The Health Secretary urged GPs to ‘stop shutting the door on patients,’ while promising to cut down on red tapism and free up doctors
Researchers have called for more efforts to ‘redress the balance of children’s diets,’ as sweet cereals, puddings and white bread were found to be the major diet of seven-year-olds
At least 18,000 deaths were associated with flu during the last two winters, despite last winter being a relatively mild flu season, the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has announced.
Tens of thousands of children and eligible adults living with type 1 diabetes across England are set to receive an ‘artificial pancreas’, NHS England has announced.
The General Secretary and Chief Executive of the RCN, Professor Nicola Ranger, referred to reports of traumatic impact amongst NHS staff, stating that: ‘Today’s evidence profoundly captures the...
Professor Chris Whitty said that the UK had no choice but to impose a lockdown to avoid a ‘catastrophic’ amount of pressure on the healthcare system
They were refused tests despite black men being 2.5 times more likely to die from the disease, which cancer charity called a ‘shocking’ reality
Pain is a stark, four-letter rebuke to the hubris of clinicians. We have the power to diagnose this, treat or at least manage that, but the question most patients want answered is, can we make the...
Nurses did not find the pay award to be fair, stating that they were looking for ‘urgent action, not rhetorical commitments’
Cardiovascular disease was found to be the ‘number one killer’ of women because they were ‘underdiagnosed, undertreated and under-represented in clinical trials’
Margaret Umeed looks at how nurses can advise patients during travel health consultations
These are some concrete and manageable early steps the new government can take to bring real change and benefit for the staff that our health service relies on
People with leukaemia will be offered a once-a-day tablet alongside chemotherapy, boosting their chances of survival and ‘offering them precious extra time with their families and friends’
None of the NHS maternity services inspected were ‘fit for purpose,’ with Health Secretary Wes Streeting calling this a ‘cause for national shame’
England’s former chief nursing officer said that the removal of bursary for student nurses had a ‘lasting impact’ on the workforce during the pandemic
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