day is taking place this year on 22 February 2019. Encephalitis is an inflammation of the brain that affects up to 6000 people in the UK every year.

SBRI Healthcare has awarded £1.25 million to help fund the development of 13 separate innovations relating to musculoskeletal disorder and dentistry, oral health and oral cancers.

A new code of conduct for artificial intelligence (AI) and other data-driven technologies aims to ensure that only the best and safest systems are used by the NHS.