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24,000 patient letters ‘lost’ in NHS trust’s new computer system

CQC inspection reveals glitch at Newcastle Hospitals NHS Trust meant patient letters were not sent out

Patients to get faster access to innovative medical technologies

New £10m pathway will support medtech innovators and manufacturers

Union calls for urgent RAAC risk register for the NHS

Unite members warn risk across the health sector could be ‘substantial’ as it is revealed more than 40 hospitals contain structurally-unsound reinf...

How to foster a culture of innovation in the NHS

John Kelly, healthcare strategy and planning director at Lexica, and colleague, Kelsea Little, a healthcare strategy and planning graduate, discuss...

Is the NHS ready for barcode technology?

A mandate was recently passed by the Government to enforce the barcoding of all high-risk medical devices across every NHS trust by March 2024. Her...

Ireland's health service hit by MOVEit cyber attack

Details of 20 people involved in recruitment processes believed to have been stolen

Water safety and legionella: How to improve your record keeping

Charlie Brain, authorising engineer [Water] at the Water Hygiene Centre, discusses ways to improve water safety records

No dust allowed: when containment equipment is a must

AMI Environmental, a health and safety service firm, explains why it has chosen Hepacart as its go-to partner in controlling construction-related dust

Insider threats a key focus of the new NHS Cyber Strategy

We explore how NHS employees could be increasing the threat of cyber attacks

Legionella record keeping using software

Roy Sullivan (pictured below), senior consultant at the Water Hygiene Centre, discusses Legionella record keeping using software

Comment: Data Saves Lives - how the Government's new digital strategy will impact the healthcare sector

Joost Bruggeman (pictured below), chief executive and co-founder of medical messenger app, Siilo, discusses the Government’s forthcoming Data Saves...

Cyber security leaders to tackle growing threat to healthcare sector

Cylera forms first Advisory Council to bring together world leaders in cyber security as sector accelerates digitalisation efforts

Medical devices: What is a technical file and what should it contain?

Catarina Carrão, a freelance medical writer on Kolabtree, provides an overview of what a medical device technical file is and what it should contain

£1.7bn framework for NHS decontamination services

NHS Shared Business Services simplifies procurement of sterilisation, decontamination, and repair services

Six easy ways to safeguard patient data

With cyber security breaches increasingly being reported in the healthcare sector since the onset of COVID-19, Ben Bulpett from SailPoint discusses...