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As part of a package of measures to fill vacancies in the health service, the NHS in England is set to use Mumsnet to help recruit nurses.
US ambassador says that the US will want business access to the NHS in any post-Brexit trade deal.
GP surgery closures across the UK have reached an all-time high, negatively impacting more than 500,000 patients last year.
Sexual health must be sufficiently funded on a national level, to deliver high quality sexual health services and information.
Health Secretary Matt Hancock will pledge that the UK should allow complete freedom of movement for medics from around the world.
Welsh Health Secretary Vaughan Gething has announced £13 million in funding for the replacement of operational ambulances.
There are now 7,302 more full time equivalent (FTE) health professionals working in primary care than three years ago.
More than two-thirds of NHS acute trusts in England now prohibit smoking on site as part of their journey to becoming smokefree.
Overseas doctors will no longer have to meet onerous visa fees and financial thresholds to work in the NHS, following changes to migration rules.
Older people account for only seven per cent of primary care access hub visits compared with 33 per cent of in-hours GP contacts.
There will be a social care funding gap of £4.4 billion in England in 2023/24 to meet rising demand and address critical staffing shortages.
Almost two thirds of nurses say staffing shortages are the main barrier to providing good care to dying patients.
Newcastle Hospitals has been rated ‘outstanding’ for the second time in a row by the Care Quality Commission.
Free NHS Wi-Fi is now available in 6,749 GP practices and 212 acute, mental health and community NHS trusts across England.
A leaked government report has warned that the NHS could be short of almost 70,000 nurses within five years.
More than 50,000 people have taken charge of their own care after being handed control of how their NHS funding is spent.
Staff are using Skype to help older people get faster care, reduce avoidable ambulance call-outs and help people stay out of hospital.
Shops on NHS sites are taking the lead in promoting healthy diet by banning the sale of high-energy drinks to under-16s.
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