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The number of dementia cases is predicted to roughly double by 2040, according to new forecasting data.

Patients who have been on waiting lists the longest will be offered the opportunity to travel to a different hospital for treatment, according to new government plans.

Male subfertility is a common and very treatable condition, but the severe psychological impact fertility issues can have on a couple is often not acknowledged, and support can be lacking.

For the first time ever, NICE has approved a treatment for advanced Parkinson’s disease.

Roughly 250 Full-Time Equivalent (FTE) qualified GPs left the profession in the last year, according to the latest General Practice Workforce data.

The Health Ombudsman has warned that lessons on sepsis management have still not been learnt and significant improvements are urgently needed to avoid more fatalities.

Nearly four million people, including a million children, experienced destitution last year, according to a new report by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation.

A trial testing out a new treatment regime for cervical cancer patients has resulted in “the biggest improvement in outcomes” for patients in over 20 years.

Prescriptions for hormone replacement therapy (HRT) have increased by 47% in one year, according to new data from the NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA).

A new report by the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) shows a “depressing trend of deteriorating performance” within the NHS over the last decade, according to the BMA.

NHS leaders have said that the new State of Care report from the Care Quality Commission (CQC) should make 'deeply uncomfortable reading' for the government.

In July, the government announced general practice staff (including primary care nurses) would receive a backdated pay rise of 6% to April 2023, but thousands of nurses are still yet to receive their pay award.

NICE has updated its guidance on stroke rehabilitation, and now recommends that stroke patients are offered at least three hours of needs-based rehabilitation at least five times per week.

The World Health Organizaton (WHO) has strongly condemned an attack on a hospital in the north of the Gaza Strip, with early reports indicating hundreds of fatalities and injuries of healthcare workers and patients.

The UK has been officially ‘living with Covid’ since February 2022. But, as the NHS moves into winter facing a vast workforce crisis and waiting list backlog, what impact will Covid have on the health service this year?