Almost 300,000 women are to be offered a drug to reduce their risk of developing breast cancer, NHS officials have announced. Some 289,000 post-menopausal women in England who are deemed
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More than 150,000 adults and children with type 1 diabetes will be eligible to access “life changing” technology on the NHS. Final draft guidance from the National Institute of Health
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People with long Covid were “not believed” and had “no place to go” for support, an umbrella body for health and social care has told an inquiry. Sara Redmond, chief
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Some 1.7 million people could be living with dementia in England and Wales by 2040 – over 40% more than previously thought, research suggests. A new analysis published in the
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The NHS spending watchdog has recommended a treatment for advanced Parkinson’s disease in a move that is expected to benefit hundreds of people. The National Institute for Health and Care
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Women and children were among the worst affected by the Covid pandemic – and many youngsters saw their childhood “blighted”, an inquiry has heard. On day two of the Scottish
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Doctors have agreed to provide life-saving kidney dialysis to a 17-year-old girl who has severe learning disabilities on a trial basis despite having reservations about her ability to cope, a
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The amount of rehabilitation time offered to people who have suffered a stroke should increase four-fold, according to new guidelines, despite huge staffing pressures in the NHS. The National Institute
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Boris Johnson’s description of long Covid as “bollocks” left experts shocked, saddened and angered, the inquiry into the pandemic in the UK has heard. A document from October 2020 described
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The mother of a 29-year-old man with severe learning disabilities and “end-stage” kidney disease is “absolutely overjoyed” after winning a “life-sustaining” treatment fight in a specialist court. Doctors told a
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