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The new Royal Hospital for Children in Glasgow is using personalised video technology to help parents stay connected with their babies.

A new state-of-the-art static PET/CT scanner that has been installed in Poole Hospital is the first in the country.

Sarah Wilkinson has been appointed as the new chief executive officer of NHS Digital.

Cancer Research UK and the Cancer Research Technology Pioneer Fund (CPF) have committed £2.5 million in collaboration with the National Cancer Institute (NCI) in the US to tackle one of the toughest challenges in cancer.

A new device that could help improve bowel cancer detection and treatment has been developed by a consultant at Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust.

The Royal College of Nursing is consulting its members about the possibility of taking industrial action in protest over pay.

NHS England has outlined plans for new advanced emergency treatment which will benefit an estimated 8,000 stroke patients a year.

Almost £2 million will be spent on modernising radiotherapy care at Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust (MTW).

England’s chief inspector of hospitals has found that the services provided by Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust have improved following the latest inspection by the Care Quality Commission.

Research by the Institute for Fiscal Studies has found that one in 10 councils have cut spending on adult social care by more than a quarter.

England's chief inspector of hospitals has recommended that United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust should return to special measures following the Care Quality Commission’s (CQC) latest inspection of its services.

Professor Sir Bruce Keogh will step down as NHS England’s national medical director at the end of the year after a decade in the role.

GS1 UK has welcomed the adoption of the final EU regulations on medical devices and in-vitro diagnostics.

The number of times hospital A&E units in England have had to close their doors to ambulances has almost doubled this winter compared with the previous three, new research from the Nuffield Trust has revealed.

A new blood test developed by scientists from King’s College London can quickly detect damaged heart muscle caused by a heart attack.

The UK Sepsis Trust (UKST) and Lord Ashcroft have launched a campaign to raise funds for a public health awareness campaign on sepsis in adults.

The House of Lords Select Committee has questioned the long-term sustainability of the NHS and slammed the ‘short-sightedness’ of successive governments for failing to plan effectively for the long-term future of the health service and adult social care.

The National Health Service has set out an action plan that will see it deliver the next steps on the NHS Five Year Forward View.

The number of full time equivalent (FTE) staff working for the NHS in England has increased by 2.2% (26,000) since 2015, NHS Digital figures show.

The British public’s satisfaction with the NHS remained steady in 2016, according to data published by The King’s Fund.