The latest quarterly figures on C difficile from the Health Protection Agency give grounds for 'cautious optimism', according to the NHS Confederation.
But confederation chief executive Gill Morgan said: "Any case of C diff or MRSA is one too many and we need a zero-tolerance culture towards hospital-acquired infections that is embedded amongst NHS staff and the wider community."
Senior nurses will be trained in how to use the Safer Nursing Care Tool to help tackle inconsistent safe staffing plans in the NHS.
The number of medical students need to double in the next decade to avoid “an absolute disaster”, the new head of the Royal College of Physicians has told HSJ.
Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals Foundation Trust has announced plans to reconfigure its children’s heart surgery services in order to meet NHS England standards and futureproof its service.
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