Almost 70,000 people with mental health issues were given employment support last year as part of the NHS Talking Therapies Programme – up nearly two-thirds on the year before. New data also shows ...

Community Pharmacy England has launched its fourth annual pressures survey, and all pharmacy owners and staff are asked to share their views. The survey provides crucial evidence as part of ongoing ...

PCC’s new programme for women developing in a leadership role in health and social care focusses on growing the confidence to work across the system and the influence to reach across organisational ...

The UK government has announced £5.5 million for research into transmission, new vaccines and treatments to tackle the mpox outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo and neighbouring countries. The ...

People with Jewish ancestry have been identified as being at increased risk of cancer and offered risk-reducing options, as part of a genetic testing programme. Data shows that over 25,000 free saliva ...

People with hearing loss will have access to new hearing aid devices. Guidance has been published, giving businesses around the world the green light to sell certain pioneering hearing aids in the UK.

Reflecting on a shift with the London Ambulance Service, Sarah Woolnough, chief executive of The King’s Fund, suggests that a preventive focus could avoid much of the pressure faced by the front line, ...

NHS eye care is an important primary care service and commissioners need to manage contractual arrangements appropriately. At times there will be disputes between the commissioner and the contractor ...

With some capital investment starting to become available for primary care estates it’s important that practices who need premises schemes have their business case and project initiation documents ...

Each year, in Australia, a 600km marathon race is held between the cities of Sydney and Melbourne – attracting some of the countries finest runners. In 1983 a 61-year-old called Cliff Young turned up ...

GP premises are essential to the delivery of NHS primary medical services and commissioners have the responsibility to make the necessary reimbursements for premises costs to GP contractors. This ...

Practices and commissioners are reminded that practices are eligible for an Item of Service (IoS) fee for additional vaccines administered to eligible individuals where clinically indicated for ...