Millions of patients can now register with a new GP at the touch of a button via the NHS App and online as part of a major health service drive to make care more convenient and free up staff time. New ...

The NHS’s top cancer doctor has urged the public to check for changes in their body and cancer symptoms, as a new survey found people were nearly twice as likely to check the weather forecast or their ...

Patients with advanced skin cancer in England are set to be fast-tracked into trials of a new cancer vaccine, following the expansion of a world-leading NHS programme. The needle-free injection, which ...

The climate emergency is a health emergency. Climate change threatens the foundations of good health, with direct and immediate consequences for our patients, the public and the NHS. The situation is ...

Women with advanced breast cancer could soon have access to a new targeted treatment on the NHS, following a decision by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE). The tablet ...

This publication outlines the functionalities that clinical digital systems need to support optimal antimicrobial stewardship (AMS) in primary and secondary care.

In 2015 NHS England was asked by Department of Health to review the Council of Europe ’10 key characteristics of good nutrition and hydration care’. These have been reviewed and changes been made ...

The NHS has delivered more than 3.1 million additional appointments since July 2024 and hit the ambitious faster diagnosis standard for cancer, new figures show today. Monthly performance data shows ...

Chair and National Programme of Care Clinical Lead: Professor Simon Kenny, National Clinical Director and Consultant Paediatric Surgeon at Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust Women and Children ...

The Waiting List Minimum Dataset (WLMDS) is a weekly data collection relating to demand, activity and waiting lists for elective care. Providers of NHS services that fall within the scope of Referral ...

The NHS Talking Therapies, for anxiety and depression programme (formerly known as Improving Access to Psychological Therapies, IAPT) was developed to improve the delivery of, and access to, ...

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