Across England, practices are working at an unprecedented level of activity with daily appointments running at almost 1.5 million. Despite this, the value of funding into the national contract is at a ...

A former international sprinter who retired as an NHS nurse after nearly fifty years of service and teams helping deploy AI to improve patient care are among the winners of this year’s NHS ...

This analysis from Nuffield Trust and the Health Foundation reveals that there are large differences between how long different groups of patients are waiting for NHS care in England. In particular, ...

Patient safety across health and social care is set to be bolstered as the government takes action to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of key patient safety organisations. The move, aimed at ...

This analysis shows that each year around 300,000 people aged 16–64 have left the workforce and report having a work-limiting health condition. Once out of the workforce, these individuals are nearly ...

There are over five million smokers in England and many face ill health and premature death. Dependence on tobacco is treatable and with support, people are three times more likely to quit. Evidence ...

The NHS is urging students and parents of young children to get themselves and their loved ones protected against meningitis ahead of an expected surge in cases that typically follow the start of the ...

A practical toolkit is now available to help improve the consistency, safety and efficiency of repeat prescribing systems in England. The repeat prescribing toolkit, from the Royal Pharmaceutical ...

NHS England has published mpox pathway action cards for patients self-presenting in general practice. It sets out the actions to take when patients present to primary care and are identified as at ...

Information on the next steps for ear checks, dental checks, and sight testing within special educational settings, which includes documentation to support systems to put in place local commissioning ...

The need to invest in primary care and community services to repair the NHS is highlighted in the recent report by Lord Darzi. This edition of PCC Insight highlights what integrated care boards can do ...

Around 3.8 million people were in contact with NHS mental health, learning disability and autism services over the last year, up almost two fifths compared to before the pandemic. NHS figures ...