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The British Geriatrics Society have joined a broad coalition of 150 organisations from across civil society who are calling on the government to provide pre-legislative scrutiny of the proposed Bill of Rights.

The ability to complete a 10-second one-legged stance is associated with all-cause mortality and adds relevant prognostic information beyond age, sex and several other clinical variables, new research shows.

Life threatening calls to the ambulance service and the numbers of people attending emergency departments have increased, according to the latest NHS Wales monthly performance statistics.

Urinary incontinence remains a taboo topic but practitioners can help to raise awareness, advise older people on how to manage this condition, and signpost them to further sources of support, reports Kathy Oxtoby.

General practice could see a 'mass exodus' over nearly 19,000 doctors over the next five years unless intense workload and workforce pressures are addressed, according to the Royal College of GPs.

Every health organisation needs to work together bring an end to structural racism in the NHS and stop an exodus of doctors of ethnic minority backgrounds, according to a new British Medical Association (BMA) report.

Pharmacists will be funded to help diagnose and refer patients for appropriate further testing in a new community pharmacy pilot in all areas across the country.

Late onset multiple sclerosis can present with atypical signs and symptoms due to overlaps with mental and physical changes associated with ageing. This case study discusses a 74-year-old woman who presented with a three-week history of non-resolving myoclonic jerks.

Women's health experts are calling on healthcare professionals to take a more balanced approach to the menopause, which avoids over-medicalising the 'natural event'.

The latest monthly performance statistics for the NHS reveal that extreme pressure is still being felt across the NHS, particular in A&E departments.

Leading expert in thrombosis and acquired bleeding disorders Professor Beverley Hunt OBE explains what healthcare professionals can do to combat the risk of blood clots in hospitalised patients and improve outcomes.  

Patients will be given greater access to their GP records by November 2022 as well as better control over their data in a new health data strategy that aims to give health and care professionals the information they need to provide the best care.

The first respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccine candidate has shown statistically significant and clinically meaningful efficacy in adults aged 60 years and above.

As part of World Heart Rhythm Week (6-12 June), professional golfer Bernard Gallacher OBE is raising awareness of the importance of Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs) after he was saved by one nearly 10 years ago.

The government billed this week as 'health week' because of the raft of NHS-related announcements that hope to address the Covid-19 backlog and set out 'big and bold changes' for an improved health and social care service.