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A new targeted drug combination treatment, described as a ‘step-change in care’ for children and young people with an aggressive form of brain cancer, has been recommended by NICE.

​Pressures inside the NHS have become so severe that the equivalent of a week off work was taken by every single one of the health service’s 350k nurses last year due to stress, anxiety and depression, analysis of new NHS England data shows.

A campaign encouraging young people to get up-to-date with their measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccinations has led to a significant boost across the country, with one region delivering more than seven times the number of jabs in the first 12 weeks of this year to those aged five to 25.

The department of Health and Social Care has announced proposed updates to the NHS Constitution for England.

Owen Mumford, a leader in the medical device industry and certified B Corp, has announced that the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) has approved its near-term science-based emissions reduction target.

The World Health Organization is hosting a webinar on 6 May 2024, 2:00-3:30 pm CET on why sharing knowledge about hand hygiene is still important, as part of its campaigning activities for World Hand Hygiene Day.

Effective public health communication is critical for fighting epidemics and saving lives, an expert in African infectious diseases will argue at this year’s ESCMID Global Congress.

A study in more than 3,000 US counties, with 315 million residents, has suggested that air pollution is linked with stress and depression, putting under-65-year-olds at increased risk of dying from cardiovascular disease.

A new report by the Medical Technology Group (MTG) has set out a roadmap for sharing best practices to end the ‘deeply embedded’ variation in NHS performance.

The University of Edinburgh’s globally renowned AI Accelerator programme has announced it is now seeking innovative, technology-driven scale-ups to be part of its eighth cohort.

Leading charity Spinal Research is driving a major new initiative aimed at unlocking the UK’s potential for cutting edge research into spinal cord injury.

​In a huge push to improve the lives of tens of thousands of postgraduate doctors, NHS England is pledging to enhance choice and flexibility with rotas, while reducing payroll errors and the financial burden of course fees.

BHR Biosynex has welcomed over sixty guests representing NHS Trusts, private healthcare companies, and the in vitro diagnostics industry, for the official opening of its new state-of-the-art premises in Nuneaton.

Children and young adults with a form of leukaemia that develops rapidly are set to benefit after NICE has recommended an innovative, life-extending treatment where the person’s own immune cells are modified to fight the cancer.

The Association of British HealthTech Industries (ABHI) is set support its latest group of UK HealthTech innovators on its first major US trade visit this year, under its flagship US Accelerator programme.

Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust has successfully implemented Alcidion’s Miya Precision platform to streamline bed management workflow across seven community hospitals in Worcestershire.

An NIHR and UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) funded study has revealed that long COVID leads to ongoing inflammation which can be detected in blood.

A new Lancet Commission has set out recommendations to tackle urgent global challenges in breast cancer. Supported by the NIHR, the Commission reveals that despite significant improvements inequities persist.

Figures from the Liberal Democrats show that up to one in three hospital beds in England are taken up by 'delayed discharge' patients.

A survey conducted by NHS Charities Together found that over three in four (76%) NHS staff have experienced a mental health condition in the last year.