Social media is full of before-and-after pictures. They are the source of wild gossip about Hollywood stars, and now the … Read More “Are injections the answer to tackling obesity?”
Following interventions from social prescribing link workers there has been an increase in the number of completed health checks among … Read More “Addressing health inequalities”
GP practices must offer patients an assessment or signpost them to an appropriate service on first contact, in newly-announced changes to … Read More “Practices can ‘no longer ask patients to contact them at later date’”
To help mark the NHS’s 75th anniversary in July, NHS England and Inspiring the Future have teamed up to inspire … Read More “Schools talks to mark NHS’s 75th anniversary”
Hospitals are being asked to offer a wider range of gown sizes to better protect patients’ dignity. It follows the … Read More “Offer patients more gown sizes”
The National Health Service (Charges for Drugs and Appliances) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (‘the Amendment Regulations’) have today been laid before … Read More “NHS prescription charges from 1 April 2023”
The campaign will offer booster vaccinations to those aged 75 and over, residents in care homes, and those aged five … Read More “Practices asked to begin spring Covid booster campaign in April”
Scotland has become the first country in the world to stop its hospitals using the anaesthetic desflurane because of the … Read More “Scotland first to ban environmentally harmful anaesthetic”
A consultation has begun on the decision to conditionally recommend the digital enabled therapies which address depression and anxiety disorders, … Read More “Digitally enabled therapies”
In its role as the regulator of general practice in England, the CQC monitors, reviews, inspects and rates surgeries across … Read More “CQC inspections: how can practices challenge the results?”