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Review outlines how to improve access to UK primary care services
A new review performed by Dr Claire Fuller provides recommendations on optimising primary care access in the UK.
NHS England revealed that new Integrated Care...
The challenges associated with healthcare environmental hygiene
A global pilot study provides the first review of the strengths and challenges associated with healthcare environmental hygiene (HEH).
Healthcare environmental hygiene comprises cleaning all...
43 million health workers required to achieve universal health coverage
A new peer-reviewed study has stated that more than 43 million additional health workers are needed globally to meet universal health coverage targets.
An investigation...
UK Government announce 10-year plan to improve dementia care
Sajid Javid, the UK Health and Social Care Secretary, has announced that a new 10-year plan to tackle dementia will be published later this...
How can we improve young people’s mental health?
As we approach the culmination of 2022 European Mental Health Week, Mental Health Europe has outlined policy recommendations to safeguard and enhance young people’s...
How the MEP Interest Group on AMR is tackling antimicrobial resistance
Cristina Pricop and Jean-Yves Stenuick outline the key objectives of the MEP Interest Group on AMR whose remit is centred on driving forward the...
European Patients’ Rights Day: Championing civic participation in health
Mariano Votta, the Director of the Active Citizenship Network, the organisers of European Patients' Rights Day, explores the importance of civic engagement in safeguarding...
Huge disparities in access to fertility preservation treatment in the UK
An extensive UK study has revealed that people needing fertility preservation treatment on the NHS face a 'postcode lottery' to receive the therapy.
Fertility preservation...
$140bn funding could prevent 39 million deaths from non-communicable diseases
Global analysis has revealed that $140 billion will need to be invested to combat non-communicable diseases (NCDs) globally, funding that could potentially save 39...
Healthcare for women is failing to heal from the pandemic
The World Health Organization (WHO) has worryingly revealed that healthcare for women is severely lacking in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Findings from the...
Why we need to start talking about improving menopause support
Health Europa discusses the urgent need to improve menopause-related services, care, and public understanding with founder of Menopause Support Diane Danzebrink.
Although the discourse surrounding menopause...
Bringing women’s health out of the shadows
Irene Oldfather, Director of Strategy and Engagement at The Health and Social Care Alliance Scotland (the ALLIANCE) outlines some of the challenges associated with...
NHS combat COVID backlogs with massive reservist recruitment drive
The NHS has revealed that they will be employing thousands of new NHS reservists to tackle the sizeable COVID backlogs currently impacting health services.
Announced...
Did travel quarantine rules in England reduce the spread of COVID-19?
A new UK study has comprehensively analysed the effectiveness of the travel quarantine rules in England during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Experts from the University of...
Maternity Disparities Taskforce to reduce maternity care inequalities
The UK Government has announced a new Maternity Disparities Taskforce designed to mitigate the inequalities experienced by women from ethnic minority groups and people...
Clarity needed over what constitutes as a ‘mental health problem’
A systematic review uncovered various models used to understand mental health problems with implications for how people are assessed and supported.
A new review by...
Continuum of care for non-communicable diseases in the EU
In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, Health Europa speaks to the European Commission about how it plans to safeguard the continuum of care for...
Gender inequality within healthcare exposed by the COVID-19 pandemic
Blandine Mollard of the EIGE discusses the findings from the Gender Equality Index 2021 and explores how gender inequality needs to be addressed within...
Addressing the growing issue of button battery ingestion in children
Consultant Paediatric Gastroenterologist, Christos Tzivinikos, discusses the worrying increase in button battery ingestion (BBI) in children and how this can be prevented.
Button battery ingestion...
ONWARD unveil involvement in groundbreaking spinal cord injury trial
Medical technology experts ONWARD has announced it has completed enrolment in the Up-Lift study, an initiative aiming to advance treatment for spinal cord injury.
ONWARD...