RECENT NEWS

Health Education England has been commissioned by the Minister of State for Care, Helen Whately, to review long term strategic trends for the health and social care workforce.

COVID-19, influenza, and the respiratory virus Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV), could push the NHS to breaking point this winter, a new report warns.

Hundreds of thousands of people in England will benefit from new NHS facilities and services as ministers open the selection process for eight new hospitals, as part of the biggest hospital building programme in a generation.

Patients with advanced lung cancer have been given positive news on a therapy that could help meet unmet need for new treatment options.

A National Patient Safety Alert has been issued on the risk of inappropriate anticoagulation of patients with a mechanical heart valve.

Clinician well-being is imperative to providing high-quality patient care, yet clinician burnout continues to increase, especially over the last year due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

UCLH, UCL and spinout company Odin Vision have used artificial intelligence (AI) to help detect early signs of oesophageal cancer in a global first.

The King’s Fund has warned that the majority of adults in England are now overweight or obese.

NICE has issued Medical Technologies Guidance which recommends the adoption of absorbable stitches with antibacterial protection.

A new Lancet study has found that the diagnostic performance of a chest x-ray AI solution, improves radiologist accuracy.

Medical students who graduated early to help meet the challenge of the first wave of COVID-19 gained experience that left them better prepared for their careers as doctors, according to research for the General Medical Council (GMC) shows.

New proposals to build a modern health and care system that delivers better care for our communities have been announced.

New proposals to build a modern health and care system that delivers better care for our communities have been announced.

RCN and other healthcare unions have won new rights aimed at giving NHS staff a better work-life balance.

New guidance has been launched which will boost the NHS in its efforts to provide better advice, support and care to patients contemplating or waiting for surgery.

A major national study will pitch human skill against machine precision as it compares the benefits of knee replacement surgery performed using a robot to a surgeon using traditional methods.

James Cook University scientists in Australia believe they have made a breakthrough in the science of keeping premature babies alive.

Pioneering technology developed by researchers from UCL and Africa Health Research Institute (AHRI) could transform the ability to accurately interpret HIV test results, particularly in low- and middle-income countries.

New official figures show that the number of doctors taking early retirement from the NHS has more than tripled over the past 13 years.

Healthcare staff should give clear and up-to-date information on e-cigarettes to people who are interested in using them to stop smoking, according to draft NICE guideline recommendations developed with Public Health England.