The government has put a neighbourhood health service at the heart of its vision for the NHS – but what does that mean for staff and patients? This explainer summarises some of the features that often ...

This year’s Ask Your Pharmacist Week runs between 3 and 10 November. This year’s theme is Ask Your Pharmacist: NHS Services Close to Home – raising awareness of the NHS Blood Pressure Check, Pharmacy ...

The NHS is setting up NHS Online – in a reform to the way healthcare is delivered in England. The new model of care will digitally connect patients to expert clinicians anywhere in England. The first ...

The oral emergency contraception pill is available for free to women from almost 10,000 pharmacies across England, without needing to see a GP first. This is part of a package that extends the ...

Artificial Intelligence (AI) has the potential to transform health and social care services, but can providers adopt AI at the pace and scale needed to make a real change. This report explores how ...

Optometry Today, in collaboration with the Association of Optometrists (AOP), has released two video skills guides. The first is presented by Dr Byki Huntjens, AOP education lead, exploring history ...

Since the start of the pandemic The Food Foundation has been conducting surveys to monitor levels of food insecurity in the UK. The aim of this project has been to understand the scale of the problem, ...

Parents will be able to get their children protected against flu this half term, as the NHS ramps up its winter vaccine campaign. England’s most senior nurse has warned parents that flu can spread ...

The government’s Chief Medical Officer, Professor Chris Whitty, and the former National Medical Director at NHS England, Professor Stephen Powis, led the Medical Training Review to understand ...