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As the UK combats this years' outbreak of seasonal flu and the winter bug season continues to take its toll, local NHS members behind the Give Soap a Chance campaign are urging the public to remain vigilant and to remember the importance of washing their hands properly. (PRWeb UK) January 6, 2011 As the UK combats this years' outbreak of seasonal flu and the winter bug season continues to take its toll, local NHS members behind the Give Soap a Chance campaign are urging the public to...
Guy's Hospital and St Thomas' Hospital, which make up Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, (one of the busiest NHS Foundation Trusts in the country), have now deployed BigHand fully across the Trust's 22 directorates, with the inclusion of Evelina Children's Hospital, incorporating a Trust wide software license for 2,500 users. London, UK (PRWeb UK) January 4, 2011 BigHand has today announced that two of London's most well-known teaching hospitals - Guy's Hospital and St Thomas'...
LONDON, January 4, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- In response to comments by the head of NHS Shared Business Services, John Neilson, that more NHS administration should be outsourced to India to save money, global information and communications technology company CSS Corp, with centres in Europe, India, Australasia and the USA, has issued the following statement today. "As the UK Government clearly recognises by already having 700 people employed in India through NHS Shared Business...
LONDON, December 9, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- Circle, the employee-owned partnership of clinicians, has today secured GBP50m to fund its second new-build hospital - CircleReading. In a deal that signals a breakthrough in the UK development finance freeze, the site for the hospital has been purchased by the real estate investment arm for BP's pension fund, Ropemaker Properties, who will also provide financing for the construction. CircleReading marks another milestone in Circle's...
Inov8 has commissioned trials at several UK NHS hospitals, as well as overseas hospitals which show the effectiveness of the AD (Air Disinfection) technology against most microoganisms responsible for Healthcare Associated Infections (HCAI). (PRWeb UK) December 7, 2010 Inov8 Science Ltd, the wholly owned subsidiary of the AIM listed company Mid-States plc, participated in the 7th international conference of the Hospital Infection Society held in Liverpool during October 2010. The...
BigHand, the leading provider of digital dictation and speech recognition technology to the UK healthcare market, today launched BigHand for Healthcare version 3.5 which leverages the latest dictation, speech recognition and document technologies for the NHS. London, UK (PRWeb UK) December 2, 2010 BigHand, the leading provider of digital dictation and speech recognition technology to the UK healthcare market, today launched BigHand for Healthcare version 3.5 which leverages the latest...
Scientists and clinicians in Nottingham are to work more closely with industry to develop new ways of diagnosing and treating lung disease.Nottingham has been chosen as one of just nine centres across the UK to host a Government-spearheaded "˜Therapeutic Capability Cluster', which aims to forge closer links between academia, the NHS and the life sciences industry to speed up the process of getting new drugs from lab bench to bedside.The new cluster will draw on the world-leading research...
A local hand washing campaign that attracted the attention of Whitehall, reached an international audience and even appeared in the wards of Casualty could be rolled out to benefit schools, local authorities and businesses nationwide. (PRWeb UK) November 25, 2010 A local hand washing campaign that attracted the attention of Whitehall, reached an international audience and even appeared in the wards of Casualty could be rolled out to benefit schools, local authorities and businesses...
NHS heart surgery patients in England and Wales have a greater chance of survival and recover more quickly than almost anywhere in Europe according to the first ever comparative study of cardiac operations data from across the continent, published today (25 November 2010). (PRWeb UK) November 24, 2010 NHS heart surgery patients in England and Wales have a greater chance of survival and recover more quickly than almost anywhere in Europe according to the first ever comparative study of...
LONDON, November 25, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- Circle, the employee-owned social enterprise, has today been chosen as the preferred partner to run Hinchingbrooke Healthcare NHS Trust in Huntingdonshire. In a historic move, the East of England Strategic Health Authority (SHA) has selected a non-state owned provider to take over the delivery of NHS services at Hinchingbrooke Hospital. Circle have a unique partnership model, where everyone from the consultants to the cleaners are...
