Health care leaders have raised concerns over the ‘state of unease’ that currently exists within the medical profession.

New research has suggested that toddlers should be screened for an inherited form of heart disease when they have their routine jabs.

In an interview with the Nursing Times, Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt has said that Britain’s decision to leave the EU could offer the government an opportunity to reform professional regulators.

Official figures have shown that all seven health boards in Wales met their ambulance response times target in September.

According to a survey from the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG), around three in four labour wards to not have on-site overnight cover from consultants.

A study conducted by the University of Manchester and published in the Lancet, has shown that giving parents the skills to better communicate and bond with their children can improve their child’s autism.

Public Health England (PHE) has released a statement warning that just two per cent of people in Britain can identify health and lifestyle factors that increase the risk of developing dementia.

An ambitious plan shake-up of Northern Ireland's health and social care system to make it fit for the 21st century has been unveiled.

NHS England chief executive Simon Stevens has announced a £130 million fund to modernise radiotherapy care across England.

Every NHS trust in the country is delivering ‘vital’ clinical research that is helping to drive medical breakthroughs, a league table has revealed.

Public Health England has forecast that the number of people diagnosed with diabetes could top five million if obesity rates continue to increase.

A global study of drinking habits, published in the BMJ Open, has claimed that the alcohol consumption gender gap is closing.

Researchers have claimed that doctors who spend 30 seconds telling patients they need to lose weight can have a dramatic impact.

The Department for Health (DH) has announced new recommendations which set out how patients can get quicker access to new and innovative diagnostic tools, treatments and medical technologies.

The British Medical Association (BMA) has called on the government to introduce a UK-wide 24-hour helpline for prescription drug dependence, to support patients who are being weaned of drugs.

The Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust in Liverpool has been ranked as ‘outstanding’ by the Care Quality Commission.

The Academy of Medical Royal Colleges has drawn up a list of 40 treatments which offer little or no benefit to patients, as part of the Choose Wisely campaign to reduce the number of unnecessary medical treatments.

A study conducted by the University of Stirling, and published in EBioMedicine has suggested that heading a football can significantly affect a player’s brain function and memory, for up to 24 hours.

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