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Diagnoses of new malignant cancers in England decreased from 327,174 in 2019 to 288,753 in 2020, new cancer figures from NHS Digital show.

The Royal College of GPs has called on the government to act on the recommendations of a new Health and Social Care Committee report that states that there is a crisis in general practice.

The number of industry clinical trials initiated by the UK has sharply declined over the last five years, according to a report by the Association of British Pharmaceutical Industry (ABPI).

Doctors are growing increasingly concerned about patient access to healthcare, according to a survey conducted by Medscape.

The General Medical Council (GMC) is calling for a relaxation of NHS rules to allow skilled doctors in non-training roles to practice in primary care.

In this article, we hear from two leading neurologists and a patient with neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder (NMOSD) about the management and treatment options for patients with this rare and debilitating disease.

New NHS performance figures show that the elective waiting list is now over seven million people for the first time even though the NHS continues to make solid progress on patients who have been waiting the longest.

Adults aged 50 and over may not be getting vaccines, such as the flu, pneumonia and shingles vaccines, at the rates they should be, according to a large survey by Kantar.

The Royal College of Physicians (RCP) has published a new policy paper that makes several recommendations on how to grow, train and retain a healthcare workforce to ensure the long-term sustainability of the NHS.

A drug used to treat adult patients with moderately to severely active ulcerative colitis (UC) has been approved for use by the Scottish Medicines Consortium (SMC).

Health Education England is launching a pilot scheme which will enable Specialty and Associate Specialist (SAS) doctors in psychiatry to train as approved clinicians.

A new study has found an association between early diagnosis of diabetes and earlier menopause, and a later diabetes diagnosis with a later age at menopause.

Around half (44%) of hospital consultants and a similar number (50%) of consultant surgeons are considering leaving or taking a break from the NHS next year.

Drugs used to treat type 2 diabetes could reduce the risk of dementia, according to a long-term study published in the journal BMJ Open Diabetes Research & Care.

The government is piloting a new scheme which allows the NHS 111 online service to make direct referrals to local pharmacies for a same-day consultation.