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Social care employers will be better able to equip their staff with the skills required to benefit from new technologies, enhancing patient care and providing staff with career development opportunities, thanks to new guidance published today....

Councillor Karen Grinsell opened the first skin and cryotherapy clinic in Solihull at a special launch event by Active Clinics as they expand their revolutionary treatments across the Midlands. After bringing a range of innovative treatments...

Ahead of Mental Health Awareness Week (15 to 22 May 2023), Better Health – Every Mind Matters from the Office for Health Improvement and Disparities (OHID) is launching a new campaign backed by BAFTA award-winning comedian, Tom Davis,...

The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA), supported by the Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, has launched a study to better understand how the body reacts to the mpox virus and produces antibodies. People will...

A hidden epidemic of drug-driving is at large in Britain, with almost 1-in-3 motorists unwittingly driving with dangerous amounts of drugs in their system, according to the UK’s leading road safety charity, IAM RoadSmart. But the...

Dr Ajay Verma The BBC broadcaster, George Alagiah is supporting the first national NHS bowel screening campaign that asks anyone who receives a free test kit: “put it by the loo, don’t put it off” as...

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The UK Government has named two leaders in dementia research to spearhead the ambitious national Mission to tackle dementia, which was launched in memory of the late Dame Barbara Windsor. Hilary Evans is the Chief Executive...

From 1 April 2023, women prescribed HRT – the main treatment for menopause symptoms – will have access to a new scheme enabling access to a year’s worth of menopause prescription items for the cost of 2 single...

An initial investigation by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has found UnitedHealth’s £1.2bn deal to buy EMIS could reduce competition leading to worse outcomes for the NHS and ultimately patients and UK taxpayers. The NHS...