The assisted dying bill for England and Wales will not now become law in the current session of parliament, after the House ...

After Baroness Casey called for a moment of reckoning for social care similar to what happened for the NHS in 1948, Natasha ...

The recent plan for digital health and social care has reaffirmed NHS goals around digital transformation, taking account of the pandemic and the significant role that digital technology can play in ...

The 10-year plan set a compelling direction towards delivering more care closer to home, but lacked credible delivery detail. The neighbourhoods health framework attempts to fill that gap, and while ...

The NHS Talking Therapies programme (re-branded from Improving Access to Psychological Therapies in January 2023) was designed to support the NHS in delivering evidence-based talking therapies for ...

Diagnostic tests or procedures are a critical part of the care of many patients. Shorter waiting times reduce delays for patients, and can be beneficial if they help people get quicker access to the ...

Care homes are categorised as either residential or nursing homes. Residential homes are those that provide accommodation and help with personal care, such as washing, dressing and taking medicines.

Eating disorders such as anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa are serious mental health problems which can have severe psychological, physical and social consequences. Children and young people with ...

Substance misuse services are key components of local authority alcohol and drug treatment and recovery systems. They have a significant impact in reducing problems such as drug and alcohol-related ...

The women’s health strategy, which has been published this week, includes an aim to improve healthy life expectancy in the poorest regions of England to “a minimum of 61 years”. With the context being ...

The seismic changes to the relationship with our nearest neighbours and the impact of Brexit have only added fuel to the fire of severe challenges facing health and social care in the UK today, making ...