Social care in England is unable to fill posts, retain staff and offer proper services due to low pay and excessive workloads, the National Audit Office (NAO) has found
The world is sleepwalking towards a ‘post-antibiotic apocalypse’, says England’s chief medical officer Dame Sally Davies
Hospitals should sell e-cigarettes and establish ‘vaping lounges’ for people to use on-site, says Public Health England (PHE)
Thousands of people marched on Downing Street on Saturday in a demonstration intended to highlight the ‘crisis’ in the NHS
Deaths from prostate cancer in men have overtaken female deaths from breast cancer for the first time in the UK, new figures reveal
Scotland is to see the number of training places for nurses and midwives increase by 360, it was announced today
Medical prescribers should be discouraged from issuing antibiotics to treat patients with a sore throat, new guidelines from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) have said
Only one-third of people with asthma in the UK are receiving the basic level of care, according to a new survey by the charity Asthma UK
Roughly 4% of drinkers account for almost one-third of all the alcohol consumed in the England, ‘staggering’ new statistics show
Government cuts and ‘disjointed’ policies are damaging the health of children in England, the Royal College of Paediatricians and Child Health (RCPCH) have said
Just over a third of young women between the ages 25-35 are embarrassed to attend smear tests, a new survey has shown
Downing Street has appointed a Minister for Loneliness in order to follow the work of the murdered MP Jo Cox
Nurses are exiting the NHS in droves, with one in 10 leaving in England each year, figures from NHS Digital show
Rates of flu in the UK continue to rise with flu hospitalisations up 50% last week, according to the latest figures by Public Health England (PHE)
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