Dementia diagnosis challenge 1 comment
£80m challenge to speed up dementia diagnosis Nine new technologies, from faster MRI brain scans to a 15-minute cognitive test you can take at home, are to be trialled in [...]
Stoptober – 28 days to quit! 0 comments
Stoptober 2026: 28 days to quit smoking, and where to get free help Stoptober is back, running from 1 to 31 October 2026. The idea is simple: stop smoking for [...]
Organ donation – NHS urgent response 1 comment
Organ donation: NHS launches first-ever urgent response (external links below will open in a new browser tab or window) Organ Donation Week (21 to 27 September 2026) opened with stark [...]
Antibiotics and C. diff 0 comments
Antibiotics and C. diff Cases of Clostridioides difficile (C. diff) have increased significantly in the last five years, and a lot of the responsibility for this lies with us – [...]
What Is Functional Neurological Disorder (FND)? 0 comments
What Is Functional Neurological Disorder (FND)? To help you get the most out of Liam Virgo’s guest blog about his recovery from FND, here’s a plain-English introduction to the condition [...]
Amputees feel unprepared 0 comments
Majority of UK amputees feel unprepared and unheard in their first prosthetic limb decisions, new research finds The majority of lower-limb amputees in the UK say they were not properly [...]
Action plan on brain injury 0 comments
Call for end to government procrastination on ABI Action Plan Page updated July 2026 The UK Acquired Brain Injury Forum (UKABIF) has called on the Government to end years of [...]
Improving communication in end of life care 0 comments
Communication failures leave families unprepared at the end of life, warns Ombudsman The Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman (PHSO) has called for urgent improvements in how health professionals communicate with [...]
Beware fake pharmacies 0 comments
New campaign urges patients to check online pharmacies before buying medicines People buying medicines online are being urged to take a few simple precautions before placing an order, as regulators [...]