People from Black, Asian and ethnic minority communities facing mental illness or distress encounter barriers in accessing personalised mental health care, including personal health budgets, which are ...

A framework issued by NHS England and available to adopt from today, outlines how those working in the health service should recognise, report and act on sexual misconduct in the workplace. NHS staff ...

Today is World Menopause Day. It aims to break taboo and improve women’s health and wellbeing by raising awareness about the symptoms of menopause and the support options available. Each year there is ...

For the first time, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence has recommended a targeted treatment option for ALK-positive non-small-cell lung cancer, to be given after surgery to reduce ...

Group clinics are recognised within modern general practice as a way of embedding personalised care for people with long term conditions (NHS England 2023). Trials and systematic reviews of group ...

Patient safety across health and social care is set to be bolstered as the government takes action to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of key patient safety organisations. The move, aimed at ...

Across England, practices are working at an unprecedented level of activity with daily appointments running at almost 1.5 million. Despite this, the value of funding into the national contract is at a ...

This analysis from Nuffield Trust and the Health Foundation reveals that there are large differences between how long different groups of patients are waiting for NHS care in England. In particular, ...

A former international sprinter who retired as an NHS nurse after nearly fifty years of service and teams helping deploy AI to improve patient care are among the winners of this year’s NHS ...

This analysis shows that each year around 300,000 people aged 16–64 have left the workforce and report having a work-limiting health condition. Once out of the workforce, these individuals are nearly ...

There are over five million smokers in England and many face ill health and premature death. Dependence on tobacco is treatable and with support, people are three times more likely to quit. Evidence ...

The NHS is urging students and parents of young children to get themselves and their loved ones protected against meningitis ahead of an expected surge in cases that typically follow the start of the ...