More clinical research involving children and young people is essential in improving the understanding of childhood disease, health experts have said. Evidence on many areas of children’s illnesses and treatments
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An awareness raising event on Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) is taking place at the UWE Bristol later today. The event is being organised as part of FORWARD (Foundation for Women’s
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More than a third (36%) of adults in the UK who think they are merely overweight are actually clinically obese and at risk of major health problems, research has found.
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Simon Hamilton has been named Northern Ireland’s new health minister. The Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) MLA replaces Jim Wells, who resigned after he made remarks linking gay marriage to child
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Patients receiving care from commercial providers of out-of-hours care report poorer ratings of care when compared with not-for-profit or NHS providers, a new study has shown. In the first study
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From April 2016 adult health and social care services will be delivered by a partnership between Aberdeenshire Council and NHS Grampian. The aim of this integration is to provide a
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A conference taking place in Belfast aims to provide a timely opportunity to discuss the future of health and social care provision in Northern Ireland. The event will take place
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Labour’s manifesto confirmed the party’s pledge of a £2.5 billion “time to care” fund to boost spending on health, but did not match Conservative and Liberal Democrat promises to meet
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Adapting to the preventative agenda is one key challenge for the new integrated Health and Social Care Partnerships being established across Scotland. Their role is vital to the practical embedding
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David Cameron has pledged to meet NHS funding needs “in full” as the Tories and Labour unveiled rival health policies targeting new mothers and OAPs. With the General Election outcome
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