AI is increasingly all around us, but not much has yet been said about how it might work within social care. Cyril Lobont takes a closer look at what AI could look like within the sector, and points ...

Responding to the government's press release announcing the new English GP contract for 2026/27, Nuffield Trust Director of ...

Increasing the amount of advice and guidance – where hospital specialists provide advice to GPs so that they can manage the patient without a referral to hospital – is a key part of ambitions to bring ...

End of care life has been more in the spotlight recently, due to the bill to legalise assisted dying. But there have been ...

Shorter cancer waiting times can lead to earlier diagnosis, faster treatment, lower risk of complications, enhanced patient experience and improved cancer outcomes. A review of NHS Access Standards ...

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is one of the biggest threats to global public health. Without effective antibiotics, the prevention and treatment of infections would be compromised. The UK’s 20-year ...

The four-hour A&E waiting time target is a pledge set out in the Handbook to the NHS Constitution. The operational standard set in 2010 stated that at least 95% of patients attending A&E should be ...

Vaccination coverage is the best indicator of the level of protection a population will have against vaccine-preventable communicable diseases. Coverage is closely related to levels of disease and ...

For most people, the flu - albeit an unpleasant illness - is not serious. However, certain people are more likely to develop serious complications of flu, such as bronchitis and pneumonia. Influenza ...

In England as of 2014, more than 15 million people (over a quarter of the population) have a long-term health condition, or a health problem that cannot be cured but can be controlled with medication ...