It’s good the hand hygiene message is getting through loud and clear - perhaps a little too loud and clear.
On a recent visit to meet young people, health minister Ann Keen was surprised when a little girl said she did not want to be a nurse when she grew up.
“Why not?” asked Ms Keen, herself a former nurse.
“Because they have to wash their hands all the time,” was the baffling reply.
New health secretary Matt Hancock, who took over the role from Jeremy Hunt this week, sets out his stall to the NHS in an exclusive editorial for HSJ.
Andy Cowper on what he calls the unutterably depressing saga of the Home Office blocking the visa applications of 100 doctors who have been recruited to come and work in the NHS
A survey into how restorative dentistry is paid for has found wide disparity in the funding of the service in the UK, which leads to variations in the service provided, note Ulpee Darbar and Ishpinder Kaur Toor
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