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NHS SBS launches £2.5bn framework to modernise public sector IT infrastructure

NHS Shared Business Services unveils a £2.5bn Digital Workplace Solutions framework to overhaul NHS and public sector IT systems.

Muscling in on myopenia and myosteatosis

The relationship between body composition and risk of disease has become more clearly understood in recent years, as the technology available to non-invasively quantify...

Musculoskeletal health: perspectives in an ageing society

Dr Benjamin Ellis, Senior Clinical Policy Adviser at Arthritis Research UK details the importance of good musculoskeletal health in an ageing population  Over the last...

The danger of the status quo

Why we need new interventions to battle mosquito-borne diseases Mosquitoes are the most dangerous creature in the world. They kill one person every 12 seconds...

New standards for children’s unscheduled care

Dr Stephanie Smith, Consultant Emergency Paediatrician and spokesperson for the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH) details the changes needed to children’s...

Telehealth – empowering patients

Nichola Arathon, Principal Programme Lead at NHS Dorset Clinical Commissioning Group describes how telehealth has the potential to transform healthcare  NHS England’s ambition through the Technology...

Managing wounds as a team

Professor Zena Moore, from the European Wound Management Association (EWMA) identifies the benefits of wound care teams for patients and healthcare professionals  From a wound care...

Tackling child mental health

Dr Alistair Thomson, MindEd Consortium Executive and Fellow of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH) details the importance of tackling the growing...

Fighting back against antibiotic resistance

Danilo Lo Fo Wong, Programme Manager on Antimicrobial Resistance at the World Health Organization (WHO) tells Editor Laura Evans that antibiotic resistance is a...

EEG Gold Standard in Epilepsy Diagnostics

Electroencephalography (EEG) EEG visualises voltage differences recorded with electrodes located on the head. These very small (typ. 10-50 μV) voltage fluctuations resulting from ionic current...

Psychosocial impact of epilepsy

Dr Anthanasios Covanis, President of the International Bureau for Epilepsy (IBE) details the psychosocial impact of epilepsy, and its challenges in day to day life Epilepsy...

Dengue

In recent decades Dengue has become one of the most uncontrolled and neglected infectious diseases, especially in the tropical and sub-tropical regions of the...

Nanoimaging to cure Alzheimer’s disease

Background of Alzheimer’s disease Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is one of the most devastating neurodegenerative disorders affecting more than 25 million people worldwide which is the...

RNA in human disease diagnosis and therapy

Professor Michela Alessandra Denti of the Centre for Integrative Biology at the University of Trento outlines the work of her laboratory on genetic diseases...

Self-harm reaches five year high in Wales

Figures have revealed the number of cases of self-harm among young people in Wales has hit a five year high... According to Welsh government figures...

Obesity levels are expected increase significantly by 2030

A new report from the World Health Organization has revealed the growing issue of obesity... By 2030, 74 per cent of men and 64 per...

Tackling child mental health

Dr Alistair Thomson, MindEd Consortium Executive and Fellow of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH) details the importance of tackling the growing...

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