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Exclusive: NHS clinicians will sit in on appointments in pilot scheme in four areas aimed at reducing reoffendingAbout 4,000 offenders in England will get targeted healthcare sessions during their probation appointments as part of a new pilot scheme.Of…
Analysis finds those who stopped using medication saw weight return four times faster compared with other weight loss plansPeople who stop taking weight loss jabs regain all the weight originally lost in under two years, significantly faster than those…
Campaigners call for action to make manufacturers reduce salt in food, which can contribute to high blood pressure and deathsAdults in England eat the same amount of salt every week as is found in 155 bags of crisps, according to analysis by a leading …
Exclusive: Chronic lack of consultants across UK health service means patients do not get drugs or surgery in timeThousands of people who have had a stroke are ending up severely disabled or dying because the NHS has too few specialists to treat them q…
Narinder Kapur proposes ‘Amin’s rule’ named after Amin Abdullah who killed himself after losing his jobNHS England is being urged to introduce an independent second opinion whenever it decides to dismiss a healthcare professional, in memory of a nurse …
Medical director says NHS ‘far from complacent’ as cold snap bites, with average of 2,676 flu patients a day on wardsThe number of people in hospital with flu in England has fallen for the second week in a row, NHS figures show, as England’s top doctor…
NHS to administer combined immunisation in move in line with approach in US, Canada, Australia and GermanyChildren in the UK are to be immunised against chickenpox at the same time as measles, mumps and rubella.The NHS across the UK’s four home nations…
Exclusive: Identifying teenagers at risk could help prevent organ damage, strokes and heart attacks in early adulthood, doctors sayLeading doctors have called for a national UK programme to monitor schoolchildren for high blood pressure amid concerns t…
‘Concerning’ disparities in access to continuous glucose monitors despite black and south Asian people being more likely to live with conditionPeople from ethnic minority backgrounds in England are less likely to have access to the latest diabetes tech…
Hospitals brace for new year surge in sick patients as temperatures plummet and with 95% of beds fullThe NHS is under “extraordinary pressure” and braced for a new year surge in sick patients as amber cold health alerts were issued for the whole of Eng…