Hospitals in England have been hit by a storm of norovirus infections as the number of beds taken up by patients with the virus reached a record high last week.   An average 1,160 patients a day were ...

Two of England’s leading doctors are to oversee a significant review into postgraduate training for newly qualified medics. National Medical Director Professor Sir Stephen Powis and Chief Medical ...

Hundreds of children with severe epilepsy will be able to benefit from a groundbreaking new treatment on the NHS that could significantly reduce their seizures, providing new hope for them and their ...

Thousands more breast cancers could be detected earlier in England next year in a major new NHS drive to support more women to attend potentially life-saving breast screening. The NHS in England has ...

A record number of women are up to date with their breast screening yet almost a third of invitees did not attend last year, according to NHS figures published today. The NHS England annual data shows ...

Thousands more people across England are to benefit from routine HIV testing in A&Es this year, thanks to the extension of a major NHS public health initiative. Under a new expansion plan, 30 more ...

The postgraduate medical training review is a nationwide initiative overseen by NHS England’s National Medical Director, Professor Sir Stephen Powis and the Chief Medical Officer, Professor Sir Chris ...

Case study summary NHS Walsall Clinical Commissioning Group commissioned the role of Dementia Support Workers to provide specialist evidence-based advice, development sessions and support to care home ...

The principles for digital technologies help clinicians consider whether use of a digital technology is the most appropriate, effective and least restrictive method of caring for or treating a patient ...

This briefing draws on official statistics published here. Ongoing demand for emergency care placed pressure on urgent and emergency services in January. There was a total of 2,218,130 attendances at ...

The High Intensity Use (HIU) programme typically supports individuals aged 18 and over who attend an Emergency Department (ED) more than expected. We define this as attending ED more than five times a ...