First non-immunosuppressive dual-action therapy recommended by NICE for eligible patients with IgA nephropathy, a leading cause of kidney fai ...

A world-first vaccine for gonorrhoea is being rolled out in England after the number of cases hit record highs. The number of ...

Thousands of patients in England are set to benefit from a new five-minute ‘super-jab’ that can treat 15 types of cancer that will ‘transform lives’. The NHS is the first health service in ...

Prices will stay at £9.90 per item but the move has reignited a debate about whether charges should exist at all in England. Under the Tories during the last 15 years, NHS prescription charges in ...

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Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Wes Streeting has admitted that £1bn is a “reasonable ballpark figure” for the cost of redundancy ...

Cuts to non-patient-facing nursing roles may be on the horizon, a letter from the new chief executive of NHS England suggests. The chief nursing officer for England, Duncan Burton, has been tasked ...

The government plan to abolish NHS England will not work, according to the former health secretary whose proposed reforms led to the creation of the arms-length body. Lord Lansley likened the move ...

There is a "risk of disruption" as part of the government's plan to abolish NHS England, the health secretary has admitted. "Of course there are always up-front costs. And yes there is always a risk ...

Peter Sivey receives funding from the National Institute for Health and Care Research. The UK government has announced the abolition of NHS England, phased over two years. In practice, this will ...

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