NHS productivity has grown by 2.4% in the first four months of this financial year (April to July 2025) compared to the same period last year, outperforming its productivity target of 2%.

The two to two-and-a-half-year health and development review should be offered to all families as it provides a crucial opportunity to identify children needing extra support before they start school.

This report outlines the impact that shrinking provider budgets have on the long-term investment in the adult social care sector’s future, and the knock-on impact this has on increased year-on-year ...

The NHS is setting up NHS Online – in a reform to the way healthcare is delivered in England. The new model of care will digitally connect patients to expert clinicians anywhere in England. The first ...

The government has put a neighbourhood health service at the heart of its vision for the NHS – but what does that mean for staff and patients? This explainer summarises some of the features that often ...

Data released from NHS England shows that cases of mouth cancer in England have reached the highest levels on record, prompting experts to call for greater public awareness of early symptoms.

Artificial Intelligence (AI) has the potential to transform health and social care services, but can providers adopt AI at the pace and scale needed to make a real change. This report explores how ...

Parents will be able to get their children protected against flu this half term, as the NHS ramps up its winter vaccine campaign. England’s most senior nurse has warned parents that flu can spread ...

The government’s Chief Medical Officer, Professor Chris Whitty, and the former National Medical Director at NHS England, Professor Stephen Powis, led the Medical Training Review to understand ...

Millions of people are using online consultation requests to contact their GP practice. Figures show 6.5 million online consultation requests were submitted to GPs in September 2025, up half compared ...

Alec Collie, Head of Medical at Wesleyan, the specialist financial mutual for doctors. Recently, we’ve been getting many questions over what the government’s plans to make pensions subject to ...

Optometry Today, in collaboration with the Association of Optometrists (AOP), has released two video skills guides. The first is presented by Dr Byki Huntjens, AOP education lead, exploring history ...