Mothers and babies in England will receive safer care as a safety signal system is rolled out across NHS maternity services. The tool rapidly analyses data being routinely recorded by maternity teams ...

People requiring social care are benefitting from more hours of improved, safer care, thanks to the government’s digital revolution. Digital social care records are an essential part of the ambition ...

The December edition of PCC Insight considers the challenges ahead including the cultural shift needed to realise the 10 Year Health Plan’s vision. Articles include primary care and the new landscape ...

Stroke patients in England are getting treatment more than an hour earlier thanks to an AI tool, a study has revealed. The analysis published in The Lancet Digital Health shows around 15,000 patients ...

Patients attended A&E last winter for everyday niggles such as hiccups and ingrowing nails. There were more than 200,000 A&E attendances last winter for conditions that could have been dealt with ...

Women and children will be better supported as a former advisor on domestic abuse and child protection will steer a major overhaul of the NHS response to violence against women and girls (VAWG). The ...

The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) have updated their suspected sepsis guideline to ensure patients aged 16 or over receive faster, more tailored treatments. Primary care ...

Patients at nearly all GP practices (98.7%) in England can access their surgery online, following changes allowing patients to submit online consultation requests open during work hours (8am – 6.30pm) ...

The Covid pandemic showed the need for government to improve its use of modelling. This paper presents the possible benefits and challenges created by greater use of combined epidemiological and ...

Ahead of this week’s Budget the government has confirmed investment for neighbourhood health centres. At the Budget on Wednesday the Chancellor will set out how the government will take the fair ...

NHS patients will benefit from a trade deal between the UK and the US, which will secure and expand access to drugs, safeguard our medicines supply chain, and drive investment. The deal – part of the ...

This report argues that with NHS finances set to be severely restricted in the coming years, greater private investment and partnership with the independent healthcare sector will be essential to the ...