The NHS is to roll out a “game-changing” new laser beam therapy next month to help reduce seizures for patients with epilepsy. The cutting-edge fibre optic laser therapy, known as Laser Interstitial ...

Voxelotor (Oxbryta®) will be administered in the form of a tablet taken once a day for eligible patients and could help reduce the need for blood transfusions and lead to fewer hospital appointments.

The latest surveillance data from UKHSA shows since 1 October 2023 more than 1200 cases of measles have been confirmed in England (1212 as of April 22) – 45.5% (551) of these cases have been in the ...

The NHS has a huge footprint, with an estate spanning 25 million m 2 – that’s equivalent to over 3500 football pitches. We have over 10,000 buildings, including 1,140 hospitals and 7,500 primary care ...

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New NHS data published today shows there were around 29.8 million appointments delivered by GPs and their teams in just one month, compared with 24.2 million in March 2019 – an increase of 5.6 million ...

Across the country, there is a growing army of dedicated community health and wellbeing workers (CHWWs) who are playing a ...

Around 150 children are diagnosed with low grade gliomas every year in the UK and around 30 are diagnosed with high grade gliomas – and up to one fifth have a mutation in their BRAF gene which makes ...

There is no NHS without the people who work in it, and those people are working incredibly hard to deliver a huge and growing amount for our patients. Improving the working lives of NHS staff is a key ...

The NHS is determined to make it easier and quicker for patients to see their GP and members of the primary care team. That is why in May 2023, along with the Department of Health and Social Care ...