Three quarters of the NHS workforce are female and one in 13 women and one in 500 men have been a victim of rape or sexual assault. Support is available for colleagues affected by sexual misconduct.

The December edition of PCC Insight starts to look ahead to 2025 and the launch of the 10-year plan. Integrated care boards (ICBs) to focus on neighbourhood health, shift of care to community and ...

Children will no longer be exposed to TV adverts for junk food products as new law set out confirms the final details of advertising restrictions. Ads on television will only be allowed past the 9pm ...

NHS eye care is a key primary care service and commissioners need to manage contractual arrangements appropriately. Unfortunately, during the lifetime of the contract commissioners will need to take ...

The aim of this guidance is to ensure equitable access to oral healthcare for patients diagnosed with cancer across England. It provides clinical standards and example pathways to maximize cancer ...

A drug for an aggressive form of eye cancer is being fast-tracked to patients by the NHS across England. One patient receiving the treatment described the rollout as “the best early Christmas present ...

People have until 19 December to book vaccination appointments on the NHS online booking system (Covid-19, flu vaccination), NHS App and 119 phone service. Meanwhile the Respiratory Syncytial Virus ...

From February 2025, NHS organisations will no longer be able to order printed copies of friends and family test (FFT) promotional materials. Digital assets will still be available. Please make any ...

Eleven working groups to support the development of the 10-year health plan have been created. They will consider the future vision for the NHS, as well as the changes required to enable that vision ...

Each year more than 600,000 people die in the UK and many of these deaths occur in hospital, despite the majority of people saying that they would prefer not to die there. Approximately 70% of people ...

Targeted drug burosumab helps transform the lives of adults with an inherited condition that leads to low levels of the mineral phosphate in the blood, which is essential for the normal formation of ...

NHS England's Right Care, Right Person - National Partnership Agreement aims to avoid unwarranted police involvement in mental health care by improving access to personalised mental health support.