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Hospitals across Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and Hampshire are adopting techniques used in the car manufacturing and aviation industries to make hospitals wards more efficient and improve patient care. The innovative ‘Productive Ward Programme’ focuses on improving ward processes and environments to help nurses and therapists work more efficiently, so more time is available to care… read the full article »

NHS South of England, which comprises South Central, South East Coast and South West Strategic Health Authorities, has launched its website www.southofengland.nhs.uk NHS South of England is one of four strategic health authority (SHA) clusters across England, which formed on 3 October 2011. The others are NHS North of England, NHS Midlands and East and… read the full article »

NHS South of England Chief Executive Sir Ian Carruthers OBE today welcomed Dr Yvonne Doyle to the SHA cluster Board as Director of Public Health for NHS South of England, with immediate effect. Yvonne has been Director of Public Health for the South of England (East) and has been nationally recognised for her work on… read the full article »

Patients who suffer life-threatening injuries look set to benefit from new arrangements for treating major trauma which start to be rolled out in the South of England today (April 2). Five hospitals in the South are to become major trauma centres where patients will have access to state of the art equipment, specialist treatment and… read the full article »

NHS organisations across Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire, Hampshire and the Isle of Wight will be taking part in the first annual NHS Sustainability Day tomorrow (Wednesday, 28 March). They will be engaging on sustainability with staff, patients and visitors by holding recycling events, planting trees, and showing climate change documentaries and films to help people to… read the full article »

A new online health facility aimed at transforming the way that patients, their carers and healthcare professionals can access and share the latest information on a range of key health and care services is to be rolled out across the South of England. Prime Minister David Cameron today (26 March) gave his backing to the… read the full article »

People across the South are being encouraged to put a spring in their step and get active as part of International Fitness Week. Dr Gabriel Scally, Director of Public Health for NHS South of England said: “Now that the weather is warming up and our winter woollies can be thrown to the back of wardrobe… read the full article »