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BRCA testing programme identify people at cancer risk
People with Jewish ancestry have been identified as being at increased risk of cancer and offered risk-reducing options, as part of a genetic testing programme. Data shows that over 25,000 free saliva ...
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Building confident leading women
PCC’s new programme for women developing in a leadership role in health and social care focusses on growing the confidence to work across the system and the influence to reach across organisational ...
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UK invests to tackle mpox in sub-Saharan Africa
The UK government has announced £5.5 million for research into transmission, new vaccines and treatments to tackle the mpox outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo and neighbouring countries. The ...
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Flu and Covid-19 staff vaccines
Both the flu and COVID-19 vaccines should continue to be offered to all eligible frontline health and social care professionals, including clinical and non-clinical staff who have direct contact with ...
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Antimicrobial stewardship self-assessment toolkit for integrated care boards
This toolkit is designed for integrated care board (ICB) antimicrobial resistance (AMR) leads to use in self-assessments or peer reviews. It supports compliance with ICBs’ statutory duty under section ...
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The 2024 premises costs directions – nine months on
The long-awaited National Health Service (General Medical Services – Premises Costs) Directions 2024 (PCDs) were published in May 2024. Nine months on, this three-hour facilitated workshop will review ...
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Searches for advice on childhood illnesses increased
Online searches for NHS advice on common childhood illnesses surged in 2024, according to new figures compiled by NHS England. Five of the ten most visited health conditions on the NHS website last ...
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Change NHS call to action – patient participation groups
To help build a health service fit for the future the government is holding the largest national conversation on the future of the NHS. Alongside the call for the public, staff and the wider health ...
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Cancer earlier diagnosis campaigns launched
NHS England is running cancer campaigns to tackle barriers to timely presentation, targeting adults over 50, particularly from lower socio-economic groups and Black and South Asian backgrounds who are ...
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Reforming elective care for patients
On 6 January 2025, the Prime Minister announced a new national plan published by NHS England setting out how the NHS will reform elective care for patients in England. This briefing highlights the key ...
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Pharmacy First myth busting
Community Pharmacy England has published the latest article of a series of articles to tackle some of the misconceptions around Pharmacy First. The articles will cover a variety of aspects of Pharmacy ...
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The public’s priorities for the NHS
This report based on polling of 2,000 representative Britons in 2024, examines the perceptions of and priorities the British public have for the NHS. It found that the NHS providing services free at ...