Heart disease drug available for NHS patients

The introduction of inclisiran on the NHS has been approved, providing the potential to save up to 30,000 lives over the next 10 years.

Elderly urged to change approach to mental ill health

A new campaign has been launched to encourage older people to access treatment for mental health conditions.

£6bn NHS backlog on infrastructure spending

The NHS is missing out on tens of millions of pounds from housing developers because councils are failing to ask for the funds.

Patient feedback not benefiting service improvement

The NHS is spending millions encouraging patients to give feedback but the information gained is not being used effectively to improve services.

Air quality-related heart attacks could exceed 160,000 by 2030

Heart and circulatory disease deaths attributed to particulate matter air pollution could exceed 160,000 over the next decade in the UK.

20,000 patients miss GP appointments each day

More than one million people fail to turn up to appointments at GP surgeries every month, at a cost of more than £200 million a year.

Same-day appointments with local pharmacists

Over 100,000 patients have had appointments with expert pharmacists in the last 10 weeks, relieving pressure on GPs and A&E departments.

Major investment key to cancer survival improvement

UCL warns that the UK will fall even further behind other wealthy nations for lung cancer survival rates without major investment.

Two tier system creates 35 per cent gender pay gap

Female GPs earn an average of £40,000 a year less than their male colleagues – one of the worst gender pay gaps for any profession.

Mental health workforce is at breaking point

A survey of mental health care professionals has laid bare the terrible impact of a shortage of mental health staff in the face of rising demand.

CQC rates BHRUT as Requires Improvement

The Care Quality Commission has rated Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust as Requires Improvement.

One in four young people with mental health referral 'rejected'

A quarter of children and young people referred to mental health services in England last year were not accepted for treatment.

Unfair treatment affecting many SAS and LE doctors

A GMC survey has sound that SAS and LE doctors have been bullied, undermined or harassed at work in the last year.

Winter weather causes longer A&E waits

Growing pressures at hospitals across the NHS over the last month have led to long delays for patients seeking emergency care.

NHS delays responsible for glaucoma patients going blind

Patients are going blind because of long waits to see eye doctors, with  inadequate capacity within hospital eye services blamed.

Almost half of British women have ‘poor sexual health'

New research has claimed that almost half of women in Britain have poor sexual health.

General practice is running on empty, warns RCGP

The Royal College of GPs has warned that family doctors are under intense pressure and general practice is running on empty.

Alleged sexual assault on mixed NHS wards revealed

New figures show that more than 1,000 sexual assaults have been reported on mixed-sex NHS mental health wards in the last three years.

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