New ways to diagnose and manage asthma

New tests to help diagnose asthma and a change in how medicines are offered can help people take control of their asthma, NICE says.

New blood donation rules applied

Changes to the rules on blood donation in England have now come into force, meaning that more people can donate blood.

Obesity warning due to heart disease concerns

British men are the most obese across Europe, leading to worries over an increase in deaths from heart disease and strokes in the UK.

Warning over 50-year high for scarlet fever cases

New research has shown that more than 17,000 cases of scarlet fever were reported in 2016, marking its highest level in England for 50 years.

Health minister says nursing staff deserve fairer pay

Health Minister Philip Dunne has responded to a Royal College of Nursing letter by saying that nursing staff deserve a fair pay package.

Hunt pledges better action on baby deaths

Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt has sad that the NHS must learn from its mistakes to cut the number of baby deaths and injuries in childbirth.

Dynamic Purchasing System to give simple access to HSCN services

NHS Digital and CCS have created a new DPS to give providers a simple and convenient access to companies that supply HSCN services.

New cyber security service to boost NHS protection

NHS Digital has announced a £20 million project to boost its ability to support the NHS with its data security.

Paramedics could be given power to issue medicine

Paramedics could be given the power to prescribe medication in a bid to reduce thousands of unnecessary hospital visits and free up GPs.

NHS warned against ‘betraying’ mental health patients

Mental health groups say the NHS risks a 'betrayal' of patients if the £1 billion put aside for therapies and staff is delayed to plug funding gaps left by the Budget.

Children’s mental health crisis worsening

New figures obtained by Spurgeons Children’s Charity show that the children’s mental health crisis in England is worsening, with 60 per cent denied treatment.

Brunel partnership centre launched

The Brunel Partners Academic Centre for Health Sciences has officially launched.

Give child ‘super-spreaders’ flu vaccine, NHS urges

Children should be given the flu vaccine before Christmas to stop them putting older relatives at risk, NHS bosses have warned.

Patient safety at risk as junior doctors left to run A&Es

Inexperienced junior doctors are too often being left in charge of A&E and other units, jeopardising the safety of hospital patients.

Increase in number of NHS staff getting flu jab

There has been a 5.6 per cent increase in the number of frontline NHS healthcare workers receiving their flu vaccine.

CareCERT updates to boost NHS comms during incidents

NHS Digital has established an additional effective and secure system to deliver essential cyber security updates across the whole NHS.

Men and women encouraged to have home cancer test

PHE is urging all men and women, aged over 60, to get screened for bowel cancer after finding a decline in the number taking the home cancer test.

EU nationals' status threatened by lack of funds

'Significant doubts’ remain over the government’s ability to register millions of EU nationals for settled status in the UK, because of inadequate resourcing.

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