The chair of NHS England Richard Meddings has this week notified the Secretary of State that he will stand down from his role at the end of March. In a message to NHS England staff today, he said that ...

A quarter of 11 to 15-year-olds have tried vaping and nearly 1 in 10 (9%) do it frequently, according to new statistics published today. The Smoking, drinking and drug use among young people in ...

New figures published today show the NHS diagnosed over 11,000 more cancers in 2022, reaching a new record high level – with almost 950 people a day getting a diagnosis in England. The latest cancer ...

NHS staff have delivered more than 10 million Covid and flu vaccinations (10,709,958) as the NHS ramps up its efforts to avoid a tripledemic this winter. The first seasonal vaccination data out today ...

Women aged 50 to 70 across England are being urged to take up invitations to breast screening as the NHS redoubles its bid to reach millions of women not yet taking up the potentially life-saving ...

Why not home? Why not today? It’s much better for a patient’s physical and mental wellbeing to leave hospital as soon as they are medically optimised for discharge. There’s lots of evidence to support ...

From the outset of a patient’s admission, the multidisciplinary team leading their care, plus the patient, their family and carers, all need to have a clear expectation of what is going to happen ...

Organisations should ensure they have adequate discharge services, seven days a week. All patients’ physical and mental health status, medication needs, nutrition and hydration status, and limited ...

Frailty is one of the most challenging consequences of population ageing. Frailty develops as a consequence of age-related decline in multiple body systems, which results in vulnerability to sudden ...

In my many interactions with primary care, both personally and professionally, I know how much GPs and their teams place on ...

Patients, their families and their carers often have misconceptions about the benefits of staying in hospital (although as revealed in the Healthwatch Report 2017, a significant number also feel ...

We all have a part to play in ensuring that, once their acute needs are met, all patients – particularly older people – can enjoy their lives in the best place for them. This means thinking ‘Why not ...