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Whether you reach for the TV controller, or a favourite book, your choice could have implications for your long-term brain health, say researchers at the University of South Australia.

Major investment for hospices has been announced by the government with the aim of ensuring that hospices can continue to deliver high quality end of life care.

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust will partner with Sodexo to deliver its soft facilities management services across the Trust’s two acute hospitals – Colchester and Ipswich, and community services in East Suffolk and North Essex. These include Aldeburgh, Felixstowe and Harwich Hospitals, and Bluebird Lodge in Ipswich.

​ For the second year running all Nuffield Health hospitals performing joint replacement surgery in England and Wales have been awarded the highest ‘Gold Quality Data Award’ by the National Joint Registry (NJR) for their commitment to patient safety.

A host of the biggest names in medicine have received special recognition as the RCSEd concludes the year.

NHS Trusts are losing millions of pounds to staff sick days, unnecessarily. That’s the message from healthcare leaders at Alder Hey Children’s NHS Trust, University Hospitals of Liverpool Group and analytics firm Strasys, who have joined forces to urge health boards across the country to review their workforce management practices.

An injection given during some asthma and COPD attacks is more effective than the current treatment of steroid tablets, reducing the need for further treatment by 30%.

Rising rates of early-onset bowel cancer are a “global phenomenon”, and some of the steepest increases are happening in England, according to a major new paper published in The Lancet Oncology.

The roll-out of Martha’s Rule in NHS hospitals in England has already begun triggering “potentially life-saving changes in care” for patients, Martha Mills’ parents and the NHS have announced.

The RCP has published new interim guidance on the scope, supervision and employment of physician associates (PAs) working in the medical specialties (also known as the physician specialties).

A total of 15 health and care charities have been selected to join the first cohort of the new GSK Community Health programme supporting very small charities tackling health inequalities, delivered in partnership with The King’s Fund. The programme will provide funding and support to community-based organisations working to improve the health of some of the most deprived communities in the UK.

The Royal College of Surgeons of England (RCS England) is urging the government to provide more detail on how the NHS in England will meet the 18-week target for waiting times within this parliament, amid growing winter pressures.

A specialist team created to rapidly boost the country’s ability to diagnose and test for new and emerging infectious disease threats has been announced by the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA), strengthening the UK’s pandemic preparedness and response.

Twenty new clinical research hubs to be set up across UK to accelerate research into the next generation of treatments, backed by £100 million of public-private investment

The devastating news of a cancer diagnosis understandably makes doctors and patients focus on the cancer itself. However, experts in cardio-oncology from the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) emphasise that heart and cardiovascular health must be included as early as possible in the patient’s cancer treatment plan to ensure the best possible outcomes.

A newer vaccine against hepatitis B virus was clearly superior to an older vaccine type in inducing a protective antibody response among people living with HIV who didn’t respond to prior vaccination, according to the results of an international study led by a Weill Cornell Medicine investigator.

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​A new study details generational health trends among adolescents and young adults in the UK. The study, published in PLOS ONE by Olivia Righton from King’s College London, and colleagues, has broad implications for reducing health disparities and designing targeted public health interventions.

The new home for Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and the UCL Institute of Ophthalmology has reached a significant construction milestone. The completion of the concrete structure of the new centre for advancing eye health, in St Pancras, Camden, was marked with a traditional topping out ceremony.

Wandsworth Healthcare, a leading UK provider of advanced nurse call solutions has opened a new Digital Patient Journey Experience Centre which aligns with the Government's Hospital 2.0 initiative.