This policy guidance provides recommendations for items that are available over the counter (OTC) and should not be routinely prescribed in primary care because: there is limited evidence of clinical ...

Thousands more people at risk from a virus which causes pneumonia and other serious lung infections will be able to get vital protection on the NHS this winter. From September, all adults aged 65-74 ...

This guide tells you what to expect from your general practice (GP) and how you can help them, so you get the best from the National Health Service (NHS). More details can be found through the links ...

The Cyber Security Programme is working to ensure that measures are actively in place to protect NHS assets and services, including those commissioned by NHS England. The aims of the programme are: To ...

The Pharmacy First service builds on the NHS Community Pharmacist Consultation Service which has run since October 2019. The consultation service enables patients to be referred into community ...

Nearly 2,000 people unknowingly living with HIV have been diagnosed by a pioneering NHS programme, which tests anyone needing a blood test in A&E, saving lives and preventing new infections, shows new ...

Hundreds of women with aggressive cervical cancer are to be offered a new immunotherapy on the NHS, which could help more women survive and stay cancer-free in the long-term. Pembrolizumab – which ...

When I heard this year’s South Asian Heritage Month theme is Unity in Diversity, my first thought was of the power of trust, relationships, and shared purpose in community health. In healthcare, ...

The reporting specifications for aggregate contract monitoring (ACM), patient level contract monitoring (PLCM), drugs patient level contract monitoring (DrPLCM), and devices patient level contract ...

Corridor care is a significant patient safety and experience issue; the NHS is committed to reducing this activity in hospitals across England in both emergency departments and inpatient wards. To ...

The documents have moved and can be accessed from this section of our website. Standard Department of Health and Social Care website protocol is to mark documents as ‘withdrawn’ as part of the ...

Visits to the hay fever advice on the NHS website have more than doubled in the past week as temperatures rise this weekend. There have been 12,990 visits to the hay fever page on ...