Hiring foreign nurses to make up the shortfall in British staff is distracting, frustrating and expensive, the head of a top teaching hospital warned yesterday.
Judgments on when patients are reaching the end of their lives should be taken by a number of health experts rather than relying on the medical opinion of just one doctor, according to new guidance from health officials.
The University of Glasgow has been awarded £3.4m to create a new research centre for precision medicine.
More than 5,500 people who were made redundant since 2010 have been re-employed elsewhere in the NHS, despite some receiving severance payments of more than £200,000.
PATIENTS in England living with a rare eye condition may be forced to move to Scotland to save their sight, the countrys leading charity for the blind has said.
The National Institute of Health, an off shoot of the US Department of Health, has revealed a new calculator to guide those on a health kick.
Scientists found people taking glitazone pills were less likely to develop Parkinson’s than patients on other diabetes drugs.
A charity said it was one of the most important findings in breast cancer treatment for a decade and could save 1,000 lives a year in the UK.
A panel of independent experts has decided that a clot-busting drug often used to treat strokes is “safe and effective”.
Many hospitals have moved to 12-hour shifts because managers believe it is a more cost effective way of providing 24-hour care, with lower costs and greater continuity of staffing.
