The NHS website saw more than 18,000 hits in an hour on its spina bifida pages following a recent episode of Call the Midwife. Spina bifida is a rare condition that occurs when a baby’s spine and ...

NHS England is continuing to raise awareness and encourage as many people as possible to get vaccinated against high-risk HPV, which is linked to over 99 per cent of all cervical cancers and to come ...

NHS eye care is an important primary care service. It is important that commissioners agree the contractual arrangements so services can be made available to patients and appropriately manage them.

NHS England is responsible for commissioning health services for people who are detained in immigration removal centres. This includes primary care, dental, mental health and substance misuse services ...

NHS England has published a letter from Dr Amanda Doyle encouraging all primary care networks (PCNs) to use their GP Additional Roles Reimbursement Scheme (ARRS) funding entitlement in 2024/25 to ...

This programme aims to ensure that most eligible older adults in the catch-up cohort are vaccinated within the first 12 months of the programme. Practices can support this by continuing to invite ...

Community Pharmacy England has launched its fourth annual pressures survey, and all pharmacy owners and staff are asked to share their views. The survey provides crucial evidence as part of ongoing ...

Almost 70,000 people with mental health issues were given employment support last year as part of the NHS Talking Therapies Programme – up nearly two-thirds on the year before. New data also shows ...

Integrated care board teams have responsibility for commissioning primary care pharmaceutical, optometric and dental services. Their teams need to be familiar with all the primary care contractor ...

The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence has published a report which offers guidance on best practice for using surrogate endpoints in health economic models to guide health technology ...

This report provides an overview of the financial and workforce challenges facing the adult social care sector and highlights the most significant and critical issues. It follows an independent ...

The government’s elective care reform plan pledges to meet the NHS standard that 92% of patients should wait no longer than 18 weeks for treatment by the end of the parliament. This compares with ...