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NHS England has outlined plans for new advanced emergency treatment which will benefit an estimated 8,000 stroke patients a year.

Almost £2 million will be spent on modernising radiotherapy care at Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust (MTW).

England’s chief inspector of hospitals has found that the services provided by Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust have improved following the latest inspection by the Care Quality Commission.

Research by the Institute for Fiscal Studies has found that one in 10 councils have cut spending on adult social care by more than a quarter.

England's chief inspector of hospitals has recommended that United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust should return to special measures following the Care Quality Commission’s (CQC) latest inspection of its services.

Professor Sir Bruce Keogh will step down as NHS England’s national medical director at the end of the year after a decade in the role.

GS1 UK has welcomed the adoption of the final EU regulations on medical devices and in-vitro diagnostics.

The number of times hospital A&E units in England have had to close their doors to ambulances has almost doubled this winter compared with the previous three, new research from the Nuffield Trust has revealed.

A new blood test developed by scientists from King’s College London can quickly detect damaged heart muscle caused by a heart attack.

The UK Sepsis Trust (UKST) and Lord Ashcroft have launched a campaign to raise funds for a public health awareness campaign on sepsis in adults.

The House of Lords Select Committee has questioned the long-term sustainability of the NHS and slammed the ‘short-sightedness’ of successive governments for failing to plan effectively for the long-term future of the health service and adult social care.

The National Health Service has set out an action plan that will see it deliver the next steps on the NHS Five Year Forward View.

The number of full time equivalent (FTE) staff working for the NHS in England has increased by 2.2% (26,000) since 2015, NHS Digital figures show.

The British public’s satisfaction with the NHS remained steady in 2016, according to data published by The King’s Fund.

A report by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers claims that the rollout of mobile and digital technology could have saved the NHS more than £1 billion in the last five years, by enabling patients to leave hospital sooner.

Medway Hospital has been removed from special measures after making major improvements to the services it offers patients.

Low value prescription items may no longer be available on the NHS in England under plans which could save the organisation up to £400 million a year.

Elderly cancer patients are being let down by NHS services, according to research conducted by Leukaemia CARE.

Professor Nicola Thomas at London South Bank University (LSBU) has been appointed the first Professor of Kidney Care in the UK.

Researchers from the University of Bristol and NHS Blood and Transplant have generated the first immortalised cell lines which allow for more efficient manufacture of red blood cells.