More needs to be done across health and care services to improve the treatment that people with learning disabilities receive, says care and support minister, Norman Lamb.
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Plans to cap the number of times patients can visit general practice in a year, before being charged for appointments are being considered by the government.
The government has agreed in principle to implement reforms to the NMC to make the fitness to practise process faster, more consistent and more economical.
A community hospital ward set up in a Kent hospital is helping to rehabilitate patients with complex needs and speed up discharge times.
More than 1,000 extra health visitors have been recruited over the past two years, according to workforce figures, suggesting the government is making headway in its pledge to have an extra 4,200...
A practice nurse development programme piloted in Tower Hamlets could become a model for speedy, tailored training that boosts competencies and specialist knowledge.
General practices will have to ensure all young adults starting university are offered a booster dose of meningococcal serogroup C conjugate (MenC) vaccine as part of a catch-up campaign.
Better use of anonymised patient information will help commissioners improve the quality, efficiency, and equity of healthcare services, NHS England has pledged.
Diabetes patients in the UK have worse access to insulin pump therapy than patients in other European countries, according to Diabetes UK and the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation.
Use of copper for door handles, taps and other surfaces, could prevent the spread of norovirus, research from the University of Southampton suggests.
The DH has pledged £4 million in funding to improve the way diseases are diagnosed, in a bid to improve patient care.
Local authorities (LAs) and clinical commissioning groups should work together to ensure GP practices are aware of local obesity prevention and treatment initiatives.
A passport for people in care home settings how have diabetes has been launched to provide carers with vital information about resident' diabetes needs.
NHS chief executive Sir David Nicholson is to leave his £211,000- a-year position in March 2014 after six years in the role and 35 years working for the NHS; he will retire with a £1.9 million...
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