NHS
Offer free swimming to help the nation’s health, MPs told
Tower Hamlets in east London started offering a free swimming programme last year, the Health and Social Care Committee heard.
‘A&Es will treat equivalent of half the population each year without reform’
Sir Stephen Powis has urged people to engage with the national conversation about the future of the health service.
Too many people with eating disorders are being failed, say group of MPs
MPs said there has been an alarming rise in eating disorders in the past decade and there is ‘widespread neglect’ in services.
Doctors’ leaders: There must be a ‘zero tolerance’ approach to NHS corridor care
A major nursing report has found that patients are dying in corridors and sometimes going undiscovered for hours.
Daily pill for lung cancer to be made routinely available on the NHS
According to Nice, osimertinib can help stop cancer from returning after surgery by targeting cells that have specific mutations.
Rising numbers of people with mental health issues receiving employment advice
NHS talking therapies are designed to help people with conditions such as anxiety and depression and can link patients with employment advisers.
Number of people living with cancer to hit 3.4 million this year
Macmillan warned that the experience of having cancer is getting worse for many people.
New hospitals programme will take decade longer than Tories planned – Streeting
The Health Secretary said the new timetable was ‘honest, funded and can actually be delivered’.
‘Volunteer spirit’ drove Covid vaccination campaign success, says Whitty
England’s chief medical officer was appearing before the UK Covid-19 Public Inquiry on Monday.
Coroner criticises health board for ‘normalising’ treating patients in corridors
It comes after a 16-year-old boy died after having to wait nine hours for an ambulance.