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50 year reunion for the Nursing Class of '68

5 Jul 2018, 12:20 p.m.

The NHS was launched on 5 July 1948, by the then Health Secretary, Aneurin Bevan, at Park Hospital in Manchester. For the first time, hospitals, doctors, nurses, pharmacists, opticians and dentists were brought together under one umbrella to provide servi

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Reach Out: Getting teens into Healthcare Science

4 Jul 2018, 10:22 a.m.

The Healthcare Science team at Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) recently took part in ‘Reach Out for Healthcare Science’, a programme designed to provide year 10 students from diverse backgrounds with an opportunity to experience life as a healthcare s

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NHS70: happy birthday to our health service!

28 Jun 2018, 11:43 a.m.

The NHS turns 70 on Thursday 5 July and you can celebrate with us throughout the year!

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New drug halves hearing loss in children following cancer treatment

20 Jun 2018, 11:56 a.m.

Giving the drug sodium thiosulphate after chemotherapy reduces hearing loss in children treated for liver cancer, according to findings published in the New England Journal of Medicine today (Wednesday).

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The use of cannabidiols to treat epilepsy

19 Jun 2018, 5:54 p.m.

Statement from Professor Helen Cross, a consultant in paediatric neurology and the Prince of Wales’ Chair of Childhood Epilepsy:

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