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Matt Hancock has said tackling the world’s largest collection of fax machines will help determine his success as Health Secretary.
Meeting the needs of the increasing number of patients with multiple health conditions will be one of the biggest challenges facing the NHS.
Welsh GPs are concerned that pressures on the health service will negatively affect their ability to deliver patient care this winter.
The Department of Health and Social Care has written to all NHS trusts warning that hospital food is at risk from a no-deal Brexit.
With Self Care Week launching, more than 22 million people are being targeted to better look after their own health.
NHS leaders have pledged to make specialist health support for veterans available in every part of the health service across the country.
New NHS guidance will help doctors, nurses and other health staff use instant messaging safely to co-ordinate patients’ care during emergencies.
Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust will discharge patients within just 24 hours of being admitted under a new scheme.
The CQC has welcomed improvements at South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust, but leaves the trust in special measures.
A new approach to outpatient care is needed if it is to meet growing demand and reduce disruption to patients’ lives.
New figures have revealed that prescriptions for diabetes in England are now costing the NHS more than £1 billion a year.
New figures have suggested that the NHS is on course for its worst annual cancer waiting statistics on record.
NHS workforce statistics have revealed a decline in the number of NHS psychiatrists treating troubled children and young people.
Genetic testing for people in Yorkshire and the North East is to benefit from a new genomics laboratory hub for the region.
Figures showing an increase in nurses and midwives registering to work in the UK are masking 'severe workforce instability’.
Thousands of type-1 diabetics in England are being denied access to a ‘life-changing’ blood sugar monitor due to a postcode lottery.
Vaughan Gething has announced that £3 million will be made available to improve access to technology for health staff and patients.
The Health Secretary has said that social prescribing of arts and culture should become an ‘indispensable tool’ for doctors.
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