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The British Medical Association (BMA) has criticised Thérèse Coffey's new 'Plan for Patients', which aims to improve NHS care ahead of the expected winter pressures.

Black and South Asian UK adults with dementia are more likely to experience poorer outcomes and are typically diagnosed at a younger age than White UK adults, according to new research.

Benzodiazepine and Z-drugs are frequently used in the management of anxiety disorders. This study examines patterns of prescribing of these drugs in older adults. It challenges the stigma that long-term use is synonymous with dependence and dose escalation.

The global response to the first two years of the Covid-19 pandemic was a widespread failure that resulted in an estimated 17.7 million deaths, according to a Lancet Commission.

Doctors who experience burnout are twice as likely to be involved in patient safety incidents and show low professionalism, according to new analysis from the BMJ.

Patients with a history of psychosocial stressors can have worse menopause symptoms and poorer well-being almost two decades later highlighting the long-lasting influence of adverse experiences on women's physical and mental health.

Olaparib, a drug used to treat advanced prostate cancer patients, will not be made available on the NHS, after The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) said the treatment was not cost-effective.

Older adults may be able to slow cognitive decline by taking daily multivitamin supplements, according to a large US study.

NHS bosses have announced that some hospitals across the UK will cancel non-urgent appointments scheduled on Monday 19 September due to the bank holiday.

Lung cancer patients who begin to use opioids following surgery are at increased risk of death from any cause within the next two years, according to new research.

Tom Gentry from Age UK will be speaking at the GM Conference in October on recent reforms across the NHS and social care and consider how they may impact older people's care into the future. In this spotlight interview, he talks about how the pandemic unlocked a lot of strong local collaboration to better support older people, but now that support is dropping away as the crisis in social care deepens.

Less than half (43%) the British public think the NHS is providing a good service nationally, finds a poll of more than 2,000 UK adults.

Estradiol tablets will now be available over the counter (without prescription) for menopausal women experiencing vaginal dryness.

Professor Margot Gosney will be speaking at the GM Conference in October on the frail patient in the age of Covid 19 and asking can we totally avoid hospitalisation by the use of virtual frailty wards. She will illustrate the pros and cons of virtual frailty wards, how to set up the systems, and tips to help climb the obstacles that inevitably occur.

There is a need for emergency departments to be more 'frailty friendly', according to new research published in the Emergency Medicine Journal.