The NHS is launching a search for nearly 150,000 volunteers to take part in a series of research trials that could transform cancer treatment. Three cancer projects have been selected as part of the ...

Staff working in A&E and ambulance services experienced more pressure than any October on record, new figures show today, as the NHS heads into winter busier than ever before. Despite the continued ...

An estimated 5.6 million people in the UK are living with diabetes and rates are rising. Recent figures showed that 549,000 more people have been identified over the past year as being at risk of ...

Following our letter on 25 April regarding Improving working lives, we are writing to give you an update on the StatMand programme and an outline of what we are currently doing, and what action we ...

The NHS is set to revolutionise access to cancer screening for women in a major drive to boost uptake and save thousands of lives, the head of the NHS has announced. From next month, the NHS will ...

Thank you, Sathnam. It’s great to be here with you again. A lot has changed since last year. Resident doctors strikes resolved. Hard to envision then but bringing huge benefits for patients now. A new ...

Thousands of lives could be saved thanks to the roll-out of an improved anti-smoking pill on the NHS in England, the head of the health service will announce today. Varenicline has been shown to work ...

More than 5,000 people in England have been diagnosed with lung cancer earlier thanks to an innovative NHS initiative, which ...

This is the most recent version of the national Cancer Drugs Fund list, and replaces any earlier versions. It contains updates to the previous list, as well as new drugs and indications which have ...

Obesity levels among children starting their first year of school have increased to almost one in ten, according to new NHS figures published today. The National Child Measurement Programme, which ...

Tens of thousands of people who have a stroke could be diagnosed and treated sooner as new data found that the average time between onset of first symptoms and a 999 call being made was nearly an hour ...

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