There has been a “rapid” rise in teenage girls self-harming in recent years, experts have found. Between 2011 and 2014 reports of self-harm among British girls aged between 13 and
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England’s chief medical officer has warned of a “post-antibiotic apocalypse” as she issued a call to action urging global leaders to address the growing threat of antibiotic resistance. Professor Dame
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GPs need more time to care for the nation’s million older people who are chronically lonely, a leading doctor has said. Professor Helen Stokes-Lampard, chairwoman of the Royal College of
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An initiative to train GP receptionists in directing patients to different services if they do not require an appointment with a doctor has been trialled in parts of England. Some
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Patient care in the NHS could suffer because of a workforce “crisis” among doctors, leading medics have warned. Fewer people are choosing to enter medicine or remain in the NHS
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The NHS will pay agencies up to £100 million to recruit GPs from abroad in a bid to increase staffing numbers. International recruitment is hoped to begin in the autumn,
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Doctors have warned that plans for “brutal ” NHS cuts are shrouded in secrecy and will cause uproar once revealed. The British Medical Association (BMA) says health service leaders have
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It’s time to call an end to the “complete the course” message for some antibiotics, according to an article in a leading medical journal. Experts writing in The British Medical
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The Health Services Management Centre (HSMC) at the University of Birmingham has been commissioned to complete a critical appraisal of a health care programme which aims to share innovation around
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More than 200 GP practices across England have closed or merged in the last year, figures show. Data from NHS Digital reveals that while just eight practices opened, 202 closed
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