UK — Speaking at the first National Health Service (NHS) Security Management Professionals conference in November, Rosie Winterton, the country's Health Minister, said the number of NHS staff who were physically assaulted in England has reduced.
The positive effects of proton rays have been known for years. However, Germany still lacks institutions that utilise those effects.
Fraud and corruption network protects 210 million citizens.
The UK Health Minister has set out key details of what patients and the public can expect from the NHS Care Records Service.
A Leicester-based registered charity is facing possible criminal prosecution because of supplying unused medicines to healthcare centres in African countries.
Bad marks for Lithuanian healthcare system, best value for money in Slovenia and Estonia.
Pay rows threaten French health minister's political future.
MORTIS is a new teleradiology system which utilises high-resolution laptops to receive images for diagnostic purposes.
An unnecessary rein on medical innovations, or a wise insurance for patients' protection?
Nurse-surgeon training in the UK is lively discussed for other European countries doing the same to address their lack of qualified surgeons.
“The UK is at the forefront of worldwide educational practice”.
An unparalleled legal challenge has been underway in the EU regarding the number of human gene patents held by US-based corporation Myriad Genetics.
Increase in COPD and chronic respiratory disease patients will challenge the European Healthcare Systems in the future.
Hospitals and fertility clinics across Europe are to be warned that safeguards must be implemented to prevent impostors gaining access to IVF treatment.
Whilst the harmful impact of nitrogen dioxide (NO2) on various medical conditions was already known, only now is there evidence that NO2 in air pollution is a killer. According to the APHEA-2 study the chief culprits are emissions from diesel engines, which are increasingly popular in Europe.
In a recent preliminary ruling the European Court of Justice decided that dealers are not required to ensure that an industrial product bearing a CE (European conformity) mark meets European health and safety requirements.
Geneva - Inadequate staffing is reaching crisis levels in all regions, according to the International Council of Nurses (ICN). Among studies reviewed, one showed that an increased workload from four to six surgical patients resulted in a 14% increase in the chance of a patient in that nurse's care dying within 30 days of admission.
Berlin, Germany - The three-month university hospital doctors` strike was nearing its end at the time of EH going to press.
Health organisations and governments should seek solutions beyond their own borders.
The Estonian health system differs from its Baltic neighbour states thanks to a transformation process and reforms.
In some areas of Spain, doctors are also becoming even militant.
Germany - PG 11 - a new product group added to the medical technical aids register* relates to decubitus aids.
Poland - Many medical workers may soon be ethically challenged by a decision made in Europe's Court of Human Rights regarding a woman who had been refused an abortion there.
Joint Commission International (JCI) accredited hospitals have long expressed an interest in performance measurement to support quality improvement efforts and to provide a valid base for local, national, and international comparisons.
