Pay for NHS employees will increase by 1 per cent from April, the government has confirmed.
Life expectancy in the UK has risen over the last 20 years, but levels of ill health have not improved and the UK is below average compared with 18 other countries, on a range of important health...
Care for people with dementia is not meeting their needs as services struggle to cope, according to the Care Quality Commission's second Care Update.
Health groups have urged health ministers to abolish prescription charges for patients with long-term conditions in England, after research showed more than a third are missing out on medication due...
It is essential to improve hygiene in health organisations and to prescribe fewer antibiotics, only when needed, to combat the threat of antimicrobial resistance, the chief medical officer has warned....
More than a third of GPs on clinical commissioning group (CCG) boards have a conflict of interest due to directorships or shares held in private companies, according to an investigation by the BMJ.
The DH is poised to launch its vision for general practice nursing, outlining the 'unique contribution' of general practice nurses (GPNs) in developing life-long relationships with patients and...
Older nurses should be advised to delay retirement, while part-time working in nursing services must be reduced, in order to plug future gaps between the supply of and demand for nursing staff.
The NHS Staff Council has agreed changes to the AfC pay framework used by almost one million NHS staff in England. These will come into effect from 1 April 2013.
Proposed changes to the GMS Contract are 'simply not feasible in practice', according to the BMA's General Practitioners' Committee.
Patients over five years of age, presenting with a severe acute asthma exacerbation, must receive oral or intravenous steroids within an hour of presentation, NICE guidance states.
Minsters have pledged to reduce child deaths following a report by the Young People's Health Outcomes Forum.
Telehealth does not improve generic health-related quality of life or psychological outcomes for patients with long-term conditions over 12 months, according to research published by bmj.com.
A government-commissioned independent review into the training and support of healthcare assistants (HCAs) is to be led by The Times journalist Camilla Cavendish.
The Health Select Committee is to launch an investigation into claims the government is moving to introduce 'back-door' privatisation of the NHS.
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