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NHS funding could hinder patient’s access to drugs warns King’s Fund
A new report from The King’s Fund has revealed that NHS funding levels are not keeping pace with growth in NHS spending on medicines,...
NHS breast screening offered to women after missed invitations
Over 300,000 women aged between 70 and 79 are to be offered a catch-up NHS breast screening test this year in England, following recent...
Prioritising patient safety in the NHS
Jeremy Hunt, the UK secretary of state for health and social care, outlined his efforts to enhance patient safety in the NHS at the...
Ensuring equitable access to NHS IVF services in England
Catherine Hill, communications lead at Fertility Network UK, makes the case for fairer access to NHS IVF services, as England celebrates the 40th birthday...
NHS England introduces rapid diagnostic and assessment centres
The rapid diagnostic and assessment centres are being introduced across England with the aim of catching cancer earlier and preventing patients from being referred...
NHS England: ‘We’ve not got enough beds or staff’
Health bosses at NHS England say that there are not enough beds or staff ahead of the new financial year next week. Chief executives...
Brexit could disrupt medicine supplies to patients across Europe
The impact of Brexit could cause major delays in the supply of medicines to patients across Europe, according to a briefing paper from the...
Gap widens on UK mental health funding
The spending gap for NHS mental health providers and NHS acute hospitals widened slightly last year, a new report from The King’s Fund says.
Analysis...
Health bosses say NHS cannot deliver required standards of care
Increased cases of so-called ‘Aussie’ flu have put an immense strain on hospital staff, and the NHS budget is making it hard to provide...
Health secretary apologises for operation delays
The UK health secretary, Jeremy Hunt, has apologised to thousands of patients after non-urgent NHS operations were delayed across England.
Hunt has admitted that the...
Winter pressures cause delays for non-urgent operations
Thousands of non-urgent NHS operations across England are to be delayed until 31 January as the pressures of winter hit hospitals.
Officials have told hospitals...
AI could save cancer patients
UK researchers at an Oxford hospital have developed artificial intelligence (AI) that can diagnose scans for heart disease and lung cancer.
The new technology...
Groundbreaking gene therapy could cure haemophilia
A ‘cure’ for haemophilia is one step closer, following results published in the New England Journal of Medicine of a groundbreaking gene therapy trial...