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The NHS reports a record number of young people receiving eating disorder treatment

Record number of young people receiving eating disorder treatment

The latest figures from the NHS have uncovered that more young people than ever before are receiving a form of eating disorder treatment. Eating disorders...
COVID backlogs

NHS combat COVID backlogs with massive reservist recruitment drive

The NHS has revealed that they will be employing thousands of new NHS reservists to tackle the sizeable COVID backlogs currently impacting health services. Announced...
Addressing post-pandemic demand for mental healthcare

Addressing post-pandemic demand for mental healthcare

A recent briefing from the Mental Health Network, an NHS Confederation, addresses the need for change in mental healthcare and services following the COVID-19...
Elective care recovery plan to tackle the growing NHS waiting list

Elective care recovery plan to tackle the growing NHS waiting list

The NHS and UK Government have outlined the blueprint to address NHS waiting lists and backlogs during the COVID-19 pandemic. The COVID-19 pandemic has significantly...
New life-extending drug for advanced womb cancer on the NHS

New life-extending drug for advanced womb cancer on the NHS

A 30-minute treatment, the first of its kind for advanced womb cancer, is being rolled out for women across England. Womb cancer affects the womb...
NHS to roll out new gene therapy for metachromatic leukodystrophy

NHS to roll out new gene therapy for metachromatic leukodystrophy

The NHS has agreed on a deal for life-saving treatment for metachromatic leukodystrophy that will offer babies and young children the prospect of a...
Atezolizumab now available on the NHS for lung cancer patients

Atezolizumab now available on the NHS for lung cancer patients

Thousands of lung cancer patients in England will be fast-tracked the revolutionary new drug, atezolizumab, which significantly reduces the risk of cancer returning. The Medicines...
Changing the lives of children with a new cystic fibrosis treatment

Changing the lives of children with a new cystic fibrosis treatment

The National Health Service (NHS) has announced a new cystic fibrosis treatment is now available, which will benefit hundreds of children. Patients in England were...
New treatment reduces effects of peanut allergy to benefit children

New treatment reduces effects of peanut allergy to benefit children

Thousands of children and young people will receive pioneering treatment for peanut allergy after NHS England secured the first deal of its kind in...
NHS App

NHS App reaches 22 million users in three years

Since its inception in December 2018, it has been revealed that over 22 million people have used the revolutionary NHS App. In its three-year existence,...
GP appointments

40% of GP appointments in England consist of ‘frequent attenders’

A novel study has revealed that ‘frequent attenders’ comprise around four in ten GP appointments in England, potentially exposing the reason behind the growing...
Dissecting the impacts of the pandemic on health and social care workers

Dissecting the impacts of the pandemic on health and social care workers

Workforce management specialists, Quinyx, outline the findings of their insightful study of how the COVID-19 pandemic has dramatically affected our health and social care...
England introducing new COVID guidelines to fight Omicron spread

England introducing new COVID guidelines to fight Omicron spread

Prime Minister Boris Johnson has confirmed new COVID guidelines in England as Omicron spreads quickly across the UK. New COVID guidelines will include the return...
£700m investment into NHS hospitals this winter

£700m investment into NHS hospitals this winter

NHS hospitals will benefit from a share of £700m to help tackle waiting lists and improve care. It will help over 785 schemes across...
Antibiotic-resistant infections have fallen for the first time since 2016

Antibiotic-resistant infections have fallen for the first time since 2016

New data by the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) shows that antibiotic-resistant bloodstream infections fell in 2020, from 65,583 in 2019 to 55,384. However,...
New study shows that childhood obesity in England is at a record high

New study shows that childhood obesity in England is at a record high

The National Child Measurement Programme (NCMP) is the Government’s approach to tackling childhood obesity by measuring children in reception (age four to five) and year...
Vaccines to be compulsory for frontline NHS staff in England

Vaccines to be compulsory for frontline NHS staff in England

The Health and Social Care Secretary, Sajid Javid, has announced that NHS staff will be required to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 unless they...
community diagnostic hubs

Healing from the COVID-19 pandemic with community diagnostic centres

With mounting pressure on NHS services, particularly in light of the COVID-19 pandemic, Peter Harrison, Managing Director of Siemens Healthineers GB&I, outlines the benefits...
NHS funding

UK announce substantial NHS funding to tackle patient waiting times

The UK government has revealed that they will be providing £248m NHS funding to reduce patient waiting lists and enhance diagnostics. The sizeable NHS funding...
UK healthcare

Preventing future pandemics requires UK healthcare system innovation

Leading healthcare boss Graham Ewart, CEO of Direct Healthcare Group (DHG), outlines the challenges faced by the UK’s healthcare system, and how improvements to...

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