A UNIQUE partnership between an NHS Trust and a Yorkshire-based private social care provider which aimed to assess and reduce medications for elderly residents is…
Read more...Under a joint information sharing agreement, pharmaceutical companies will be invited to register early with both agencies to allow parallel decision making over licencing and…
Read more...Medicine shortages across England are increasing, which in turn impacts the health of patients, and puts significant pressure on the NHS, Pharmacies and GPs. In…
Read more...The European Medicines Agency’s (EMA) Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) has issued a positive opinion recommending donanemab (Kisunla) for the treatment of…
Read more...A groundbreaking new report has highlighted the urgent need for a fundamental shift in how society supports people living with dementia, emphasising connection, community, and…
Read more...A former Welsh health minister has acknowledged that, with the benefit of hindsight, more could have been done in the early days of the COVID-19…
Read more...Clubs, schools, day centres and other community settings could help to make health and care more accessible, new research suggests. Familiar places like these could…
Read more...Two studies in Brain today found that retired professional rugby players had changes in their brains and raised levels of proteins in their blood that…
Read more...Nottingham Trent University’s Institute of Health and Allied Professions has showcased a powerful collection of student-led research which directly tackles some of today’s most urgent…
Read more...Inappropriate polypharmacy – the excessive or unnecessary use of multiple medications – is a major driver of emergency hospital admissions among adults aged 65 and…
Read more...The UK Covid-19 Inquiry will place the adult social care sector under intense scrutiny when its highly anticipated public hearings commence next week, marking a…
Read more...Kailash Manor, part of TLC Care’s cultural care home network, recently welcomed researchers from Northumbria University as part of a pioneering NIHR-funded study into culturally…
Read more...Care England in collaboration with Engage and Nightingale Hammerson, has launched a powerful new white paper calling for urgent and coordinated action to improve support…
Read more...Patients will receive better, faster and more appropriate emergency care as the government sets out reforms to shorten waiting times and tackle persistently failing trusts….
Read more...There are more potential new medicines being tested for Alzheimer’s disease, according to an annual review published today, which reports that 138 drugs are currently…
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