Women, babies, and families will receive safer and higher-quality NHS care through a new Maternity and Neonatal taskforce. The government has finalised the membership of the taskforce, which will ...

This report highlights the socioeconomic inequalities in head and neck cancer across the UK, with those from the poorest areas disproportionately affected. According to the analysis, people in the ...

NHS England has published resources including an animation on suicide prevention to support staff on how to recognise signs of suicidal distress in themselves and others, and the ways in which they ...

Healthwatch has published a report The public’s perspective: the state of health and social care. The report aims to show what care feels like for the people using it, and make recommendations to fix ...

The 2026/27 GP Contract includes a requirement that patients identified by the practice as clinically urgent must be dealt with on the same day. This supports a Medium Term Planning Framework target.

The Department for Education are raising awareness among GP teams about the long-term impacts experienced by those affected by historic forced adoption practices – mothers separated from their babies ...

World Oral Health Day is on 20 March and marks the final year of the Happy Mouth campaign theme. The campaign celebrates every life — young and old — because feeling your best starts with a healthy ...

A treatment option for menopausal hot flushes and night sweats can be used in the NHS when hormone replacement therapy (HRT) is not suitable. Fezolinetant (also called Veoza and made by Astellas ...

Around 80,000 people will be better supported in the community following an increase in funding for nursing care. Care homes providing tailored nursing care to patients in the community will benefit ...

The Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) vaccination programme is being expanded to all adults aged 80 and over and all residents in care homes for older adults, in addition to existing cohorts. As set ...

It's acknowledged that social care reform is essential. This report explores why public opinion and attitudes towards social care are a key barrier to change.

More dentists will be available to see patients by increasing places on two professional registration exams. Qualified dentists from overseas who are often already living in the UK are currently ...