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A significant number of NHS trusts continue to report long waits, particularly those attending major A&E departments.
The UK is investing significantly less in health care capital as a share of GDP compared to most other similar countries.
Matt Hancock is setting out his ambition for every patient to have ready access to social prescribing schemes on the NHS.
Cases of anorexia are on the rise among preteen children in the UK and Ireland, with rates having as much as doubled in 10 years.
Change needs to happen at greater pace in the Welsh Government’s attempts to strengthen primary care in the country.
Matt Hancock has approved £184 million of capital loan funding to go towards some of the most urgent hospital upgrades.
Cancer patients have claimed that their physical and mental health is being negatively impacted by current pressures on the NHS workforce.
Western Sussex Hospitals has become the first non-specialist acute trust to be rated ‘Outstanding’ in all the key inspection areas.
£200 million is lying unused by cash-strapped health trusts in England because of restrictions in the government’s apprenticeship levy scheme.
LGBT people are being let down in hospitals by structures and services that are not inclusive or designed with them in mind.
A growing shortage of skilled children’s palliative care doctors and nurses across England has reached crisis point.
Nearly 30,000 people across the country with Type 1 diabetes have received life-changing diabetes monitors.
Nearly 70 GP IT system suppliers are to be awarded contracts to supply IT systems via the new GP IT Futures framework.
The NIHR has launched a new open competition to designate the next round of Academic Health Science Centres in England.
King's College London has claimed that sudden spikes in air pollution trigger hundreds more heart attacks, strokes and acute asthma attacks.
Matt Hancock has announced that all NHS doctors and dentists in England will now have access to a comprehensive mental health service.
Fusion21 has announced the launch of its national Energy Efficiency Framework – worth up to £250 million over a four-year period.
Prescription processing is to become digital by default as the final phase of the Electronic Prescription Service is rolled out across the country.
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