Ministers are expected to rethink social care policy proposals, announced last month, and to introduce a cap on the amount of money elderly people are expected to pay towards the cost of their social...
The NHS would need around 7,000 fewer emergency hospital beds if all areas of England achieved the same rate of admission and average length of stay for over 65s as those with the lowest use,...
When the independent Children and Young People's Health Outcomes Forum was established in January, its work was billed by the DH as a genuine chance to improve the availability and quality of...
Diabetes prescriptions given to primary care patients in England topped 40 million for the first time last year, following a 50 per cent increase in six years.
Increasing alcohol specialist nurse services across England could help prevent hospital admissions resulting from alcohol misuse, an influential group of MPs has said.
The UK's most senior public health nurse has called on primary care and community nurses to capitalise on the success of the Olympic and Paralympic Games.
The Children's Food Campaign is calling on the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to take a tougher stance on the food and drink companies it allows to sponsor the Olympics.
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Proposals to vaccinate older people against shingles could help prevent the debilitating symptoms illustrated in the following case study, writes Chris Parr
The NHS must evolve to meet need, while keeping true to its founding principles, writes Bernadette Higgins
Persistent asthma symptoms cause significant morbidity and poor control leads to increased hospital admissions, writes Gerri Kaufman
Constipation is a common childhood problem but involves a wide range of factors, write Siba Prosad Paul, Candy Lam and Cathy Dewdney
Quitting becomes harder the more dependent on cigarettes a patient becomes, write Andy McEwen and Hayden McRobbie.
The most common viruses that cause hepatitis (inflammation of the liver) are hepatitis A, B and C. Most people recover from hepatitis A with no lasting liver damage but chronic infection with...
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