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CCG wins acute reconfiguration court battle

Is Dorset A&E shake-up now free to go ahead   The High Court has dismissed a judicial review of plans to reconfigure services in...

Urgent call for 1,004 more radiologists

How can the NHS meet the growing need for imaging doctors   The Royal College of Radiologists (RCR) has warned of current and future...

MHRA suffers sharp fall in EMA contracts during Brexit negotiations

What is preventing the MHRA from receiving more EMA contracts European Medicines Agency (EMA) officials have awarded just two contracts to the UK...

DHSC awards logistics contract to Unipart following legal fight

What will be Unipart's role in the new procurement model Department of Health and Social Care officials have awarded a £730m five-year logistics...

Think-tank urges NHS to educate patients to reduce A&E pressure

Can teaching patients to manage their symptoms reduce emergency admissions   The NHS could reduce pressure on services by training patients...

PHE seeks data on heart age through online test

Will availability of heart age test reduce heart attacks and strokes   Public Health England (PHE) is encouraging the public to take a free...

Government names Prior to chair NHS England

Will Lord Prior be the right chair for NHS England   The government has named Lord David Prior as its preferred candidate to chair NHS...

Children with cancer to get ‘ground breaking’ personalised therapy

Will there be more individual treatment programmes   NHS England is to make what it calls a 'ground breaking' cancer treatment for children...

Scotland’s programme for government outlines development plans for pharmacists

Will Scottish Government's programme for government improve care   Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has announced plans to develop...

Primary care transformation takes step forward in Northern Ireland

Will team-based primary care ease pressure across the health and care system in Northern Ireland   Two areas of Northern Ireland have been...

Half of eligible 40-74 year olds still missing NHS health check, says Diabetes UK

What is the reason for the large regional and local variation in health check take-up rates   An analysis of local government figures has...

More mental health therapists to be based in GP surgeries

Will there be enough mental health therapists and will stationing them in GP practices make a difference to health outcomes   NHS England is...

Heart failure patients ‘let down’, says charity

How can the NHS improve care for heart failure patients   The charity British Heart Foundation (BHF) has slammed the NHS for its care of...

More heart attacks and strokes predicted due to diabetes

Will enough be done to stop the rapid increase in cases of diabetes   The British Heart Foundation has predicted the number of people...