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Supermarket car park scans detect 10,000 lung cancers 0 comments

Supermarket car park scans help NHS detect more than 10,000 lung cancers More than 10,000 cases of lung cancer have been detected through NHS screening units based in supermarket car [...]

Carers Week – Building Carer Friendly Communities 4 comments

Carers Week: Building Carer Friendly Communities The theme for Carers’ Week, which runs from 8th – 14th June 2026, is all about supporting unpaid carers to live fulfilling lives, by [...]

Health Bill to abolish NHS England 0 comments

Health Bill begins major NHS shake-up as Government moves to abolish NHS England The Government has introduced a new Health Bill which would abolish NHS England and transfer its responsibilities [...]

Who will be your digital carer? 1 comment

Who will be your digital carer? As government departments, banks, utility companies and the NHS increasingly move services online, a new role is emerging in households and communities across the [...]

Peppermint oil to lower blood pressure 0 comments

Daily peppermint oil shown to reduce raised blood pressure I was intrigued to read about some new research which shows that daily doses of peppermint oil lower blood pressures for [...]

New NHS treatment for Duchenne muscular dystrophy 0 comments

New NHS treatment approved for Duchenne muscular dystrophy after NICE agreement Hundreds of children and young people in England living with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) are set to gain access [...]

Tackling Access to Work backlog 1 comment

Government announces investment to tackle Access to Work backlog The Government has announced a major recruitment drive aimed at reducing waiting times in the Access to Work scheme, following longstanding [...]

Subtitle quality mixed 0 comments

Stagetext calls for quality in subtitles To coincide with Deaf Awareness Week, the deaf-led theatre access charity, Stagetext, has released new research that demonstrates that quality is crucial when it [...]

Longitude Prize on ALS 0 comments

Update: Longitude Prize on ALS – Discovery Award winners announced The Longitude Prize on ALS is awarding £2 million to 20 of the world’s most promising multidisciplinary teams of innovators [...]