A new AI triage tool in the NHS App that helps direct patients to the most appropriate NHS service, as well as widespread access to AI notetaking tools to reduce admin for NHS staff, are among the improvements being prioritised across England.
Read more...Leading Scottish life sciences firm TauRx Therapeutics Management Ltd. today hailed the influence of patient advocacy groups on the Alzheimer’s disease community…
Read more...BBC Radio 2 and Greatest Hits Radio presenter Paul Gambaccini, 77, has today issued the following statement confirming his diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease.
Read more...MPs have urged the government to cut ties with Palantir and the Federated Data Platform (FDP), and to begin looking for an alternative.
Read more...The financial cost of delayed discharges has risen to £2.7bn in 2025/26, up 7.5% in just one-year, new King’s Fund analysis has found.
Read more...Alzheimer’s Research UK has taken its campaign for greater investment in dementia research directly to Westminster, hosting a major parliamentary event that brought together MPs…
Read more...Thousands more people including those in residential care at risk from a virus which causes pneumonia and other serious lung infections will be able to get vital protection on the NHS this winter.
Read more...A major government survey has found signs of improving wellbeing and job satisfaction among England’s adult social care workforce, although persistent concerns around stress, staffing pressures and career development continue to affect many care professionals.
Read more...Alzheimer’s Society have warned dementia is taking a growing and disproportionate toll on women, after new analysis found deaths among women in England and Wales have climbed…
Read more...The Dementia Trust has announced the first recipient of its new Impact Accelerator programme, awarding £45,000 to K.i.M, a sensory tool designed to improve the lives…
Read more...Skills for Care has launched a new Behaviour Change Competencies Framework for the Adult Social Care Workforce, developed with the Royal Society for Public Health (RSPH) in partnership with people working across the sector.
Read more...As the Met Office issues heatwave alerts across parts of the UK, new data reveals a surge in people turning to pets for comfort, companionship and emotional support while spending more time indoors.
Read more...With speculation growing that Andy Burnham could become the UK’s next Prime Minister, attention is once again turning to his long-standing ambition to reform health and social care through earlier intervention and prevention.
Read more...Six new Clinical Fellowships have been announced to help bring cutting-edge dementia research closer to the people who need it most…
Read more...Scientists at King’s College London and the UK Dementia Research Institute have made a significant advance in understanding how Alzheimer’s disease and frontotemporal dementia (FTD) damage the brain.
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