The former chief executive of NHS England, Lord Nigel Crisp, has raised concern over data which showed over 100 people with acute mental health needs deemed fit to leave hospital could not be discharged due to a lack of support services in Northern Ireland.

University College London has published its findings of the world’s largest dementia research experiment, which takes the form of a video game, and shows the decline in navigational skills as one of the first symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease.

Chris Hopson, of NHS Providers, has warned that patients in England will see rising waiting times, rationing and cuts in the number of staff if the NHS does not receive more funding.

The head of a Birmingham hospital has said that the impact of the Brexit vote was to blame for staff shortages.

Welsh Health Secretary Vaughan Gething has said the NHS in Wales is as ‘well prepared as it can be’ to face the pressures of winter.

The MHRA has officially launched the Joint Action on Market Surveillance of Medical Devices.

In some areas, NHS bodies are spending little more than £2 per child, analysis from the Royal College of Psychiatrists has shown.

The drug pertuzumab has been approved for use in the NHS, after the manufacturer agreed a substantial discount on the list price.

A leaked report has shown that parts of southern England are facing a £479 million NHS budget deficit by 2020.

A new online calculator can help couples find out their chances of having a baby over multiple cycles of IVF treatment.

The way older people are being cared for in England is ‘shameful’ and ‘scandalous’, Age UK and the Alzheimer's Society have said.

A merger of the Royal Liverpool and Aintree University hospitals has been proposed in the draft STP for Merseyside and Cheshire.

A new report from the Nuffield Trust has found that although digital technology can transform patients’ lives, its impact on the NHS is far from clear

According to the latest figures from NHS Digital, one in every four women invited for cervical cancer screening in England do not attend the test.

The Welsh government has announced that Cardiac units in the country as set to receive £10 million in funding, to help replace key laboratory equipment.

A study published in the BMJ Quality and Safety journal has questioned the rollout of the new nursing association role, claiming the use of junior care roles are linked to higher death rates.

A new report by ASH and Cancer Research UK has warned that Stop Smoking Services across England are facing ongoing budget cuts after six in ten local authorities (59 per cent) were forced to reduce their funding in the last year.

New analysis by Cancer Research UK and Public Health England (PHE) has found that black women in England are twice as likely to be diagnosed with advanced breast cancer as white women.

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