Bringing Communities Together
Students are one step closer to the British Sign Language (BSL) GCSE being taught in schools, as the government launches a 12-week consultation on the content of the new qualification. The qualification will include students being taught to communicate effectively with other signers for use in work, social and academic settings, providing them […]
The announcement comes in response to a consultation launched by the Department of Health and Social Care in 2021 looking at whether the age free prescriptions become available should be aligned with the state pension age, which is currently 66. Taking into account a number of factors, including current cost […]
The government has delivered on its manifesto commitment of recruiting 26,000 additional primary care professionals – such as dieticians, paramedics and physiotherapists – who provide care directly to patients, or support doctors and nurses to do so. A year ahead of the March 2024 pledge, data published today by NHS England […]
Cutting-edge research initiatives to develop new treatments to tackle antimicrobial resistance (AMR) – known as the ‘silent killer’ – will receive a cash injection of up to £39 million from the UK government’s Global AMR Innovation Fund (GAMRIF). AMR – where bacteria have evolved so much that antibiotics and other current treatments are […]
A call for evidence has been launched to invite views on how best to prevent, early diagnose, treat and manage the 6 major groups of conditions which drive ill health and contribute to the burden of disease in the population in England. The 6 major health conditions – cancer, cardiovascular […]
Vile trolls who hide behind the anonymity of the internet to encourage others to cause themselves serious harm will face prosecution as part of an overhaul of online safety laws announced on18 May 2023. Additions to the Online Safety Bill will make it a crime to encourage someone to cause […]
Councillor Karen Grinsell opened the first skin and cryotherapy clinic in Solihull at a special launch event by Active Clinics as they expand their revolutionary treatments across the Midlands. After bringing a range of innovative treatments including hyperbaric oxygen therapy, cryotherapy and nitrogen facials to Edgbaston in 2015, people of […]
Ahead of Mental Health Awareness Week (15 to 22 May 2023), Better Health – Every Mind Matters from the Office for Health Improvement and Disparities (OHID) is launching a new campaign backed by BAFTA award-winning comedian, Tom Davis, TV and NHS doctor, Dr Ranj Singh, and leading psychologist, Dr Linda Papadopoulos, to […]
The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA), supported by the Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, has launched a study to better understand how the body reacts to the mpox virus and produces antibodies. People will be invited by the Trust in London to take part in the LIMIT (Longitudinal immunology of […]
The BBC broadcaster, George Alagiah is supporting the first national NHS bowel screening campaign that asks anyone who receives a free test kit: “put it by the loo, don’t put it off” as recent data showed that almost one third (30%) of people do not return the potentially lifesaving […]
