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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

Parents will be able to get their children protected against flu this half term, as the NHS ramps up its winter vaccine campaign. England’s most senior nurse has warned parents that flu can spread ...

The government’s Chief Medical Officer, Professor Chris Whitty, and the former National Medical Director at NHS England, Professor Stephen Powis, led the Medical Training Review to understand ...

Alec Collie, Head of Medical at Wesleyan, the specialist financial mutual for doctors. Recently, we’ve been getting many questions over what the government’s plans to make pensions subject to ...

The Medium Term Planning Framework – delivering change together 2026/27 to 2028/29 is an ambitious plan. Over the next three years it aims to return the NHS to much better health – with waiting times ...

An innovative 15-minute blood test which can fast-track the diagnosis of children with potentially life-threatening conditions is being trialled by the NHS this winter. The hi-tech blood test can ...

Women across the country will benefit from better and more compassionate care as the women’s health strategy is set to be renewed. This follows the announcement that menopause questions will be ...

New solutions to increase the number of patients receiving a timely formal diagnosis of dementia are to be rolled out by the end of the decade. With one million people in the UK living with dementia - ...

The Care Quality Commission annual report looks at the trends, shares examples of good and outstanding care, and highlights where care needs to improve. This year's report finds that the health and ...

This thematic review identifies three key areas for improvement: optimising diagnostic processes; enhancing communication within consultations and across the healthcare system; and empowering patients ...