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CANCER

Prostate Cancer UK and NHS team up on 'once-in-a-generation' trial

By Lee Peart 21 November 2025

Prostate Cancer UK is partnering with the NHS on a £42m screening trial.

COVID INQUIRY

UK did 'too little, too late', says Covid Inquiry

By Liz Wells 20 November 2025

The response to the pandemic by the UK’s four governments was often a case of ‘too little, too late’, according to the second report from UK Covid Inquiry chair Baroness Heather Hallett.

PREVENTION

Work-related ill health continues to be higher than pre-pandemic levels

By Liz Wells 20 November 2025

An estimated 1.9 million workers suffered from work-related ill health during 2024/25, new data reveals.

PREVENTION

Fast-tracked drug to be offered to blood cancer patients

By Lee Peart 13 November 2025

A fast-tracked drug is being offer to patients whose blood cancer has returned or not responded after just one previous course of treatment.

PREVENTION

UKHSA report highlights impact of climate change on mental health

By Liz Wells 12 November 2025

The effects of extreme weather are the biggest climate-related issues affecting mental health in the UK, particularly impacting vulnerable populations who find it increasingly difficult to access t...

PREVENTION

NHS fears 'one of toughest winters' as flu cases triple

By Lee Peart 07 November 2025

Fears the NHS could be facing one of its toughest winters are rising after the flu season began early this year.

PREVENTION

Mayor partners with NHS Confederation on aligning health and economic strategies

By Lee Peart 07 November 2025

Mayor of Hull and East Yorkshire, Luke Campbell, is partnering with the NHS Confederation on aligning health and economic prosperity.

LOCAL GOVERNMENT

LGA calls for public health budget boost

By Lee Peart 05 November 2025

Local authority leaders are urging the Government to make significant public health funding commitments in the Autumn Budget to help deliver the ‘healthiest generation of children’.

PREVENTION

Employer-led vanguards to tackle workplace ill-health

By Lee Peart 05 November 2025

Employer-led vanguards will drive forward Government plans to get people with ill-health and disabilities back into work.

CHILDHOOD OBESITY

Government won't 'look away' as children become unhealthier

By Liz Wells 04 November 2025

Health and social care secretary Wes Streeting says that the government ‘won’t look away as kids become unhealthier’, his comments come as new figures reveal the scale of the childhood obesity prob...