Dentistry: Access problems will cost lives
The British Dental Association has stressed the Government must act to meaningfully restore access to NHS dentistry, as oral cancer rates and deaths continue to...
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.
Time critical medication guides for healthcare professionals
The Parkinson’s Excellence Network has launched three time critical medication guides to support hospital and care home staff to make sure everyone with Parkinson's who...
Local authorities failing to meet national dementia diagnosis ambition
Over 50% of local authorities in England are falling short of the national dementia diagnosis target leaving hundreds of thousands without a vital dementia diagnosis....
Medical and nursing students planning careers outside patient care
Majority of medical and nursing students planning careers outside patient care as fears of burnout and staff shortages leave them worried about the future Elsevier...
British adults support greater use of independent health providers
New YouGov data reveals that two-thirds of British adults support greater use of independent health providers to cut waiting times amid cross-party calls for NHS...
Project to tackle discrimination and bullying in the NHS
Aston University-led project to help NHS to tackle discrimination and bullying in the workplace • It is funded by the National Institute for Health and...
Dentistry: Access crisis piling pressure across NHS
The British Dental Association has said figures from the Labour Party on the nearly 70,000 patients who sought dental care in emergency departments last year...
19,000 people in England could be living with undiagnosed young-onset dementia
Following the first ever publication of data confirming that 34,412 people in England have been diagnosed with young-onset dementia (dementia which first appears before the...
Does male menopause exist?
Does male menopause exist? Do men really go through menopause as women do? Some doctors believe they do. Others do not and this has led...
Keep NHS afloat out of your own pockets
The British Dental Association has said government has effectively told the profession it cannot afford NHS dentistry, as it prepares to impose an approach to...
