Targeted lung health check letter

What to do if you receive a letter inviting you for a targeted lung health check: Lung cancer is the UK’s biggest cancer killer. It...

A&E patients: Mounting safety crisis

Nearly two thirds of A&Es across the UK had ambulances waiting to transfer patients every day in the past week, according to a new survey...

Harm to patients from ambulance handover delays

Commenting on a new report published by the Association of Ambulance Chief Executives into handover delays at hospital emergency departments across England, Matthew Taylor, chief...

Impact of lockdown on Scottish eye care

New research highlights the impact of lockdown on Scottish eye care: The study from the University of Aberdeen has highlighted the damaging impact of Covid-19...

Hope of tackling health inequalities

Hope of tackling health inequalities relies on action across government: Commenting on the letter sent to the Prime Minister from the Inequalities in Health Alliance...

New NHS approach for people with eye disease

Clinical trial provides new approach for people with eye disease to increase NHS capacity: A UK-wide study, led by Queen's University Belfast, has shown how a new surveillance pathway for people with stable diabetic eye disease is safe and cost-saving, freeing up ophthalmologists to evaluate and...