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Two million people in England could be eligible for weight loss surgery according to new research published by JRSM Open, the open access companion publication of the Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine.

NHS England is launching a national publicity campaign to ease pressure on GPs by encouraging older patients to visit a pharmacist for minor ailments.

A  new gel to tackle crippling arthritis pain is set to bring relief to Britain's nine million sufferers, new research shows.

Two of the publications featured on our sister site CareKnowledge this week looked at the subject of integration. Here, CK editor Jim Kennedy reflects on where the integration agenda is going.

Family doctors are being urged to join the NHS Change Day movement as new research published recently reveals that two thirds (65%) of the public think frontline NHS staff have little or no say in how the NHS is run

The number of people being diagnosed with cancer in the UK each year has hit more than 330,000 for the first time, according to the latest figures published recently by Cancer Research UK.

Older adults who received as few as 10 sessions of mental (cognitive) training showed improvements in reasoning ability and speed-of-processing when compared with untrained controls participants as long as 10 years after the intervention.

Cimzia (certolizumab pegol) was recently launched in the UK and Ireland for the treatment of adult patients with severe active axial spondyloarthritis.

A pioneering programme that empowers stroke survivors to become more involved in their own rehabilitation has been officially launched as a social enterprise.

The International Association for the Study of Obesity (IASO) has published a 10-point action plan for governments to tackle obesity.

NHS England plans to add more diabetes incentives to the GP contract, as part of a new push for earlier diagnosis and treatment of the condition, according to Pulse.

A team of biologists believes it's on the path to developing a new early diagnosis test for difference cancers using tiny particles in the blood known as exosomes they've discovered contain huge chunks of DNA, according to Wired.co.uk.

Earlier this week, Carol Long from the NSPCC argued that critics of Serious Case Reviews are missing the point and that they are a valuable learning tool. In response, CareKnowledge editor Jim Kennedy asks if we understand enough about the real barriers to learning and practice development in safeguarding€¦

Women from the UK are putting themselves at risk of developing cancer because of their lack of physical activity, a charity has warned.

GPs suffering exhaustion and stress will no longer be provided with any centrally funded occupational health support unless there are formal concerns about their performance, NHS England has announced, Pulse reports.