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NHS DENTISTS

Patients benefit from improved access to dental appointments

By Liz Wells 23 February 2026

The NHS has delivered 1.8 million additional dental treatments in just seven months, new figures reveal.

GP CONTRACT

GP contract changes aim to protect more children from deadly viruses

By Liz Wells 23 February 2026

The government has unveiled changes to the GP contract in a bid to protect thousands more children across the country from deadly and highly infectious diseases.

SCOTTISH GOVERNMENT

Scottish Government begins work on Community Low Vision Service

By Liz Wells 20 February 2026

The Scottish Government has begun work on the new national service that will allow patients with visual impairment, which cannot be managed with glasses, lenses or surgery, to be supported by commu...

PHARMACIES

Pharmacies warn of service cuts within weeks without urgent funding action

By Liz Wells 18 February 2026

Thousands of pharmacies in England have written to the health secretary Wes Streeting to warn that they are being faced with ‘agonising decisions about what services to cut to their patients to kee...

COMMUNITY

Minimum income guarantee for disabled adults to rise 7%

By Lee Peart 18 February 2026

The amount that working age adults must keep after paying for home care will rise by 7% from April 2026.

COMMUNITY

Children in deprived areas three times more likely to have tooth extraction

By Lee Peart 17 February 2026

Children in deprived areas are three more times more likely to have decay related tooth extraction compared with those in the most affluent areas, new figures have revealed.

ESTATES

Health minister opens community diagnostic centre

By Lee Peart 17 February 2026

Health minister Karin Smyth has opened Camborne and Redruth Community Diagnostic Centre (CDC) in Cornwall.

SOUTH EAST COAST AMBULANCE SERVICE

Community x-ray service in Surrey 'first of its kind'

By Liz Wells 16 February 2026

A collaboration between South East Coast Ambulance Service (SECAmb) and Ashford and St Peter’s Hospitals is bringing emergency X-ray services to the homes of patients – a first of its kind for a UK...

PREVENTION