NHS treatment to target aggressive lymphoma often missed
Aggressive, high-grade lymphoma is a fast-growing type of blood cancer that often requires treatment to begin quickly. Yet nearly half (44%) of people in England...
NHS
The NHS category focuses on the people, policies and challenges shaping the UK’s publicly funded health service. It offers thoughtful analysis of organisational change, workforce issues, funding and performance, along with debate on how to improve care delivery and health outcomes. From insights into frontline practice to discussion of strategic priorities and reforms, this category brings clarity to the complex forces influencing the future of health and care in the NHS.
Government clinical trial ambitions at risk
The Royal College of Physicians (RCP) is calling for urgent action to safeguard clinical academic careers, warning that government ambitions to expand patient access to...
“Outdated and unfair” NHS policy on second stem cell transplants
A second stem cell transplant can offer patients with blood cancer another chance at survival if their disease returns after a first transplant. However, under...
ADHD and autism costs running “out of control”
NHS leaders say the costs of meeting soaring demand for ADHD and autism services in England are running out of control and have become unsustainable....
More children seeing NHS dentists
Latest NHS dental figures show that there has been a small rise in the number of adults and children being seen by NHS dentists, which...
Radical new training to tackle NHS absenteeism
A first-of-its-kind training programme for thousands of line managers across Northern Ireland's Health and Social Care sector (HSC NI) is to be rolled out to...
Record number of patients wait on trolleys in England’s A&E
The latest Emergency Department (ED) performance figures from NHS England, covering July 2026, show that last month was the worst July on record for 12-hour...
Major expansion of community mental health support
People struggling with their mental health will get help earlier and closer to home, with 159 new NHS mental health facilities opening across England under...
Significant regional differences in NHS prescription spend
The areas in England that spend the most on prescriptions. Cambridgeshire and Peterborough come in first with £379.82 per person spent on prescriptions. Herefordshire and...
National award recognises better healthcare for women and girls
The Royal Borough of Greenwich is celebrating national success after the South East London Women's and Girls' Health Hubs won the Patient Involvement and Choice...
