A new one-stop NHS website where patients book appointments, order prescriptions and access medical advice is being developed, health officials have announced. For minor ailments patients will be able to
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Patients with dementia, diabetes and learning disabilities are being let down by their local health services in many parts of England, new figures show. A postcode lottery of care across
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Data from health apps and wearable activity trackers such as Fitbits will feed directly into people’s personal health records, the Health Secretary has announced. Jeremy Hunt said that a new
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Public Health Wales is relocating over 500 staff from its 10 South East Wales offices to a shared base in no 2 Capital Quarter, Cardiff. The move follows a review
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“We are at the tipping point of a cultural change towards self-care as a way of life and work”, says Dr Pete Smith of the Self Care Forum, “but for
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A charity has called for a sea change in asthma care after research showed the condition costs the UK at least £1.1 billion each year. Asthma UK said a different
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The National Assembly for Wales’ Health, Social Care and Sport Committee are currently looking into the sustainability of the Health and Social Care workforce. Concerns about the recruitment and retention
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An online tool containing the most current and accurate data on the health of the people of Wales has been launched by the Health Intelligence division. The new tool contains
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A groundbreaking new app to help healthcare staff tackle antibiotic resistance has been launched in Scotland. The app, which will be rolled out nationwide, is a first for Scotland. Known
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People are twice as likely to live at least 10 years after being diagnosed with cancer than they were at the start of the 1970s, new research shows. More than
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