Fewer than 1 in 15 young people in South London estimated to have a mental health disorder may have received a diagnosis from NHS mental health services, according […]
The United Kingdom’s vote to leave the European Union (EU) was associated with major changes in health care worker migration and worsening physician shortages in England, according to […]
The NHS 10 year Health Plan “risks propagating patient harm at an unprecedented scale” due to the lack of appropriate safety architecture to support the envisaged digital transformation, […]
Letters to patients from ophthalmology services—-the highest volume outpatient specialty in UK healthcare—include too much complex language and medical terminology which patients are likely to find hard to […]
There is currently a massive shortage of doctors in the NHS and international medical graduates are critical to addressing that, making up just over 40% of the nation’s […]
A landmark UK study has revealed that acute heavy menstrual bleeding (HMB) is placing a significant hidden burden on the NHS, with around £13 million spent annually on […]
The provision of accessible and specialised menopause care within the National Health Service (NHS) has historically faced significant challenges, often leaving patients to navigate long waits or resort […]
Despite rising patient demand and commitments to strengthen primary care, one in three GPs with a licence to practise in England are not working in NHS general practice, […]
Less than half of England has access to tirzepatide (Mounjaro) through their GP, despite the NHS roll-out of the weight-loss jab officially starting over two months ago, an […]
The NHS could prevent thousands more heart attacks and strokes every year by offering everyone in the UK aged 50 and over a single “polypill” combining a statin […]
Prescribing non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) to people at high risk of harm from them is estimated to cost the NHS in England around £31 million and cause more […]
Implementing a single shared digital prescribing record across the NHS in England could avoid nearly 1 million drug errors every year, stopping up to 16,000 fewer patients from […]
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