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The government plans to buy thousands of care home beds to relieve pressures on the NHS and free up hospital beds currently used by medically fit older patients.

Demand for NHS 111 Wales services continue to rocket. This article describes and discusses a proactive change made to the NHS 111 Wales website, designed to signpost patients directly to pharmacy-based services instead of the telephone-based NHS 111 Wales service over the 2022 Jubilee four-day bank holiday weekend.

Health leaders have questioned the government’s commitment to addressing the NHS crisis following Rishi Sunak’s new year speech.

Damp is thought to affect almost one in five homes in the UK, and between 10 and 50% of indoor environments in Europe (depending on the country).

The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has recommended a new treatment for […]

As 100,000 nursing staff begin to take strike action today (15 December), the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) General Secretary and Chief Executive, Pat Cullen, has told patients: “This strike is for you too”.

Cervical cancer rates in 2020 were 13 per 100,000 women, which is significantly higher than the World Health Organization’s (WHO) target of four per 100,000 women, according to a study published in The Lancet Global Health journal.

Public awareness about dementia’s far-reaching impact on society is “poor”, according to a new survey of more than 2,000 people.

The Royal College of GPs is calling on the government to urgently provide more funding for GP practices serving the most deprived populations.

For the first time, the Health and Social Care Select Committee has announced it will conduct an inquiry into assisted dying.

Health leaders have made 10 urgent recommendations to hospitals and integrated care systems in light of the pressures currently facing the NHS.

Muscle weakness marked by grip strength, a proxy for overall strength capacity, is associated with accelerated biological age, according to a new study.

More people die from pneumonia in the UK than anywhere else in Europe, according to new analysis by lung charity, Asthma + Lung UK.

Recorded on Thursday 25 November 2021, presented by Dr Anne Holdoway. Older adults are at increased risk of malnutrition (undernutrition) due to a variety of social, physiological and psychological reasons. This webinar will be dedicated to exploring the issues associated with malnutrition in older people and importantly what can be done.

The UK’s first melatonin product for insomnia in children and adolescents aged 6-17 years old with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) has been launched.