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 ...

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 ...

Families and children across England will be able to access pregnancy support, infant feeding advice, parenting classes and other support to give their child the best start in life, following a £126 ...

Online searches for NHS advice on common childhood illnesses surged in 2024, according to new figures compiled by NHS England. Five of the ten most visited health conditions on the NHS website last ...

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 ...

To help build a health service fit for the future the government is holding the largest national conversation on the future of the NHS. Alongside the call for the public, staff and the wider health ...

Over the last year, one million people with atrial fibrillation (AF) – a condition that causes an irregular and often abnormally fast heartbeat – have been prescribed anticoagulant medication that ...

The NHS in England is facing an uphill battle with demand for gambling addiction help more than doubling since last year. Referrals have gone up almost 130%, with almost 2,000 people referred to ...

The government has published the General Ophthalmic Services Contracts (Payments for sight-testing services provided in a special educational setting) Directions 2024. Sign up to receive our daily ...

NHS England’s new plan sets out how the NHS will reform elective care services and meet the 18 week referral to treatment standard by March 2029. Under this plan elective care will be increasingly ...

NHS eye care is an important primary care service. Commissioners must make the contractual arrangements so services can be made available to patients and appropriately manage them. This virtual ...

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 ...