Separate figures from the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) show the rate of hospital admissions for flu stood at 7.8 per 100 ...

As the NHS enters what is predicted to be the busiest winter period on record for A&Es and ambulance service1 Black Country ...

NHS taking legal action after patient and staff data stolen in cyber attack - Personal information of staff and patients at ...

The Association of Optometrists and Specsavers supported the Chancellor's Budget statement for £300m NHS investment and ...

Thousands of NHS knee replacement operations are cancelled at short notice every year, many for avoidable reasons, according ...

H3N2 has actually been circulating since around 1968 with annual genetic changes designed to evade our immune systems. Its ...

Adult patients with an aggressive form of leukemia will be able to receive a breakthrough immunotherapy, which was invented ...

The NHS has issued a 'please don't visit us' hospital plea to anyone experiencing two symptoms as cases of a winter bug ...

Hundreds of studies, including gold-standard clinical trials, challenge Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s claim that ...

Charities have welcomed government plans for an independent review into rising rates of mental health conditions, ADHD and ...

A cross-party Public Accounts Committee (PAC) raised serious concerns about NHS England’s failure to meet elective care targets, warning that persistent backlogs are putting patients at risk and ...

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