The government has put a neighbourhood health service at the heart of its vision for the NHS – but what does that mean for staff and patients? This explainer summarises some of the features that often ...

Data released from NHS England shows that cases of mouth cancer in England have reached the highest levels on record, prompting experts to call for greater public awareness of early symptoms.

This year’s Ask Your Pharmacist Week runs between 3 and 10 November. This year’s theme is Ask Your Pharmacist: NHS Services Close to Home – raising awareness of the NHS Blood Pressure Check, Pharmacy ...

Millions of people are using online consultation requests to contact their GP practice. Figures show 6.5 million online consultation requests were submitted to GPs in September 2025, up half compared ...

The oral emergency contraception pill is available for free to women from almost 10,000 pharmacies across England, without needing to see a GP first. This is part of a package that extends the ...

Optometry Today, in collaboration with the Association of Optometrists (AOP), has released two video skills guides. The first is presented by Dr Byki Huntjens, AOP education lead, exploring history ...

Artificial Intelligence (AI) has the potential to transform health and social care services, but can providers adopt AI at the pace and scale needed to make a real change. This report explores how ...

The NHS is setting up NHS Online – in a reform to the way healthcare is delivered in England. The new model of care will digitally connect patients to expert clinicians anywhere in England. The first ...

Since the start of the pandemic The Food Foundation has been conducting surveys to monitor levels of food insecurity in the UK. The aim of this project has been to understand the scale of the problem, ...

The flu season has hit the NHS more than a month earlier than usual, with cases three times higher than this time last year according to the latest surveillance data published by the UK Health ...