Both the flu and COVID-19 vaccines should continue to be offered to all eligible frontline health and social care professionals, including clinical and non-clinical staff who have direct contact with ...

Each year, in Australia, a 600km marathon race is held between the cities of Sydney and Melbourne – attracting some of the countries finest runners. In 1983 a 61-year-old called Cliff Young turned up ...

This toolkit is designed for integrated care board (ICB) antimicrobial resistance (AMR) leads to use in self-assessments or peer reviews. It supports compliance with ICBs’ statutory duty under section ...

NHS staff delivered 239, 679 more vaccinations so far this winter compared to the same period last year. This is despite starting the full programme rollout in October, a month later than last year, ...

The NHS digital weight management programme is available via self-referral for NHS staff. Over 32,000 NHS colleagues have utilised the offer. The programme takes 12 weeks to complete. Participants can ...

Like most countries, the UK is ageing. Over the past five decades, the median age has risen from 34 to 41. This deep demographic trend has all sorts of implications for public policy, not least the ...

In its report in May 2024, Pharmacy, the predecessor Health and Social Care Committee said that the government must urgently reform the funding framework for community pharmacy if more clinical ...

New asthma clinical guidelines have been published. These include significant changes in inhaler prescribing practices, for example the move away from SABA-only prescribing towards alternative regimes ...

NHS England is running cancer campaigns to tackle barriers to timely presentation, targeting adults over 50, particularly from lower socio-economic groups and Black and South Asian backgrounds who are ...

The Provider Selection Regime (PSR) regulations came into effect on 1 January 2024. These regulations must now be used by NHS commissioners when procuring new contracts or making and managing ...

Hundreds of thousands more people will be sent a home-testing kit that can help to detect signs of bowel cancer, as the NHS expands its screening programme to those aged 50 in England. People aged 50 ...