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More than three quarters (78%) of junior doctors in England have voted for strike action in the British Medical Association’s (BMA) latest ballot.

Nearly three in five (59%) long Covid patients had persistent symptoms of organ damage for one year after initial diagnosis, according to new research.

At the GM Conference 2022, Tom Gentry, Senior Health Influencing Manager (policy), Age UK, spoke about the current issues facing the NHS, the impact of Covid on older people and what we can expect from the NHS and older people’s care in 2023.

There is not enough evidence that Evusheld is clinically effective against Covid-19, according to draft guidance from NICE.

An extra £421 million government funding will be made available to local authorities across England to improve drug and alcohol addiction treatment and recovery services.

The British Medical Association says 'ridiculous' proposed plans for GPs to limit sick notes to help boost the nation’s workforce and economy will lead to longer periods of poor health for a patient.

The UK Sepsis Trust and the end-of-life charity Marie Curie have collaborated on a clinical tool that will help ensure vulnerable patients receive the best outcomes from sepsis.

The British Medical Association has welcomed a review by the General Medical Council which found that bias within the GMC exists and needs to be systematically changed.

Oral healthcare of older patients is important in the hospital setting to reduce the risk of pain, malnutrition and pneumonia.

People with an asymptomatic urinary tract infection (UTI) should not be prescribed antibiotics, according to new NICE guidance.

One in two pharmacists say they have seen a rise in people not collecting their prescriptions amid the cost of living crisis.

The Liberal Democrats are calling for 8,000 new GPs to be recruited after an analysis found that some areas of England have almost 3,000 registered patients for every fully qualified GP.

A weight loss medication used to treat type 2 diabetes will now be available from UK pharmacies for people hoping to lose weight.

Parkinson’s UK has launched its first equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) strategy, which aims to better support people with Parkinson’s to access services and improve representation in research.

Integrated Care Systems (ICS) are likely to struggle to make progress on local or longer-term priorities such as increasing healthy life expectancy and reducing avoidable ill-health, according to a new report by the Public Accounts Committee.