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UK health services could be left with ‘huge holes’ if a trend for internationally qualified doctors to leave the workforce gathers pace, the General Medical Council (GMC) says in a report published today (Friday 21 November).

​With NHS finances set to be severely restricted in the coming years, greater private investment and partnership with the independent healthcare sector will be “essential” to the implementation of the Government’s 10-Year Plan for Health as well as their drive to reduce NHS waiting times, says a new report from the independent healthcare sector industry body.

National surveillance data published by the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) show that the total number of antibiotic-resistant infections in 2024 equates to an average of nearly 400 newly reported cases per week.

Men and boys across England will benefit from tailored healthcare and support as the government launches its first Men’s Health Strategy.

A new health economics study across nine European countries, led by York Health Economics Consortium, shows that early transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) for asymptomatic severe aortic stenosis (AS) patients delivers significant economic benefits alongside improved clinical outcomes.

East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust has introduced RFiD Discovery’s RFID mattress tracking system to strengthen patient safety and ensure full compliance with Care Quality Commission (CQC) requirements.

InnoScot Health’s last webinar of the year will be spotlighting a true ‘Once for Scotland’ initiative which is pioneering the use of drones to deliver vital medical supplies.

The increase of ultra-processed foods (UPFs) in diets worldwide presents an urgent challenge to health, global experts have warned in a series of articles, published in The Lancet.

In a new report on reducing NHS waiting times for planned (or elective) care, the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) finds that despite NHSE spending £3.24bn on transforming diagnostic and surgical services, it has now missed its recovery targets by significant margins, with too many people still waiting too long for tests and treatment.

The Government claims that patients will get access to the most advanced and groundbreaking treatments quicker, by "slashing red tape" to get new innovative products and ideas to the frontline.

Many diabetic foot amputations can be avoided with plastic surgical reconstruction, but this is not routinely available in most hospitals and there is a postcode lottery. New research now provides evidence on how plastic surgery can ensure cost-effectiveness, as well as the best patient outcomes.

A consultant gastroenterologist at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has been named a Clinical Leader of the Year finalist in the national Health Service Journal Awards.

Women with intellectual disabilities could receive added monitoring for breast cancer with the development of a smart textiles bra by researchers at Nottingham Trent University (NTU) and the University of Glasgow (UofG).

At the Rabin Medical Centre, Beilinson Hospital, Israel, a woman suffering from severe intestinal inflammation secondary to Crohn’s disease underwent a life-saving minimally invasive robotic bowel resection in her 32nd week of pregnancy.

Tuberculosis (TB) remains one of the world’s deadliest infectious killers, claiming over 1.2 million lives and affecting an estimated 10.7 million people last year. According to a new report from the WHO, progress in tackling the global burden is now under threat.

The Government has announced that high-performing NHS Trusts will be given more independence to deliver faster, better and more personalised care.

The rate of children and adolescents experiencing high blood pressure worldwide nearly doubled between 2000 and 2020, according to a new meta-analysis published in The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health journal.

The rulebook for rare disease therapies will be overhauled to make it quicker and easier to get these therapies tested, manufactured and approved in the UK, the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has announced.

A fundamental rethink of how the NHS trains its future workforce is urgently needed, according to a new paper from the Higher Education Policy Institute titled: Rethinking Placement: Increasing Clinical Placement Efficacy for a Sustainable NHS Future.

A widely-used, inexpensive gout drug could reduce heart attacks and strokes in people with cardiovascular disease, according to a new Cochrane review.