Under current best practice guidelines, patients should receive an MRI and biopsy within 7 days of an urgent GP referral for suspected prostate cancer but depending on the capacity of radiologists ...

Women will be able to access the morning-after pill free of charge on the NHS in high-street pharmacies across England from today.

This early increase has prompted concerns of flu spreading into the wider population in the coming weeks and triggering a “long and drawn-out flu season”. NHS teams are ramping up efforts on its ...

Evidence submitted to the NHS Pay Review Body (NHSPRB), Review Body on Doctors’ and Dentists’ Remuneration (DDRB), and the Senior Salaries Review Body (SSRB) by the Department of Health and Social ...

The NHS 10 Year Health Plan calls for a strategic shift to support people to live longer healthier and more independent lives ...

Millions of people are using online consultation requests to contact their GP practice each month, as the NHS gives people more choice in how they can safely contact their family doctor.

The government’s Chief Medical Officer, Professor Chris Whitty, and the former National Medical Director at NHS England, Professor Stephen Powis, have led the Medical Training Review to understand ...

An innovative 15-minute blood test which can fast-track the diagnosis of children with potentially life-threatening conditions is being trialled by the NHS this winter.

Therapeutic play has profound impacts on children’s healthcare experiences and outcomes. Starlight’s report on Health Play ...

And by resetting the foundations of the NHS, it will unleash the ambition of local teams to help drive the strategic shifts set out in the 10 Year Health Plan – creating the platform for NHS boards ...

The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has described the PCREF as “the single most important lever we have to reduce racial disparities in mental health’’. Embedding its principles into the ...

Dr Rani Khatib FRPharmS, FESC is National Specialty Advisor for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention at NHS England; Senior Consultant Pharmacist in Cardiology and Cardiovascular research at Leeds ...