In the 21st century it is difficult to imagine that you might read statistics like the ones below in relation to cancer. “Surgery is the only treatment with curative intent for people with this cancer ...

The King’s Fund has explored the role of young people in the social care workforce and, specifically, the question: what can social care do to recruit and retain more younger workers?

NHS England is looking to refresh the 2019 Carers in General Practice Framework of Quality Markers, to bring them up to date with new healthcare systems, current statutory responsibilities and to ...

This document provides more information on the Mental Health Bill, which was introduced in the House of Lords on 6 November 2024. Sign up to receive our daily news alerts straight to your inbox.

Thank you, Sathnam. It’s great to be here with you again. A lot has changed since last year. Resident doctors strikes resolved. Hard to envision then but bringing huge benefits for patients now. A new ...

Thousands of lives could be saved thanks to the roll-out of an improved anti-smoking pill on the NHS in England, the head of the health service will announce today. Varenicline has been shown to work ...

More than 5,000 people in England have been diagnosed with lung cancer earlier thanks to an innovative NHS initiative, which ...

The guideline makes new recommendations and updates existing ones on diagnosing and managing a condition that affects approximately 1.5 million women of reproductive age in the UK.

This analysis reveals that the costs of providing social care for working age adults and life-long disabled people is now far outpacing social care to the over 65s, with two-thirds of adult social ...

Directions 2024 came into effect on 9 May 2024 and can be found at NHS primary medical service directions. The directions replace The National Health Service (General Medical Services Premises Costs) ...

This roadmap, from a coalition of more than 50 children’s charities and Royal Colleges, calls for children to be a central pillar of forthcoming health plans such as the NHS 10-year plan, with ...

Tens of thousands of people who have a stroke could be diagnosed and treated sooner as new data found that the average time between onset of first symptoms and a 999 call being made was nearly an hour ...