Hundreds of potential kidney donors of Black African and Black Caribbean heritage can now get a simple blood test to help reduce the risk of kidney failure. The test is part of national genetic testin ...

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 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 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.

Technology will be better used to improve public services, and AI will make the civil service more efficient. A new package of AI tools will be available to civil servants in an effort to modernise ...

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 ...

The vaccine brand used for the pre-school booster is changing from Boostrix-IPV® to REPEVAX®. These vaccines are clinically equivalent and should continue to be offered to children at 3 years 4 months ...

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 ...

Practices and commissioners are reminded that practices are eligible for an Item of Service (IoS) fee for additional vaccines administered to eligible individuals where clinically indicated for ...