Hospital

A London NHS trust is giving its nurses body-worn cameras and asking the public to be kinder to its healthcare staff, after incidents of violence and abuse more than doubled over three years.

Colour coding in hospitals creates barriers to accessing healthcare for colour blind people, a nurse working on an alternative has said.

Emergency departments with fewer nurses are more likely to experience delays in patient care and have a higher rate of serious outcomes for patients, according to a new study.

A new rapid-assessment scheme that enables ambulance crews to take stroke patients straight to specialist care is being piloted in Hertfordshire.

Neonatal staff at the Countess of Chester Hospital, where Lucy Letby previously worked, are committed to providing excellent care “under difficult circumstances”, a new report has found.

A specially commissioned comic strip has been published in support of a campaign to end “pyjama paralysis” and improve patient activity and mobility during a hospital stay.