Headspace meditation app on an iPhone.

AI companion for mindfulness could help ‘bridge gaps’ in mental health care

One batch of the medicine Lercanidipine, made by Recordati Pharmaceuticals, is labelled as containing 10mg tablets when it in fact contains 20mg.

Patients on common blood pressure drug urged to check pack amid labelling error

GPs across England are expected to receive a £20 bonus for each patient they decide not to send to hospital as NHS strives to cut waiting lists.

GPs in England will be able to claim £20 'bonus' for keeping patients out of hospital in bid to cut NHS waiting lists

A nurse showing comforting her patient after getting bad news.

Men with cancer ‘less likely to reach out for support’, charity reveals

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Hospital patients are being given airline-style vanity packs to help cope with being left on corridors

Hospital hands patients 'care pack' and apology letter after they're forced to stay on corridors for days on end

GPs welcomed the announcement but said the scheme must be properly resourced.

Plan to divert millions of patients from waiting lists with GP service expansion

An operation for prostate cancer taking place with the assistance of a robot

Robotics with ‘potential to transform’ surgery approved for NHS use in England

NHS officials said that there has to be legal approval before data is shared.

NHS pledges to ‘protect data’ as researchers in China access UK study data

Protesters outside the Supreme Court in London, where it has been ruled that the doctors involved in the care of two deceased children can be named, after the parents of the children said they wanted to "tell their story".

Doctors in end-of-life cases can be named, Supreme Court rules

A new report by the College and the Patients Association, says that reforming outpatient care will be an "essential" part of the Government's aim to shift care from hospital to the community.

Outpatient care ‘ineffective for both patients and staff’

The Government announced plans to ban disposable vapes last January, with the measure coming into force on June 1.

Disposable e-cigarette ban ‘unlikely’ to tackle vaping rates, researchers warn

Pneumonia is most commonly triggered by a bacterial or viral infection.

What are the symptoms of pneumonia and can you get it in middle age?

Birmingham refuse workers strike

Residents fear for health while ‘cat-sized’ rats raid rubbish piles in streets

The article calls for the appointment of an independent National Cancer Director and an office of support to take data-driven actions across the UK.

UK cancer care system is facing a 'critical breaking point', experts warn

Patients should be treated earlier with statins and the cholesterol-lowering drug ezetimibe, researchers at Lund University in Sweden and Imperial College London said.

Combination of drugs could prevent thousands of heart attacks

Scientists have found a new antibiotic that could treat gonorrhoea

Scientists hail first new antibiotic for gonorrhoea in decades amid rise in 'super strains'

General view of staff on a NHS hospital ward

Skin cancer patients to be given fast-tracked access to vaccine trial on NHS

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