The latest health and social care news and a look at research and development into the treatment of common and rare diseases alike. We also look at the vital changes being made to help deliver effective healthcare through the digital transformation within the NHS.
Adam Mence from L&R Medical UK explains how the company is empowering patients to manage their conditions while supporting NHS goals for improving care outcomes and efficiency. Overall, investing in self-care and innovative technologies is shown to be both clinically effective and cost-efficient.
Doctors have revealed that millions of people have died unnecessarily from cancers that could have been treated by radiotherapy.
New data presented at the European...
European Commissioner for Health and Food Safety, Vytenis Andriukaitis spoke at eHealth week in Riga about how digital applications are integral to tackling today’s...
Tom Stansfeld, Health Information Officer at Cancer Research UK gives an overview of breast cancer and how survival has improved…
Breast cancer is the most...
Dr Rhys Bevan Jones, Clinical Research Fellow at the Institute of Psychological Medicine & Clinical Neurosciences, MRC Centre for Neuropsychiatric Genetics & Genomics at...
Dr. Myrto-Georgia Trakatelli, Dermatologist and Chair of the Media & PR Committee at the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology (EADV) highlights the growing problem of...
Care regulator warns the mental health system is struggling to cope with demands, leaving many people in crisis without adequate care…
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) reviewed...
Veronique del Marmol European Chair and Alexander Stratigos Vice-Chair of Euromelanoma look at the growing burden of skin cancer in Europe, and the importance...
For the first time since September, accident and emergency units across England successfully met the four-hour waiting-time target...
After failing to meet waiting-time targets for...
Childcare providers have warned chronic underfunding could push the system to breaking point as the government announces plans to double free provision for three...
New research has revealed the smoking ban has prevented thousands of children from serious illness and reduced the number of hospital admissions
The smoking ban,...
Professor Alison Murray, Director of the Aberdeen Biomedical Imaging Centre, University of Aberdeen, explains how medical imaging has transformed healthcare over the years
Modern imaging...
Dr Stefano Savonitto, Director of Cardiology at Manzoni Hospital sheds light on the risk of heart disease in women
When thinking about their health, women...
The relationship between body composition and risk of disease has become more clearly understood in recent years, as the technology available to non-invasively quantify...
Dr Benjamin Ellis, Senior Clinical Policy Adviser at Arthritis Research UK details the importance of good musculoskeletal health in an ageing population
Over the last...
Why we need new interventions to battle mosquito-borne diseases
Mosquitoes are the most dangerous creature in the world. They kill one person every 12 seconds...
